Poetry

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Poems of Lovesickness

Nine poets on eros and longing
Poetry

Rights

Cindy Juyoung Ok
Poetry

[...]

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

A page from one of James Merrill's manuscripts
Poetry

Days of 1941 and ‘44

James Merrill
July 1, 1984
Tatiana Gerus / Creative Commons
Poetry

Mock Orange

Louise Glück
July 1, 1981
From the Archives

Tide Music

John Ashbery
January 1, 1981
From the Archives

Unusual Precautions

John Ashbery
January 1, 1981
A manatee swimming. Dennis Matheson / Creative Commons.
Poetry

Developers at Crystal River

James Merrill
October 1, 1980
Ouija board. James Merrill Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Poetry

The Five Elemental Voices

James Merrill
June 1, 1978
From the Archives

Messages

Mary Oliver
April 1, 1978
John Ashbery, Samos, collage, 2010. © Estate of John Ashbery. Courtesy Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York.
From the Archives

Impermeable

John Ashbery
October 1, 1968
John Ashbery, Palette, collage, 2011. © Estate of John Ashbery, courtesy Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York.
From the Archives

Strangers May Kiss

John Ashbery
October 1, 1968
From the Archives

My Cousin in April

Louise Glück
June 1, 1967