SECOND TAKES

For the first couple of years after its founding, we at The Field Office did our best to feature a periodic poems from The Field Office Poets. This series was named "Second Takes," and a complete archive of the work featured there, including the dates that the poems were featured in our digital collection are below. All links are PDF documents.

• "Fairy Tale"
  Kazim Ali, April/ May 2016

• "Prize Fighter"
  Adrian Matejka, February/ March 2016

• "The Greeting"
  Steve Scafidi, January 2016

• "Reverse: A Lynching"
  Ansel Elkins, November/ December, 2015

• "Heirloom"
  Nikky Finney, September/ October, 2015

• "Oh Please, Let It Be Lightning"
  Ada Limón, July/ August 2015

• "Problema 3"
  Gregory Pardlo, May/ June 2015

• "☼"
  Rebecca Gayle Howell, February 2015

• "The CEO of Happiness Speaks"
  Marcus Wicker, January 2015

• "Slipping From Lips"
  Ross Gay, December 2014

• "The Eyes of the Ascetic"
  Juan Antonio Gonzale Iglesias, Translated by: Curtis Bauer, November 2014

• "Dark Charms"
  Dorianne Laux, October 2014

• "Dear Shams"
  Kazim Ali, September 2014

• "Self-Portrait as Vincent van Gogh in the Asylum of Arles"
  Roger Reeves, August 2014

• "Mouth Fighting"
  Adrian Matejka, July 2014

• "Questions I Asked Death, Questions Death Asked Me"
  Steve Scafidi, June 2014

• "Ghost at My Door"
  Ansel Elkins, May 2014

• "Thunderbolt of Jove"
  Nikky Finney, March 2014

• "This Morning the Small Bird Brought a Message from the Other Side"
  Aracelis Girmay, February 2014

• "To The Busted Among Us"
  Ada Limón, January 2014

• "How to Build a Root Cellar"
  Rebecca Gayle Howell, December 2013

• "Plea to My Jealous Heart"
  Marcus Wicker, November 2013

• "Learning to Speak"
  Ross Gay, October 2013

• "Becoming A Crow"
  Curtis Bauer, September 2013