Natalie Diaz: Two Poems

Natalie Diaz is a Mojave American poet whose work delves into themes of cultural identity, language, and the body. Her collection “Postcolonial Love Poem” won the Pulitzer Prize…
Omer Ahmed: Two Poems
Omer Ahmed (pronouns: He/Him) is an educator, writer and performer. He explores the intersectionality of identity and blackness through divinity, which informs his writing. Omer is a National…
Afterwardsness by Claire Gaskin
We sit in Cuppa Cottage looking at a photograph from twenty eight years ago. We both had kept a copy. Cuppa Cottage is in Sandringham and has porcelain tea cups hanging from a wooden ladder…
Think Forward. Answer Strong.
Artwork © Jerzy Beaumont ⌖ BAREKNUCKLE POET JOURNAL OF LETTERS: EDITORIAL MARCH 24, 2020 Fighters, we’re going to be blunt with you for a spell. Everything is pretty fucked. The world is…
FIGHT: Round 1
We asked, and you delivered. FIGHT: Round 1 features work by Stephanie Chan, Paula Ethans, Rose Hunter, K.A. Nelson, Katie Pukash, Thabani Tshuma, Les Wicks, and Zoe Alexandria Yapp.…
This Is How We Rally.
Photo by Dane Deaner on Unsplash ⌖ BAREKNUCKLE POET JOURNAL OF LETTERS: EDITORIAL JULY 6, 2020 Dear fighters, This next round of FIGHT will be our last for the foreseeable future. We have…
Andrew Galan: Five Poems
Andrew Galan is an internationally published poet and co-producer of renowned poetry event BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!. Described by reviewers as ‘riddled with satire’, his poetry is gut, direct,…
2018 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN
Dear Readers & Writers After a bit of down time Bareknuckle Poet has weathered a few blows, regained foothold and delivered a lovely right uppercut to the opponent Circumstance. For all…
A poem by Abdul-Jaleel Abdalla: Carpark Hooligans
Abdul-Jaleel Abdalla is an Australian/Palestinian poet currently based in South Australia. His work has been published in Bareknuckle Poet Anthology 02, 2016, Deep Water Literary Journal,…
George Vance ~ A Poem
Happening onto the Anne Frank Garden I see a yellow-walled buildingback a rectangle of blue sky mirrored in a window an undefined dark stain a yellowed bedcover drooping from a second window…
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