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Rumpus Original Poems

  • The Rumpus Inaugural Poems: Lynn Melnick

    Each day from January 7 to January 20, Rumpus Original Poems will feature poetry written in response to the coming presidential inauguration. Today’s poem is from Lynn Melnick.

  • The Rumpus Inaugural Poems: Rajiv Mohabir

    Each day from January 7 to January 20, Rumpus Original Poems will feature poetry written in response to the coming presidential inauguration. Today’s poem is from Rajiv Mohabir.

  • The Rumpus Inaugural Poems: JoAnn Balingit

    Each day from January 7 to January 20, Rumpus Original Poems will feature poetry written in response to the coming presidential inauguration. Today’s poem is from JoAnn Balingit.

  • The Rumpus Inaugural Poems: Jaswinder Bolina

    Each day from January 7 to January 20, Rumpus Original Poems will feature poetry written in response to the coming presidential inauguration. Today’s poems are from Jaswinder Bolina.

  • The Rumpus Inaugural Poems: Julie Marie Wade

    Each day from January 7 to January 20, Rumpus Original Poems will feature poetry written in response to the coming presidential inauguration. Today’s poem is from Julie Marie Wade.

  • The Rumpus Inaugural Poems: Leila Chatti

    Each day from January 7 to January 20, Rumpus Original Poems will feature poetry written in response to the coming presidential inauguration. Today’s poem is from Leila Chatti.

  • The Rumpus Inaugural Poems

    Official inaugural poems are a strange beast. There have only been five of them and the one we recognize as the first, Robert Frost’s “The Gift Outright,” wasn’t composed for President Kennedy’s inauguration. Frost recited it when the sun’s glare…

  • National Poetry Month Day 31: Sandra Simonds

    Confessional Poem I fucked your husband and I don’t feel __bad enough for the bourgeoisie. My sexuality roughly translating into teenage vampire, __my blood a pop song programmed to some _____dumb catastrophe.

  • National Poetry Month Day 30: Sophie Klahr

    Slant which codes the luminous tree at your gate which broad night renders its own wild leap

  • National Poetry Month Day 29: Danez Smith

    My Body is a Country & I Built A Wall Around It

  • National Poetry Month Day 28: Geffrey Davis

    3:16—For who hands o- ver their on- ly begot-

  • National Poetry Month Day 27: Shane McCrae

    Banjo Yes Plucks an Apple from a Tree in a Park -For Tamir Rice   I hold an apple in my hand on set It is     or ain’t     an apple ain’t a real Apple depending on…