Skip to content
The Metaworker Literary Magazine

The Metaworker Literary Magazine

Where great stories are forged.

  • Home
  • About Us
    • About The Metaworker
    • Editorial Staff
    • Privacy Policy
  • Submit
    • Submission Guidelines
    • Wish List
  • Archives
    • The Metaworker Podcast
    • Gallery of Metaworker Artists
    • The Forge – A Monthly Newsletter
  • Contact Us
    • Volunteer at The Metaworker
    • Donations & Merch
  • Home
  • About Us
    • About The Metaworker
    • Editorial Staff
    • Privacy Policy
  • Submit
    • Submission Guidelines
    • Wish List
  • Archives
    • The Metaworker Podcast
    • Gallery of Metaworker Artists
    • The Forge – A Monthly Newsletter
  • Contact Us
    • Volunteer at The Metaworker
    • Donations & Merch

Category: Poetry

“A Winter Prayer for Color” by Ash Evan Lippert
Poetry

“A Winter Prayer for Color” by Ash Evan Lippert

April 4, 2022April 3, 20221

Now is the time …

“Hoops” by Stephen Kingsnorth
Poetry

“Hoops” by Stephen Kingsnorth

April 1, 2022March 27, 20221

In vest, short shorts, …

“The Calling” by Christina Eagen
Poetry

“The Calling” by Christina Eagen

March 21, 2022March 20, 20220

without askingearthquakes rumbled to …

“Undisturbed” by Russell Willis
Poetry

“Undisturbed” by Russell Willis

March 18, 2022December 10, 20240

Ethicist and online education …

“Meditation in an Office Tower” by Dale Cottingham
Poetry

“Meditation in an Office Tower” by Dale Cottingham

March 4, 2022March 15, 20220

Thrusting one creased pant …

“The Art of Remembering Your History” by Christian Ward
Poetry

“The Art of Remembering Your History” by Christian Ward

February 25, 2022February 20, 20220

I do the same …

“Loch Ness Monster in the Rain at Night” by David Henson
Poetry

“Loch Ness Monster in the Rain at Night” by David Henson

February 21, 2022March 23, 20245

A fang of lightning …

“So Many Ways to Live” by Victoria Woolf Bailey
Poetry

“So Many Ways to Live” by Victoria Woolf Bailey

February 11, 2022February 13, 20220

When that moment arrives(by …

“Mussel” by Christian Ward
Poetry

“Mussel” by Christian Ward

February 4, 2022August 12, 20220

Every shell is dipped …

“Drowned Man Lives Again” by John Grey
Poetry

“Drowned Man Lives Again” by John Grey

January 28, 2022January 23, 20220

There was a lot …

“Interrogative Sestina” by Mark J. Mitchell
Poetry

“Interrogative Sestina” by Mark J. Mitchell

January 21, 2022January 16, 20220

Who is the bride …

“Passing Through” by Dale Cottingham
Poetry

“Passing Through” by Dale Cottingham

January 17, 2022March 20, 20230

“There is no answer” …

“Out of the Picture” by Lou H. Second
Poetry

“Out of the Picture” by Lou H. Second

January 14, 2022January 9, 20220

A painter lives in …

“Cherry” by Stephen Kingsnorth
Poetry

“Cherry” by Stephen Kingsnorth

January 7, 2022January 2, 20221

Why do I keep …

“An American Experience” by Dale Cottingham
Poetry

“An American Experience” by Dale Cottingham

January 3, 2022January 2, 20220

While I waited at …

“In My Space” by Anthony Ward
Poetry

“In My Space” by Anthony Ward

December 27, 2021December 10, 20240

I look into my …

“Before” by Margaret Krusinga
Poetry

“Before” by Margaret Krusinga

December 20, 2021December 10, 20240

Margaret Krusinga lives on …

“All my Ex-Employees are Crazy” by Joel Robert Ferguson
Poetry

“All my Ex-Employees are Crazy” by Joel Robert Ferguson

December 17, 2021December 16, 20210

The polar bears are …

“Abruptly-” by Shalini Singh
Poetry

“Abruptly-” by Shalini Singh

December 10, 2021December 5, 20211

Hotaru ika are a …

“Summit Negotiations” by Stephen Kingsnorth
Poetry

“Summit Negotiations” by Stephen Kingsnorth

December 3, 2021February 23, 20221

At the cake bazaar,annual …

“Messages from Colorado” by Cameron Morse
Poetry

“Messages from Colorado” by Cameron Morse

November 29, 2021December 10, 20241

Cameron Morse is Senior …

“Rows” by Stephen Kingsnorth
Poetry

“Rows” by Stephen Kingsnorth

November 22, 2021November 21, 20211

A strange condition for …

“A Literal Littoral” by Charles J. March III
Poetry

“A Literal Littoral” by Charles J. March III

November 12, 2021November 7, 20210

Will we ever make …

“Lookalike” by Cameron Morse
Poetry

“Lookalike” by Cameron Morse

November 8, 2021November 15, 20210

It’s funny how franticallya …

“Tethered” by Sarette Danae
Micro / Poetry

“Tethered” by Sarette Danae

November 1, 2021November 4, 20210

His is a lariat …

“The Wish” by Paul Rabinowitz
Poetry

“The Wish” by Paul Rabinowitz

October 29, 2021June 26, 20220

What if I couldpaint …

“Brutal Roux” by Elyse Jancosko
Poetry

“Brutal Roux” by Elyse Jancosko

October 22, 2021October 17, 20210

Becca add morebutter Becca. …

“Bird Calls over Puget Sound” by Sarette Danae
Poetry

“Bird Calls over Puget Sound” by Sarette Danae

October 18, 2021October 17, 20210

There is no chirping …

“Still in the City” by DS Maolalai
Poetry

“Still in the City” by DS Maolalai

October 11, 2021October 10, 20210

on hills by park …

“Tenderness” by Mary Paulson
Poetry

“Tenderness” by Mary Paulson

October 4, 2021November 20, 20211

Through the eye of …

“To an Armoire” by Goddfrey Sue Hammit
Poetry

“To an Armoire” by Goddfrey Sue Hammit

October 1, 2021September 27, 20210

The armoire tips from …

“Fanfare” by DS Maolalai
Poetry

“Fanfare” by DS Maolalai

September 27, 2021September 26, 20210

I piss. it feels …

“Two Gates For Ghostly Dreams” by Dawn Bratton
Poetry

“Two Gates For Ghostly Dreams” by Dawn Bratton

September 20, 2021September 22, 20210

That motherlode of Sun …

“Searching for the Cottingley Fairies” by Kim Malinowski
Poetry

“Searching for the Cottingley Fairies” by Kim Malinowski

September 17, 2021March 23, 20244

I. Snapshot Click. WHIRR. …

“Ruins” by Mary Paulson
Poetry

“Ruins” by Mary Paulson

September 13, 2021August 15, 20221

Mary Paulson currently lives …

“Picnic” by Matt Dennison
Poetry

“Picnic” by Matt Dennison

September 10, 2021September 5, 20210

Jane floats her tablecloth …

“String Man” by Hadley James Hoyles
Poetry

“String Man” by Hadley James Hoyles

September 6, 2021September 5, 20210

A heaviness paws at …

“The Sands of Time” by Rebecca Johnson
Poetry

“The Sands of Time” by Rebecca Johnson

September 3, 2021August 29, 20210

Amber, scarlet, gilded daffodil. …

“No Dreamin’ at the Double Tree” by Suzanne S. Rancourt
Poetry

“No Dreamin’ at the Double Tree” by Suzanne S. Rancourt

August 30, 2021August 29, 20210

everything smells like soap …

“Avril” by Hadley-James Hoyles
Poetry

“Avril” by Hadley-James Hoyles

August 23, 2021August 22, 20210

The dull beep raises …

“Hope is a Blue Jay” by Rebecca Johnson
Poetry

“Hope is a Blue Jay” by Rebecca Johnson

August 16, 2021August 15, 20211

I.As snow settles upon …

“Pennies for Pilgrims” by Julie Allyn Johnson
Poetry

“Pennies for Pilgrims” by Julie Allyn Johnson

August 9, 2021August 8, 20210

Julie Allyn Johnson, a …

“The Dunes” by John Grey
Poetry

“The Dunes” by John Grey

August 2, 2021July 25, 20210

A walk over the …

“sky shocked night” by Robin Wyatt Dunn
Poetry

“sky shocked night” by Robin Wyatt Dunn

July 30, 2021July 25, 20211

sky shocked nightterrific lashesturning …

“Waiting” by Christine Webster-Hansen
Poetry

“Waiting” by Christine Webster-Hansen

July 19, 2021July 20, 20210

Eyes linger, unchanged photos …

“North Jersey” by John O’Brien
Poetry

“North Jersey” by John O’Brien

July 12, 2021July 11, 20210

Train tops tick tackingnext …

“The Surgeon” by Cameron Morse
Poetry

“The Surgeon” by Cameron Morse

July 5, 2021July 5, 20211

If I  check my …

“Waking Up in California” by Jennifer Novotney
Poetry

“Waking Up in California” by Jennifer Novotney

July 2, 2021July 1, 20211

My mother is already …

“Jupiter’s Raindrops” by John O’Brien
Poetry

“Jupiter’s Raindrops” by John O’Brien

June 25, 2021June 30, 20210

Jupiter’s raindrops area phenomenon …

“Turning Back, Going Forward” by E Martin Pederson
Poetry

“Turning Back, Going Forward” by E Martin Pederson

June 21, 2021June 30, 20210

It seems like paradise, …

“Physics and the Corridor Removed” by James B. Nicola
Poetry

“Physics and the Corridor Removed” by James B. Nicola

June 18, 2021June 30, 20210

When I greet “semi-strangers,” …

“The System of Considerations” by Keko Prijatelj
Poetry

“The System of Considerations” by Keko Prijatelj

June 14, 2021February 23, 20220

InsectsPerfected in that specific …

“Perfusion” by Cameron Morse
Poetry

“Perfusion” by Cameron Morse

June 7, 2021June 30, 20210

Perfuse mebrain scanner Push …

“The Body Electric in Several Takes” by Edison Jennings
Poetry

“The Body Electric in Several Takes” by Edison Jennings

June 4, 2021June 30, 20210

An ivy educated American …

“The Road to Cavalry” by Arthur L Wood
Poetry

“The Road to Cavalry” by Arthur L Wood

May 31, 2021June 30, 20210

How many days to …

“The Mosquito and the Bell Jar” by Carol Motta
Poetry

“The Mosquito and the Bell Jar” by Carol Motta

May 24, 2021June 30, 20210

Our balsa-sweet Mosquito flies …

“We have Always Lived in the Castle” by Tara Campbell
Poetry

“We have Always Lived in the Castle” by Tara Campbell

May 21, 2021June 30, 20210

We have always lived …

“Diadem for the End of the World” by Randi Sanders
Poetry

“Diadem for the End of the World” by Randi Sanders

May 10, 2021June 30, 20210

Seven billion was the …

“Antidote” by Kate Copeland
Poetry

“Antidote” by Kate Copeland

May 7, 2021June 30, 20210

A fire sunset facing …

“The Borderland Furies” by Oisin Breen
Poetry

“The Borderland Furies” by Oisin Breen

May 3, 2021August 27, 20231

On questioning circumstance;One must …

“Strangers in a Strange Lawyer’s Home” by Jason McGlone
Poetry

“Strangers in a Strange Lawyer’s Home” by Jason McGlone

April 26, 2021June 30, 20211

This solarium could be …

“A Report on the Afterlife” by Michael Mintrom
Poetry

“A Report on the Afterlife” by Michael Mintrom

April 23, 2021June 30, 20210

The bus climbed slowly …

“All the Water in the World” by Kate Copeland
Poetry

“All the Water in the World” by Kate Copeland

April 19, 2021June 30, 20210

A grey afternoon and …

“The Veil” by Oisin Breen
Poetry

“The Veil” by Oisin Breen

April 12, 2021May 1, 20230

The I, That which …

“On Being Home” by Isaiah R. Hicks
Poetry

“On Being Home” by Isaiah R. Hicks

April 9, 2021June 30, 20210

1.And you wish it …

“An Account of Our Precipice” by Jason McGlone
Poetry

“An Account of Our Precipice” by Jason McGlone

April 5, 2021June 30, 20211

We three stare at …

“The Waltz of War and Peace” by Edmund Evanson
Poetry

“The Waltz of War and Peace” by Edmund Evanson

April 2, 2021June 30, 20210

Edmund Evanson is an …

“Neighbor” by Darrell Petska
Poetry

“Neighbor” by Darrell Petska

March 22, 2021June 30, 20211

on his roof checking …

“More” by Tom Barlow
Poetry

“More” by Tom Barlow

March 1, 2021March 1, 20210

Boxes everywhere, boxes overflowing, …

“thick crusts of midnight in the late Ordovician, a wilderness of morning elsewhere” by Kate Shannon
Poetry

“thick crusts of midnight in the late Ordovician, a wilderness of morning elsewhere” by Kate Shannon

February 28, 2021March 14, 20211

i.other things live easy, …

“Sold Sign” by Kate Koch
Poetry

“Sold Sign” by Kate Koch

February 19, 2021February 19, 20210

The sunlight that crawls …

“Recreate” by Shannon Cuthbert
Poetry

“Recreate” by Shannon Cuthbert

February 8, 2021February 7, 20210

Floating, ghost horse wakes …

“ghazal for aguas del sur” by Kate Shannon
Poetry

“ghazal for aguas del sur” by Kate Shannon

January 29, 2021February 22, 20221

once, mothers waited for …

“LaMarcus Thompson’s Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway” by John H. Johnson
Poetry

“LaMarcus Thompson’s Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway” by John H. Johnson

January 22, 2021January 17, 20210

August humidity in Coney …

“Dinnertime” by Ulyses Razo
Poetry

“Dinnertime” by Ulyses Razo

January 18, 2021September 9, 20240

Waiting for a chicken …

“Little Gem Magnolia” by Paul Rabinowitz
Fiction / Miscellaneous / Poetry

“Little Gem Magnolia” by Paul Rabinowitz

January 15, 2021June 28, 20221

I In an old …

“Slate Cleaned on the Bluff” by D. R. James
Poetry

“Slate Cleaned on the Bluff” by D. R. James

January 11, 2021January 11, 20210

Up here, the intervals …

“now in the park july no–” by Robin Wyatt Dunn
Poetry

“now in the park july no–” by Robin Wyatt Dunn

January 8, 2021January 5, 20211

now in the park …

“Red Summer” by Chariklia Martalas
Poetry

“Red Summer” by Chariklia Martalas

January 1, 20210

It was the days …

“Untitled” by Simon Perchik
Poetry

“Untitled” by Simon Perchik

December 28, 2020December 21, 20200

Even without a caress …

“Gardens” by Andrew DeBella
Poetry

“Gardens” by Andrew DeBella

December 21, 2020December 21, 20200

I I plunged my …

“At the Art Opening” by John Grey
Poetry

“At the Art Opening” by John Grey

December 18, 2020December 17, 20200

No one is enlightening …

“Skins” by Carson Pytell
Poetry

“Skins” by Carson Pytell

December 14, 2020December 14, 20200

Gallery of grotesqueries whence …

“Pour toi, mon amour” by Tasnia Nahla
Poetry

“Pour toi, mon amour” by Tasnia Nahla

December 12, 20200

Chaos sings, we areDisintegrating …

“Thin Places” by Steven Croft
Poetry

“Thin Places” by Steven Croft

December 7, 2020December 6, 20200

Through a broad valley …

“Upon Being Published” by Ulyses Razo
Poetry

“Upon Being Published” by Ulyses Razo

November 30, 2020September 9, 20240

Riding shotgun, I look …

“Pop” by Benjamin Schmitt
Poetry

“Pop” by Benjamin Schmitt

November 27, 2020November 22, 20200

Getting all the feels …

“Glass” by Chariklia Martalas
Poetry

“Glass” by Chariklia Martalas

November 16, 2020November 16, 20200

Did they tell you …

“Ode to a Speck” by Thomas Piekarski
Poetry

“Ode to a Speck” by Thomas Piekarski

November 13, 2020November 12, 20200

Out of respect I …

“Field Trip” by John Grey
Poetry

“Field Trip” by John Grey

November 9, 20200

You wake up on …

“Zoom In-Out-In and Cry” by Hibah Shakhez
Poetry

“Zoom In-Out-In and Cry” by Hibah Shakhez

November 6, 2020November 5, 20200

Earth o’ mine green …

“Bones” by Japhy Mitchell
Poetry

“Bones” by Japhy Mitchell

November 2, 2020November 1, 20200

The winds switch faster …

“Foe” by Matthew Chamberlin
Poetry

“Foe” by Matthew Chamberlin

October 30, 2020January 10, 20210

Hidden under sheets of …

“Kurt” by Veronica Lupinacci
Poetry

“Kurt” by Veronica Lupinacci

October 23, 2020February 22, 20222

Kurt wouldn’t eat yellow …

“The Magi” by Cameron Morse
Poetry

“The Magi” by Cameron Morse

October 19, 2020October 18, 20201

Wisteria drapes green  bean-knuckled  …

“Volitions of Desire” by Oisin Breen
Poetry

“Volitions of Desire” by Oisin Breen

October 16, 2020October 11, 20200

I speak- Of climbing …

“My Nature” by Gregory C. Wilder Jr.
Poetry

“My Nature” by Gregory C. Wilder Jr.

October 5, 20200

“I’m not used to …

“The Destiny Tree” by Hibah Shabkhez
Poetry

“The Destiny Tree” by Hibah Shabkhez

October 2, 2020October 2, 20200

The destiny tree, Dark …

“Self Portrait as Woman with Scarf” by Paul Rabinowitz
Non-Fiction / Poetry

“Self Portrait as Woman with Scarf” by Paul Rabinowitz

September 28, 2020June 26, 20220

I have no hair …

“Rural Grown” by James Croal Jackson
Poetry

“Rural Grown” by James Croal Jackson

September 25, 2020September 25, 20201

I always mowed the …

Posts pagination

Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
Buy Merch
Donate via PayPal
Become a Patron
Subscribe to Our Newsletter
  • Instagram
  • Bluesky
  • Spotify
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Copyright © 2025 The Metaworker Literary Magazine. Powered by WordPress and Bam.