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5 Poems to Appease the Infamous Welsh Christmas Horse Skeleton

5 Poems to Appease the Infamous Welsh Christmas Horse Skeleton

Here's What to Do if Mari Lwyd Shows Up at Your Door

By Blair Beusman and Jess Bergman | December 19, 2017

Honoring the Weird Fire: Poets Chen Chen and Craig Santos Perez In Conversation

Honoring the Weird Fire: Poets Chen Chen and Craig Santos Perez In Conversation

On Idiosyncrasies, Poetry in Politics, and Teaching

By Literary Hub | December 15, 2017

W.H. Auden Wrote Poetry For a Beautiful Short Film About Running

W.H. Auden Wrote Poetry For a Beautiful Short Film About Running

Runner is a Classic, Unsung Piece of Mid-Century Filmmaking

By Nick Ripatrazone | December 14, 2017

<em>Don’t Die</em>, I Say: 3 Poems on Gun Violence and Police Brutality

Don’t Die, I Say: 3 Poems on Gun Violence and Police Brutality

On the Anniversary of Sandy Hook, Responses from Activists and the
Loved Ones of Victims, Nationwide

By Literary Hub | December 14, 2017

Read Early Sonnets By Walter Benjamin, for the First Time in English

Read Early Sonnets By Walter Benjamin, for the First Time in English

Heartbroken, One of the Great Thinkers of the 20th Century Turned to Poetry

By Carl Skoggard | December 11, 2017

Now You Too Can Bake Like Emily Dickinson This Holiday Season

Now You Too Can Bake Like Emily Dickinson This Holiday Season

7 Delicious Recipes from a Great American Poet

By Emily Temple | December 8, 2017

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8 Russian Poets Who Taught Me How to Write a Novel About Russia

By Janet Fitch | December 8, 2017

"Astrological Sign Poem"

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As the World Ends, Has the Time for Grieving Arrived?

By Sue Sinclair | December 1, 2017

Love and Death at the Library with the Astro Poets

Love and Death at the Library with the Astro Poets

"I had that nervous date feeling, like you were all a giant Earth sign”

By Kyle Lucia Wu | December 1, 2017

Poet Jenny Johnson on Writing Her Own Escape Routes

Poet Jenny Johnson on Writing Her Own Escape Routes

The Author of In Full Velvet Talks to Peter Mishler

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A New Poem by Natalie Graham

A New Poem by Natalie Graham

Read "Underneath there is a Wound"

By Natalie J. Graham | November 17, 2017

Two Poems by Tongo Eisen-Martin

Two Poems by Tongo Eisen-Martin

From His Latest Collection Heaven is All Goodbyes

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 13, 2017

What We Can Learn From Multiple Translations of the Same Poem

What We Can Learn From Multiple Translations of the Same Poem

And How It Brings Us Closer to the Experience of Reading the Original

By Martha Collins | November 13, 2017

A New Poem by Randall Mann

A New Poem by Randall Mann

Read "Executive Order"

By Randall Mann | November 8, 2017

The Body of Loneliness Was Embraced: Two Poems by Leonard Cohen

The Body of Loneliness Was Embraced: Two Poems by Leonard Cohen

On the First Anniversary of his Death, Read from Cohen's Book of Longing

By Leonard Cohen | November 7, 2017

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