A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
September Issue, 2024
Threshold
Alice Courtright’s poem Threshold, inspired by Ugo Rondinone’s sculpture the sun and the moon, is balanced on the edge of so many things … night and day, memory and hope, wonder and knowledge, confusion and understanding. It captures a moment in her life and in the world.
The Cicada’s Cry: Matsuo Basho’s Summer Poems
Arthur Davis shares his reflections on some of Matsuo Basho’s summer poems.
Nursery Rhyme DETOURS
Some works from Calef Brown’s suite of poems in which the first words or lines are from traditional nursery rhymes, then they go off in different directions. Beautifully illustrated by Leo Espinosa.
August Issue, 2024
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
Lunch Poems
“Imaginary one-to-one conversations with these ghosts, so to speak, allow me to invest in the possibility that within this divided nation, we might, one day, understand and respect each other.” Beautiful photographs from Leah Frances
Taigu Ryōkan: You Do Not Need Many Things
“Why are you acting like such a fool?”
I nod my head and don’t answer.
I could say something, but why?
Do you want to know what’s in my heart?
From the beginning of time: just this! just this!
Blossom Drunk: Spring Poems from Basho
Some thoughts on Basho’s spring poems, writings, and journeys, from Arthur Davis.
May Issue, 2024
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
Letter from the Editor May, 2024: Selah
Some thoughts on a strange and beautiful word.
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