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EssayBy David Schurman Wallace
An inadvertent autobiography and a posthumous collection capture Tomaž Šalamun's ethic of astonishment.
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Book ReviewBy Boris Khersonsky and Lyudmyla Khersonsky
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AudioFrom VS April 2022
In October of 1871, the oldest University in Nashville TN, teetered on the brink of collapse. To survive, Fisk University staked its last $40 on a set of field hymns...
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collectionBy The EditorsConfronting and coping with uncharted terrains through poetry.
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Featured BloggerBy Lucia LoTempio April 18, 2022
Earlier this month, I virtually attended Solmaz Sharif’s book launch for Customs, a brief (Zoom) window into a brilliant poet’s work and thinking. Sharif alternated between reading poems and discussing...
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Prose from Poetry MagazineBy Srikanth Reddy
The language that you are now reading is the most widely spoken in the world today.
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poemBy Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
A single human life migrates through many lifetimes,
Podcasts
Kim Moore on playing the trumpet, misogyny, and the men we love.
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From The Poetry Magazine Podcast April 2022
Srikanth Reddy first encountered the complex poetic world of Don Mee Choi as a translator of avant-garde Korean poetry before reading Choi’s own poetry. As a poet, Choi invites readers...
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From VS April 2022
In October of 1871, the oldest University in Nashville TN, teetered on the brink of collapse. To survive, Fisk University staked its last $40 on a set of field hymns...
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From Poetry Off the Shelf April 2022
Tommye Blount on transformation, Kids Incorporate, and the joy of drowning in diction.
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From The Poetry Magazine Podcast April 2022
When Srikanth Reddy was reading about Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis’s work as a curator at the Smithsonian, he was surprised to learn about Davis’s interest in ghosts. This week on the podcast,...
Featured
Showcasing one of the most influential cultural movements of the last 50 years.
Featured Biographies
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Elizabeth Alexander was born in Harlem, New York, but grew up in Washington, DC, the daughter of former United States Secretary of...
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Born in Saigon, poet and editor Ocean Vuong was raised in Hartford, Connecticut, and earned a BA at Brooklyn College (CUNY). In...
Poem Guides
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Poem GuideBy Ange Mlinko
How the conflict of a nation was captured by a politically reluctant poet.
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Poem GuideBy Christopher Spaide
A madcap fracas! Law and dastards clash! All As!
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Featured Poems
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By E. E. Cummings
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By T. S. Eliot
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By Pablo Neruda
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By Tina Chang
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By Christina Rossetti
