• Poem

    Poetry

    “Scattered Snows, to the North,” a Poem by Carl Phillips

    By Carl Phillips  August 8, 2024
    Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry

    From the Trenches: New Work by Ukrainian Poet and Soldier Artur Dron 

    By Literary Hub  July 29, 2024
    Poetry

    “Dear Unfeeling Martinis,” a Poem by JoAnna Novak

    By JoAnna Novak  July 19, 2024
    Poetry

    “Kiese Says, Black People Deserve Beautiful Sentences, but a Fragment is the Best I Can Do / Songbook for the Names I Have Been Called,” a Poem by Omotara James

    By Omotara James  July 15, 2024
    Poetry

    “Instructions for the Lovers.” A Poem by Dawn Lundy Martin

    By Dawn Lundy Martin  June 28, 2024
    Poetry

    “1937.” A Poem by Frederick Seidel

    By Frederick Seidel  June 25, 2024
    Poems

    “YouTube Comments on My Marriage,” a Poem by Cristine Brache

    By Cristine Brache  June 21, 2024
    Poem

    “My Atmosphere,” a Poem by Alan Felsenthal

    By Alan Felsenthal  June 20, 2024
    Fiction and Poetry

    “Wrong Winds,” a Poem by Ahmad Almallah

    By Ahmad Almallah  June 20, 2024
    Poems

    “Exit Muse,” a Poem by Zoë Hitzig

    By Zoë Hitzig  June 7, 2024
    Poetry

    “Auld Lang Syne,” a Poem by Michael Lista

    By Michael Lista  June 7, 2024
    Poetry

    “The Final City.” A Poem by Samer Abu Hawwash, translated by Huda Fakhreddine

    By Samer Abu Hawwash and Huda Fakhreddine  May 24, 2024
    Poetry

    “To Become a Poet is to Step Into the Void.” Brian Henry on Slovenian Poet Tomaž Šalamun

    By Literary Hub  May 22, 2024
    Poetry

    “Tunnel Vision.” A Poem by Peter Mishler

    By Peter Mishler  May 3, 2024
    Poetry

    “Designer,” a Poem by Dorothy Chan

    By Dorothy Chan  May 3, 2024
    Poetry

    “Gravel Ghost or Gravel Gertie,” a Poem by Alice Notley

    By Alice Notley  April 22, 2024
    Poetry

    “To My Teacher,” a Poem by Jean Valentine

    By Jean Valentine  April 18, 2024
    The Hub

    Exclusive: Read a new poem by National Book Award finalist Joan Wickersham.

    By Literary Hub  April 15, 2024
    Poems

    “California,” a Poem by David Semanki

    By David Semanki  April 4, 2024
    Poetry

    “From the River to the Sea.” A Poem by Samer Abu Hawwash, translated by Huda Fakhreddine

    By Samer Abu Hawwash and Huda Fakhreddine  April 1, 2024
    Poetry

    “La Doppelgänger,” a poem by Saúl Hernández

    By Saúl Hernández  March 21, 2024
    Poetry

    “One Function of the Line Is to Order, Another Is to Cut,” a Poem by Zefyr Lisowski

    By Zefyr Lisowski  March 20, 2024
    Poetry

    “If you read this and can hear me…”
    New Poetry by Fady Joudah

    By Fady Joudah  March 12, 2024
    Poetry

    “New Words for the Truth of Still Being Alive.” Poetry by Herbert Gold and His Son, Ari

    By Herbert Gold and Ari Gold  March 8, 2024
    Poetry

    “Rowan Tree,” a Poem by Rowan Ricardo Phillips

    By Rowan Ricardo Phillips  March 7, 2024
    Poetry

    “Remains,” a Poem by Rose McLarney

    By Rose McLarney  March 6, 2024
    Poetry

    [Invocative / Apostrophic]: A Poem by Nam Le

    By Nam Le  March 5, 2024
    Poetry

    Seven Unexpectedly Intimate Poetry Books to Read in March

    By Rebecca Morgan Frank  March 4, 2024
    Ukraine

    Read Stanislav Belsky’s Poems of
    Wartime Kyiv

    By Literary Hub  March 1, 2024
    Poetry

    Survived By

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 29, 2024
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