Now we plummet toward the original spark now the first-born face takes shape » Five poems from LAST STOPS OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY by Milo De Angelis, tr. by Patrizio Ceccagnoli and Susan Stewart « The book comes out April 14 from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social! circumferencemag.com/last-stops-o...

I stepped into your bed Not whole, but split: Half all married, half all virginal. ⩫ Two poems by Amrita Pritam, translated from the Punjabi by Rituparna Sengupta ⩫ circumferencemag.com/half-all-mar...

Don’t climb the mountains, sister: they tricked me and had nothing to offer my longing. ⚹ Two poems from Edith Södergran’s MODERN WOMAN (World Poetry Books, 2026), translated from the Swedish by CD Eskilson ⚹ circumferencemag.com/tides-break-...

leaving me to drift as nobody in a land named nothing ◒ A poem by Eka Kevanishvili, translated from the Georgian by Dalila Gogia ◒ circumferencemag.com/leaving-me-t...

When it drizzles her nails turn yellow like geraniums her ears grow feral and listen within… ◊ Three poems by Vassilis Kimoulis, translated from the Greek by Peter Constantine ◊ circumferencemag.com/a-giant-in-t...

Lou—matchstick . Lou—loftiness of fuzz . cycle of misery, cube of difference . ◓ From Issue 11, a poem by Igor Bakhterev, translated from the Russian by Jonah Howell and Sofija Popovska (@aughtmilk.bsky.social) ◓ circumferencemag.com/lou/

“When I write a translingual text, languages jump out unexpectedly on my way.” ⩊ Alexey Mozyaev interviews poet Dinara Rasuleva about Lostlingual, a multilingual collection of poems published by Rab-Rab Press, followed by three poems ⩊ circumferencemag.com/lostlingual/

and just when I felt like it might finally be over appointment administration evaluation prognostication ✼ From Issue 7, a poem by Dan Sociu, translated from the Romanian by Paul Killebrew & Dan Sociu ✼ circumferencemag.com/i-was-waitin...

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"I know you’re still bewildered, irritated, mortified by your disgraceful behavior towards your old friend..." ⊱ From ONE, NONE, AND A HUNDRED GRAND by Luigi Pirandello, translated by Sean Wilsey ⊱ Out today from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social ! circumferencemag.com/double-vision/

“You can do this some of your life,” José says, “but not all. It’s too hard for how little you make.” ⨬ “Game Over,” from Abraham Jiménez Enoa’s THE HIDDEN ISLAND, translated by Lily Meyer ⨬ THE HIDDEN ISLAND is out now on IG Publishing! @igpublishing.bsky.social circumferencemag.com/game-over/

Onehundredandeightythousandfourhundredandone men live in Iceland and she’s in love with all of them ∾ Two poems by Brynja Hjálmsdóttir, translated from Icelandic by Rachel Britton ∾ circumferencemag.com/she-blinks-q...

“At a time when finding commonalities among differences feels more important than ever, Circumference is indispensable.” Learn more about @circumferencemag.bsky.social, our 2025 Firecracker Award winner in Magazines/General Excellence! circumferencemag.com

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They return at night with the same maxim: I spoke with the myths, but the myths wouldn’t have me. ▣ From bruno darío’s LANTANA OR, THE INDISSOLUBLE EXHALATION, translated by @Kit Schluter ▣ Out this month from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social ! circumferencemag.com/lantana/

Congratulations to the finalists of the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/General Excellence! www.clmp.org/programs-opp...

Searching for opposing centers we will change the body entirely —fullness is sealed in symbols. ⌱ Three poems from Theory of the Voice and Dream by Liliana Ponce, translated by @immanentfields.bsky.social ! ⌱ Out today from @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social ! circumferencemag.com/i-wish-most-...

Under the shelter of my heart he is as plain and severe as his task ⊱ From Issue 10, three poems by Najlaa Eltom, translated from Arabic by Mayada Ibrahim (@mayadamayadamay.bsky.social) ⊱ circumferencemag.com/he-is-as-pla...

The man got back home by breaking the glass with his elbow. He tidied the tables made a coffee for the women asleep in the corner. ⁑ Five poems by Carmen Gallo, translated from Italian by Livia Franchini (@twoseriousladies.bsky.social) ⁑ circumferencemag.com/five-apartme...

I hid in a shed by the lake near Wlodava sometimes they gave me some bread ⸱ Six poems by @g-kwiatkowski.bsky.social, translated from the Polish by Peter Constantine ⸱ circumferencemag.com/and-then-the...

My head on your left shoulder is valence zero; a grey metallic loneliness. Freckles, spots of rust . . . ⚹ From Issue 3, a poem by Luljeta Lleshanaku, translated from the Albanian by Henry Israeli & Shpresa Qatipi ⚹ circumferencemag.com/your-shadow-...

“'I hate you,' she said to a man whose only crime was not loving her. 'I hate you,' she said in a rush.“ ⊹ “The Buffalo,” from Clarice Lispector’s COVERT JOY, translated by Katrina Dodson ⊹ COVERT JOY is out this week from New Directions (@ndbooks.bsky.social)! circumferencemag.com/the-buffalo/

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