Shane McCrae on the Music of the Poetic Line

Shane McCrae on the Music of the Poetic Line

"Good poets take advantage of opportunities to make meter mean."

By Shane McCrae | November 3, 2023

“The Professor”

“The Professor”

A Poem by Shane McCrae

By Shane McCrae | April 19, 2021

After Carrie Kinsey's Letter to Theodore Roosevelt

After Carrie Kinsey's Letter to Theodore Roosevelt

A Poem from Shane McCrae's Collection The Gilded Auction Block

By Shane McCrae | February 21, 2019

Hell the Human Zoo

Hell the Human Zoo

A New Poem by Shane McCrae

By Shane McCrae | May 11, 2016

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