The Tense of Displacement

"Belonging, like return, is impossible."

Mar 30 • Z. T. Corley

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July 2025

The Value of Water and Other Poems

The Value of Water Last night, I dreamed of smoke without fire, and then I dreamed of a bird sinking into a tar pit, drenched in blackness, struggling…

Jul 22, 2025 • Z. T. Corley

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June 2025

Questions Directed Toward the Existence of God

Does God exist in the space between my body and a stranger's body when we sit side by side on a train? Or does He exist in space— between the stars…

Jun 22, 2025 • Z. T. Corley

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4.9.25

Meanwhile, the ants have come again, at last, invading the kitchen and, soon, unfortunately, the house.

Jun 8, 2025 • Z. T. Corley

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April 2025

Tenderness as Impulse: On "All the Blood Involved in Love" by Maya Marshall

In All the Blood Involved in Love, Maya Marshall explores the role of caregiving, motherhood, and the pressures and expectations often placed upon women…

Apr 5, 2025 • Z. T. Corley

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February 2025

On "Southern Gothic" by Natasha Trethewey

Natasha Trethewey’s “Southern Gothic” uses elements of the Southern Gothic subgenre to explore the history of race and racism in the American South and…

Feb 19, 2025 • Z. T. Corley

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Speak of the Damage: Writing Prompts Inspired by "Black and Female" by Tsitsi Dangarembga

What are the wounds that burst open when you write?

Feb 10, 2025 • Z. T. Corley

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But the tenderness would not hold.

And so nothing would hold her.

Feb 1, 2025 • Z. T. Corley

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Good Daughters

after Lola Oh's "Bad Daughters" / after Franny Choi's "Bad Daughter"

Feb 1, 2025 • Z. T. Corley

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December 2024

Misattribution

after "100 Bells" by Tarfia Faizullah and "Self-Portrait Without Stitches" by Safia Elhillo

Dec 20, 2024 • Z. T. Corley

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Heatwave

after watching the video by Mereba and 6LACK

Dec 20, 2024 • Z. T. Corley

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On "Resembling Flowers Resembling Weeds" by Ama Codjoe

“Resembling Flowers Resembling Weeds” is a poem which appears in Ama Codjoe’s debut full-length collection called Bluest Nude.

Dec 12, 2024 • Z. T. Corley

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