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“Who ever said, that my paintings are not in the traditional Indian style, has poor knowledge of Indian art indeed.” Oscar Howe’s art accompanies poetry by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social and Sean Glatch this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry (🎨: Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)

“here is your whole / self against her whole self / the one with violets in her lap” Read “Against Her” by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, in the nest now (🎨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/against-her

“I want you; I want / to preserve you—like the taxidermist / who transforms a carcass to carrion cast," Read “Essay on Vanity” by Sean Glatch, in the nest now (🎨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/essay-on-van...

We have new poems in the nest this week from Allison Bell Field and Sean Glatch (🎨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Extension alert! We added a couple more days to our Poetry Contest! Send your poetry for our judge, Cecily Parks by this Friday; the winner will receive $250 and publication. Find details in the nest and on Submittable: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

It’s the last day of our Poetry Contest! Send your poetry for our judge, Cecily Parks, tonight; the winner will receive $250 and publication. Find details in the nest and on Submittable: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

Not to sound like a ghost with a grudge that crawls out of your TV, but…seven dayssssss! Send us your poetry before time is up.

It’s contest time again! Send your most beautiful poetry for our judge, Cecily Parks, by September 15. The winner will receive $250 and publication. Find details in the nest and on Submittable: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

Christina Quarles’ gestural, abstract paintings confront themes of racial and sexual identities, gender, and queerness. Quarles’ work accompanies new poems by MaKenzie Copp this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry (🎨: Courtesy of the Whitney Museum)

TGIF! We hope your weekend plans include writing some poetry and submitting to our Poetry Contest, judged by Cecily Parks. Submit by September 15; the winner will receive $250 and publication. Find details in the nest and on Submittable: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

“but there she is / laughing, my grandmother in her hospital gown—” Read “Lumpectomy” by MaKenzie Copp, in the nest now (🎨: Christina Quarles; courtesy of the Whitney Museum) pigeonpagesnyc.com/lumpectomy

“I want a mouthful of vinegar, salt, and all the things I can't have.” Read “Without Saying Homesick” by MaKenzie Copp (🎨: Christina Quarles; c/o the Whitney Museum) pigeonpagesnyc.com/without-sayi...

We have new poems in the nest this week by MaKenzie Copp, just for you! (🎨: Christina Quarles; courtesy of the Whitney Museum) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

It’s contest time again! Send your most beautiful poetry for our judge, Cecily Parks, by September 15. The winner will receive $250 and publication. Find details in the nest and on Submittable: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

“It is too soon to test. We wait. The bleeding will stop or it won’t, and then we will know.” ICYMI, the winning story from our Flash Contest is in the nest now! Read “Implantation Bleeding” by Olivia Fantini, chosen by our judge, Rachel Lyon (🎨: Debbi Kenote) pigeonpagesnyc.com/implantation...

"When I started, I wanted to make paintings that…you didn't need 'talent' to make. You just had to think in a certain way." Carroll Dunham’s work accompanies new poetry by Jenny Maaketo and Molly Moran (🎨: Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

“And we were the laugh track to our sick version of America’s Funniest Home Videos—rewinding/replaying Mom’s punchline.” Read “In the Oven” by Jenny Maaketo, in the nest now (🎨: Carroll Dunham; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/in-the-oven

“no two things ever really touch– / except on maps. Huron and Michigan look a little like a pair of lungs.” Read “Lover’s Leap” by Molly Moran, in the nest now (🎨: Carroll Dunham; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/lovers-leap

We have new poems in the nest this week by Jenny Maaketo and Molly Moran (🎨: Carroll Dunham; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

“Don’t make me out to be an artist. I am an engineer. I am after the facts. Only the facts.” Harold Edgerton’s work accompanies new poems by Madeleine Mori this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry (🎨: Courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art)

“When fresh retina is braided into / burnt fibers, do the living see through the dead," Read “Rotoscope” by Madeleine Mori, in the nest now (🎨: Harold Edgerton; courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/rotoscope

“I sign no lease in Brooklyn, / do not accept the life you envision for me without you.” Read “Remain” by Madeleine Mori now (🎨: Harold Edgerton; c/o Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/remain

We have new poems in the nest by Madeleine Mori this week, check them out! (🎨: Harold Edgerton; courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

“Spanning from tiny figurines to large scale installations, the works come across as sometimes innocent and sometimes distinctly ominous – but always immensely attractive.” Louise Hindsgavl’s work accompanies new poetry by Maya Bernstein and Michael Juliani: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

“who gathered these and why / pursue a form that would be razed / by noon." Read “Sand Mermaid” by Maya Bernstein, in the nest now (🎨: Louise Hindsgavl, courtesy of Hans Alf Gallery) pigeonpagesnyc.com/sand-mermaid

“The sky looks uninspired / when I plead with it. / I want to see the planets / my father showed me." Read “Inland” by Michael Juliani, in the nest now (🎨: Louise Hindsgavl, courtesy of Hans Alf Gallery) pigeonpagesnyc.com/inland

We have new poems in the nest this week by Maya Bernstein and Michael Juliani (🎨: Louise Hindsgavl, courtesy of Hans Alf Gallery) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

"I use a lot of references from female body and nature and a lot of Hindu mythology. I draw inspiration from my culture too. I do not know what I am known for. I think others can answer that better." Madhurima Ganguly’s work accompanies new poetry by Kuhu Joshi this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

“Unlike Ganga and Yamuna, you seemed to have / no role. In you, my grandmothers drowned / who they could be.” Read “Letter to Saraswati” by Kuhu Joshi, in the nest now (🎨: Madhurima Ganguly) pigeonpagesnyc.com/letter-to-sa...

“What I wanted to know was, / are you lonely? Do you have enough / family?” Read “Spell to Call on My Future Family” by Kuhu Joshi, in the nest now (🎨: Madhurima Ganguly) pigeonpagesnyc.com/spell-to-cal...

We have new poems in the nest for you this week by Kuhu Joshi (🎨: Madhurima Ganguly) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

“For me, poetry is devotional, and the process is deeply private. I see poetry as a way of being in the world, attuned to the ebbs and flows of daily life.” Read our interview with Carlie Hoffman, in the nest now: pigeonpagesnyc.com/carlie-hoffm...

Abigail Hunt uses re-appropriated textures and surfaces from found images to make collages which explore a haptic relationship between the hand and the object. Hunt’s work accompanies new flash from Madeline Rosales: pigeonpagesnyc.com/like-broken-...

“It was the broken glass that took my husband’s life. That was all it was, just a little piece of broken glass from an old syringe, slicing through his palm during our morning search through the recyclables.” New in the nest by Madeline Rosales (🎨: Abigail Hunt) pigeonpagesnyc.com/like-broken-...

“Kiko’s paintings layer grids and patterns of hard-edge color that draw formal inspiration from design, urban infrastructure, and the visual palette of city life.“ Kiko Bordeos’ work accompanies poetry by Shanley Poole and Ken Holland: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

“and yes, the she is you, / and yes, the you is me." Read “Homecoming” by Shanley Poole, in the nest now (🎨: Kiko Bordeos) pigeonpagesnyc.com/homecoming

“how to peel an orange in the dark, / or make small talk in a blacked-out bar / to a person who may or may not be a woman." Read “Magnetic Charm” by Ken Holland, in the nest now (🎨: Kiko Bordeos) pigeonpagesnyc.com/magnetic-charm

We’ve got new poems in the nest this week by Shanley Poole and Ken Holland (🎨: Kiko Bordeos) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

"[Sculpture] feels like crossing into another dimension where all the footing has to be figured out and a new language should be invented, like having a map in a dream jungle." Rodrigo Hernández’s work accompanies a new story by Janelle Greco, in the nest now: pigeonpagesnyc.com/cabbage-white

“I cupped it in my hands as if it were an egg or a small flower and peeked through my fingers just to be sure.” Read a new story in the nest by Janelle Greco (🎨: Rodrigo Hernández; c/o of Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon) pigeonpagesnyc.com/cabbage-white

Today’s the day! We’re excited to open back up for the poets!

It’s been a rough start to 2025, and we don’t know about you, but we’d like to take a moment to think back to some good things in 2024. So here are some very belated picks from Team Pigeon of pieces that we loved last year 🧵

We’re telling you now so you know it’s not a joke: we’re opening our poetry submissions back up in April, including our fast reads option for a quick response! Keep an eye out on Submittable for all of the details: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

"A ghost is an unresolved emotion. Once it is resolved it disappears. I think the role of the artist, the writer, is to suspend ghosts, because that suspends the emotion, the drama and the duration." Izhar Patkin’s art accompanies new poems in the nest by Carlie Hoffman: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

”the voice is speaking, though only the wind / motions toward me.” Read “New World” by Carlie Hoffman, in the nest now (🎨: Izhar Patkin; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/new-world

“I plant a tree with the certainty my brother will reemerge from beneath the sea— / How many metaphors less damaging for escaping?” Read “Myth of Icarus as Girl, Leaving” by Carlie Hoffman, in the nest now (🎨: Izhar Patkin; c/o the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/myth-of-icar...

We have new poems in the nest this week by Carlie Hoffman (🎨: Izhar Patkin; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

"I like to find parallels between the trickster and folklore and the trickster in nature." Ilana Savdie’s work accompanies poems by ceara margaret hennessey and Kelsey L. Smoot this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry (🎨: Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)

“kissing those tender-most junctures— / the ones implying permanence.” Read “our moment under the sun” by Kelsey L. Smoot, in the nest now (🎨: Ilana Savdie, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art): pigeonpagesnyc.com/our-moment-u...