Poetry

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Poems of Lovesickness

Nine poets on eros and longing
Poetry

Rights

Cindy Juyoung Ok
Poetry

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Fady Joudah
Poetry

Two Days Twelve Thousand Years Ago

Brian Blanchfield
Poetry

Memories Don’t Live Like People Do

Donauta Watson

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Poetry

Floral pattern. Detail from Samuel Jesserun de Mesquita, Stylized Floral Pattern, ca. 1905. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Poetry

Mushmouf’s Maybe-Crown

Phillip B. Williams
September 1, 2020
Spider on its web. Detail from Keystone View Co., Writing Spider and Web, ca. 1900. Courtesy The J. Paul Getty Museum, L.A.
Poetry

October

Jacob Eigen
September 1, 2020
Abstract decay on a concrete wall. Tanakawho / Creative Commons
Poetry

Only Portions of the Map Still Legibly Survive

Carl Phillips
September 1, 2020
White plant on blue background. Detail of Anna Atkins, Polysiphonia cristata, ca. 1843–53. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Poetry

Photograph

Armen Davoudian
September 1, 2020
Photograph of the moon. Benson Chan / Public Domain
Poetry

Rat Among the Pines

Roger Reeves
September 1, 2020
Cobblestone street with blue car and stone buildings. Mozzercork / Creative Commons
Poetry

Song

Hannah Hirsh
September 1, 2020
Photograph of a forest at night. Fredrick Matheson / Creative Commons
Poetry

The Southern Hemisphere

Jacob Eigen
September 1, 2020
Fish etched in white on black surface. Henri Verstijnen, Chaetodon Fish, ca. 1892–1931. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Poetry

The Twenty-First Century

Jacob Eigen
September 1, 2020
Black-and-white photo of dog running by ocean. Phil Dolby / Creative Commons
Poetry

Yesterday I Saw a Dog at the Tideline

Krystyna Dabrowska
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Mira Rosenthal
September 1, 2020
Steps leading up to statues

From “Travel & Leisure”

Stanley Plumly
August 14, 2020