Fanny Says by Nickole Brown
Julie Marie Wade reviews Nickole Brown's Fanny Says today in Rumpus Poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 31: “Why R&B First Thing In The Morning, Why R&B Above All” by Angel Nafis
We’re never satisfied with the 30 days of poetry National Poetry Month allots, so we’re extending it by a day. We’d like to thank all the poets who shared their…
National Poetry Month Day 30: “Dear Weather” by Alison Stine
Dear Weather Dear weather, what are you? It’s not the season, but there he stands: old man in flannel,
National Poetry Month Day 29: “Deconstruction: Citizenship” by Kenji Liu
Deconstruction: Citizenship Have you ever been a member of or in any way associated either directly or indirectly with? Indirectly a biometric hazard, activate. Associated with a cold rubber stamp.…
Two-Way Mirror: A Poetry Notebook by David Meltzer
Patrick James Dunagan reviews David Meltzer's Two-Way Mirror: A Poetry Notebook today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Last Book I Loved: Heather Has Two Mommies
"Did everyone but her have a daddy?" Why—at age three—would you weep for a parent you didn't have and had never known? I didn't buy it.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poem as Whistling Father
Isn't it worth wondering, then, where does a poem take you after it calls you in, calls you from your life into your creative psyche?
Letters for Kids Signed Book Giveaway
We’re doing another Letters for Kids giveaway! Win a beautiful hardcover edition of The Key & The Flame, signed by the author Claire M. Caterer! (Claire also wrote our next…
National Poetry Month Day 27: “Scientific” by Marisa Siegel
Scientific A pond / reflecting / koi swimming slipping through strands / of refraction. Cue shadow and its companion. The pathology justifies nothing / the disease has created.
National Poetry Month Day 26: “The Great Blue Heron of Dunbar Road” by Ada Limón
The Great Blue Heron of Dunbar Road That we might walk out into the woods together, and afterwards make toast in our sock feet, still damp from the fern’s wet…
National Poetry Month Day 25: “Poem For Her In Time” by Christian Anton Gerard
Poem For Her In Time –After Her and Wallace Stevens I. Thirteen days. This morning I counted, read Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.