• Poem

    News

    New Poetry by Indigenous Women

    By Literary Hub  June 21, 2018
    Excerpts

    American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin

    By Terrance Hayes  June 19, 2018
    Deep Dive

    When Walt Whitman’s Poems Were Rejected For Being Too Timely

    By Emily Temple  May 31, 2018
    Poets

    The Two Times I Loved You the Most On a Farm

    By Aimee Nezhukumatathil  May 29, 2018
    Poets

    Our Mothers’ Hands

    By Jerome Ellison Murphy  May 25, 2018
    Conversations

    Taking Down Corporate Culture with Poetry

    By Eric Smith  May 22, 2018
    Poets

    What is the Right Poetry Collection for You?

    By Emily Temple  May 21, 2018
    Feature

    Poets Respond to the Anniversary of Nakba

    By Literary Hub  May 16, 2018
    Poets

    From Tommy Pico’s Book-Length Poem, Junk

    By Tommy Pico  May 9, 2018
    Excerpts

    Rome is the City of Poets

    By Karl Kirchwey  May 4, 2018
    Excerpts

    Nioque of the Early-Spring

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 4, 2018
    In the classroom

    When, Exactly, Do Children Start Thinking They Hate Poetry?

    By Chris Harris  April 26, 2018
    Poets

    Three Poems from New-Generation African Poets

    By Literary Hub  April 26, 2018
    Poets

    Spell

    By Ann Lauterbach  April 25, 2018
    Conversations

    Poet Michael Wasson: From Kurt Cobain to Village Life in Japan

    By Peter Mishler  April 24, 2018
    Poets

    Tractor Blister Song Mouth Hawk Vulture Song Diesel Beauty Mice Song Destruction Song My Try at Ways In

    By Abraham Smith  April 23, 2018
    Conversations

    Celina Su on Blending Academic Inquiry with Poetry

    By Vi Khi Nao  April 19, 2018
    Awards

    Danez Smith Wins the $20,000 Four Quartets Prize, Calls Their Mother

    By Laura Buccieri  April 16, 2018
    Poets

    Read the Poet Behind Roberto Bolaño’s Ulises Lima

    By Literary Hub  April 16, 2018
    Feature

    New Poetry by Queer Indigenous Women

    By Literary Hub  April 12, 2018
    Poets

    Maybe Poets Are, in Fact, Aliens

    By Thomas C. Foster  April 11, 2018
    Poets

    When I Say Jesus Was My Boyfriend, a Poem by Erin Adair-Hodges

    By Erin Adair-Hodges  April 9, 2018
    Conversations

    Ursula K. Le Guin: Dictators are Always Afraid of Poets

    By David Naimon  April 6, 2018
    Poets

    4 Poems by Lola Ridge

    By Literary Hub  April 6, 2018
    Feature

    47 of Your Favorite Writers on Their Favorite Poems

    By Emily Temple  April 2, 2018
    Feature

    10 New Poetry Collections to Read During National Poetry Month

    By Cassidy Foust  April 2, 2018
    Conversations

    Wendy Xu on the Impossible Complexity of Immigrant Love

    By Peter Mishler  March 27, 2018
    Poets

    My Hotel Room at the Crowne Plaza, Dubai

    By Jerry Pinto  March 23, 2018
    Fiction and Poetry

    Landscape with Written Statement by Lynn Melnick

    By Lynn Melnick  March 23, 2018
    Feature

    Legacy by Reginald Dwayne Betts

    By Reginald Dwayne Betts  March 22, 2018
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