Image: In From Out by Parsa Malihipour (fka Glossy Pupils) (from Issue 63.2, Spring 2025). Hello dear reader! Happy solstice to you and yours <3 As we wait for the days to slowly grow longer, I’d like to offer...
Image: Ocean of Tears by Rin Yu (from issue 63.2, Spring 2025). PRISM Prompts is a treasure chest full of muses, wonderings, and inspiration for both seasoned writers who are itching for a new approach to their craft and new...
Image: Echoing Steps by Esmee van Zeeventer (from issue 63.2, Spring 2025). Hello beautiful reader! As we move towards the colder months, I have been returning to our Winter 2025 issue, PRISM 63.1 SPELLS (sold-out). This was a very...
Hello all! I’m excited to introduce this new online segment, “From the Archives,” where we’ll share and celebrate some selected pieces from the PRISM archives. To start us off, I’ve selected Kyle Okeke’s “Gate of Wonder,” 2nd runner-up for...
Trading Beauty Secrets with the DeadBy Erina HarrisWolsak & Wynn, 2024 Review by Rosalie Morris Trading Beauty Secrets with the Dead is a new collection of poetry from Edmonton-based author Erina Harris. The collection is a complex celebration of...
echolalia echolaliaJane ShiBrick Books, 2024 Review by Madelaine Caritas Longman After reading the first poem in Jane Shi’s debut, echolalia echolalia, I put down the book and paced in circles. My heart knocked against my chest; my fingers transfigured...
Buzzkill Clamshell Amber Dawn Arsenal Pulp Press Review by Margo LaPierre Pain can limit us. A bed can be a constraint. But in Amber Dawn’s third solo collection of poetry and eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press, constraint elevates...
A blueprint for survivalby Kim TrainorGuernica Editions, 2024 Review by Leah Bobet It’s at the end of one of climate poetry’s emerging tropes — that our inner landscapes and outer ecologies are one thing after all — that A...
Prescribee by Chia-Lun ChangNightboat Books, 2022 Review by Nicole Miyashiro “Please bear with me,” Chia-Lun Chang writes in “The Accent Floats,” an early poem in her first full-length collection, Prescribee. Born and raised in Taiwan and living in New...