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“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
From the Collection “Song of My Softening”
By
Omotara James
| July 15, 2024
“Instructions for the Lovers.” A Poem by Dawn Lundy Martin
From the Collection “Instructions for the Lovers”
By
Dawn Lundy Martin
| June 28, 2024
“1937.” A Poem by Frederick Seidel
From the Collection “So What”
By
Frederick Seidel
| June 25, 2024
"YouTube Comments on My Marriage," a Poem by Cristine Brache
From the Collection "Goodnight Sweet Thing"
By
Cristine Brache
| June 21, 2024
“My Atmosphere," a Poem by Alan Felsenthal
From the Collection "Hereafter"
By
Alan Felsenthal
| June 20, 2024
"Wrong Winds," a Poem by Ahmad Almallah
"I see the crowds coming to fill / their cups with your darkness."
By
Ahmad Almallah
| June 20, 2024
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“Exit Muse,” a Poem by Zoë Hitzig
By
Zoë Hitzig
| June 7, 2024
“Auld Lang Syne,” a Poem by Michael Lista
By
Michael Lista
| June 7, 2024
“The Final City.” A Poem by Samer Abu Hawwash, translated by Huda Fakhreddine
By
Samer Abu Hawwash and Huda Fakhreddine
| May 24, 2024
“To Become a Poet is to Step Into the Void.” Brian Henry on Slovenian Poet Tomaž Šalamun
With Poems Translated by Brian Henry
By
Literary Hub
| May 22, 2024
“Tunnel Vision.” A Poem by Peter Mishler
From His New Collection, “Children in Tactical Gear”
By
Peter Mishler
| May 3, 2024
“Designer,” a Poem by Dorothy Chan
From the Collection “Return of the Chinese Femme”
By
Dorothy Chan
| May 3, 2024
“Gravel Ghost or Gravel Gertie,” a Poem by Alice Notley
From the Collection “Being Reflected Upon”
By
Alice Notley
| April 22, 2024
“To My Teacher,” a Poem by Jean Valentine
From the Collection “Light Me Down: The New & Collected Poems of Jean Valentine”
By
Jean Valentine
| April 18, 2024
Exclusive: Read a new poem by National Book Award finalist Joan Wickersham.
By
Literary Hub
| April 15, 2024
“California,” a Poem by David Semanki
From the Collection “Ghost Camera”
By
David Semanki
| April 4, 2024
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