An Indian researcher based in Japan has named a newly discovered large structure of galaxies after Manipur’s Loktak Lake, seeking to “immortalise” the northeastern state’s identity in the cosmos.
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i am often asked how i know a poem is done. i like to say: when the poem’s made all its decisions. when it’s undeniably committed to its form, its gestures, its weirdnesses.
“Oak leaves so full of late summer // sun even I thought, “Obscene” and stood stunned / for a moment. My God.”
— Gabrielle Calvocoressi
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This poem appeared in Poem-a-Day, by the Academy of American Poets, 2015. Shared here with deep gratitude.
“I am / not ready to hatch. Teach me / to harden in the air”
— Dominique Ahkong (@domkeykong)
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This poem appeared in Pirene’s Fountain Volume 18, Issue 26, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.