Next Letter for Kids: Heidi Schulz
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Heidi Schulz! Heidi writes to us about her suspicion of giraffes and her very special skill involving balloons! Her letter is handwritten, and has lots…
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Untended Garden by Grant Hier
Jeff Lennon reviews Grant Hier's Untended Garden today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Anne Marie Macari
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Anne Marie Macari about her new book Red Deer, how to write simplicity with depth and mystery, and the sacred feminine.
Swinging Modern Sounds #65: Tragedy Plus Time
Jesse Malin is a lifer in a business that rarely features lifers anymore.
Fanny Says by Nickole Brown
Julie Marie Wade reviews Nickole Brown's Fanny Says today in Rumpus Poetry.
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?