This New Century, the poetry journal of the new classics,
post-2000. The next set of the greats.

Submission guidelines here. Send in your poetry for art magazine treatment. This is the art mag for stanzas.

10/08/2016

autumn, fall and Halloween

A poem that draws you in is 'A Split in the Glamour' by Heath Ison, in Reality Hands issue 9, it's great -- creepy, intriguing, and it makes you re-read it over and over. Here's an excerpt:


where was your mother when she chased me in the dark?

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[...]



Another very interesting modern piece is 'stop the world' by Ctch Bsnss in Issue 9 of Reality Hands.

It's eerie, eldritch, quietly epic... see what you think. There restraint and perfect choice of words makes this a unique poem. People rarely exhibit this level of skill. Here is an excerpt:

words warp on desks at night
eyelashes extend before mirrors [...]

[...]

someone sitting outside by me [...]

Wagner

A classic modern piece of poetry is James Wagner's piece 'from The Face Comes Forward' in the famous journal Lies/Isle [in issue 7, 'The Desert'], in his 'After Meditataion (32)' piece. It starts out with an excerpt that is so perfectly a paradigm of the modern:

Janus answers in a growing loam.

Mitotic, exuberant.

The face comes forward.

The face comes forward. [...]

Ashley Opheim


The piece 'TIGER' by Ashley Opheim in issue 11 of Reality Hands is exceptional, read it here. Here's an excerpt:

I parade through this affair with wet hair and a tan. Roll a eucalyptus candy between my tongue and cheek. My emotions manifest all these elegant extended sentiments about him. For I am leaving our country feeling [...]

2/22/2015

2/21/2015

Verlaine


*trans. from PIT Fêtes Galants: Cythère by Verlaine:
Un pavillon à claires-voies
Abrite doucement nos joies
Qu'éventent des rosiers amis;

L'odeur des roses, faible, grâce
Au vent léger d'été qui passe,
Se mêle aux parfums qu'elle a mis ;

Comme ses yeux l'avaient promis,
Son courage est grand et sa lèvre
Communique une exquise fièvre ;

Et l'Amour comblant tout, hormis
La Faim, sorbets et confitures
Nous préservent des courbatures.

8/14/2014

8/13/2014

Martha



from "Rain" by Martha Collins

8/10/2014

8/07/2014

Seth






from "a ghost condition" by Seth Gibbs

8/06/2014

8/05/2014

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