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A ragman sang of an anagram
unaligned in the margin
on a page’s railing.

A gnarl of a word
like an animal
aiming to enlighten

the grain
between lines
of manila mail.

A gram of &s played by the marina
of imagination’s edge, an ad limina
miring grail with mania.

A stranger...


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Kimiko Hahn is the author of eleven collections of poetry, including The Ghost Forest: New & Selected Poems (W.W. Norton, 2024) which plays with given forms while creating new ones, and, in doing so, honors past writers. Previous books Foreign Bodies, Toxic Flora...


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1/ No.

2/ There was a certain sequence of events
which became palatable to you
if followed in logical order.
HRT was a repeated practice and surgery was a lightning strike.

3/ Which one couldn’t I take back?
Which was more bearable to you?


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“First Contact” by Nicholas Yingling is the winner of the 2026 Nature Poetry Prize, selected by Kimiko Hahn. We’re honored to share this insightful poem with you.

“‘First Contact’ with a line by Charles Wright is a raft of instability, a moving and beautiful one. The speaker places and displaces us. And, I am invited to give homage to a major poet’s remarkable quote, ‘Ins...


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“Brisbane River Rowing” by Vuong Pham is the first runner-up of the 2026 Nature Poetry Prize, selected by Kimiko Hahn. We’re honored to share this gorgeous poem with you.

A canoe wades through river reflections of an upside-down Brisbane
from the pier to the Story Bridge where water has already forgotten the vessel


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