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 the 2024 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize contest, as chosen by Oliver Baez Bendorf. This poem is a cottonball fever dream, a textural striptease, a pastoral avalanche. I think it will resonate with many readers.
