Poetry

“Shots Fired on New Year’s Eve,” a Poem by Ali Black

From the Collection “We Look Better Alive”

 
By Ali Black  April 14, 2025
Poetry

“The Bible as Literature,” a Poem by Amy Gerstler

By Amy Gerstler  April 4, 2025
Poetry

“Because You Wished For It,” a Poem by Ahmad Almallah

By Ahmad Almallah  April 3, 2025
Poetry

“Architect’s Watercolor,” a Poem by Arthur Sze

By Arthur Sze  April 2, 2025
Poetry

“Jailbreak of Sparrows,” a Poem by Martín Espada

By Martín Espada  April 1, 2025
Poetry

Unhappy National Poetry Month: Seven Poetry Books to Read This April

By Christopher Spaide  March 31, 2025
Poetry

Farid Matuk on Mirroring, Poetic Artifice, and Complicating Sensuality in Verse

By Literary Hub  March 24, 2025
Poetry

“The False Friends” and “Braggart,” Two (Mean) Poems by Dorothy Parker

By Dorothy Parker  March 12, 2025
Poetry

John Keene on the Life and Literary Legacy of Essex Hemphill an Early Poetic Chronicler of Black Queer Life

By Essex Hemphill  March 7, 2025
Poetry

“The Old Current,” a Poem by Brad Leithauser

By Brad Leithauser  March 5, 2025
Poetry

Angels, Apocalypse, Bees: Seven New Poetry Collections to Check Out in March

By Rebecca Morgan Frank  March 3, 2025
Poetry

“Joined To All The Living There Is Hope,” a Poem by Jonathan Fink

By Jonathan Fink  February 14, 2025
Poetry

“Winter Garden” and “Moleskine Knockoffs,” Two Poems by Emma Ruth Rundle

By Emma Ruth Rundle  February 12, 2025
Poetry

“Postpositivity in Spring,” a Poem by Oli Hazzard

By Oli Hazzard  February 3, 2025
Poetry

Listen to the Firespitters: Seven Poetry Books to Read This February

By Christopher Spaide  February 3, 2025
Poetry

“Intimacy” and “Endurance,” Two Poems by Maria Ferguson

By Maria Ferguson  January 30, 2025
Poetry

“In the Name of the Bee,” a Poem by Pádraig O’ Tuama

By Pádraig Ó' Tuama  January 28, 2025
Poetry

A Constant Reinvention of Language: Looking Ahead to 2025 in Poetry

By Literary Hub  January 2, 2025
Poetry

“What Zarqaʾ al-Yamama Didn’t Say,” a Poem by Mohamed Abdelbari

By Mohammad Abdelbari and Huda Fakhreddine  December 18, 2024
Poetry

“Winter” and “Sigh,” Two Poems by Roberta Iannamico

By Roberta Iannamico  December 17, 2024
Poetry

“The bullet,” a Poem by Sahar Rabah 

By Sahar Rabah  December 13, 2024
Poetry

“Sexting is Roleplay About Desire,” a Prose Poem by Vera Blossom

By Vera Blossom  December 10, 2024
Poetry

Snapshots in Verse: On Hannah Arendt’s Long-Lost Poems

By Literary Hub  December 9, 2024
Poetry

“Dissociation” and “Central Park, Nocturne,” Two Poems by David McLoghlin

By David McLoghlin  December 6, 2024
Poetry

Some of Our Favorite Poetry Collections of the Year

By David Woo  December 2, 2024
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