National Poetry Month Day 27: “Aubade With Mosquito Bites” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
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Burn This House by Kelly Davio
Michelle Salcido reviews Kelly Davio's Burn This House today in Rumpus Poetry.
Links I Like
This afternoon, as I walked down York Boulevard, I was writing Links I Like in my head. I was thinking about a woman I love and how no one takes…
National Poetry Month Day 26: “but she wasn’t from my south” by Randall Horton
But She Wasn’t From My South i’ve been trying to recall nostalgia, how hidden within deep memory they call it saudade, its origin portugal, no i’ve never been lost to…
Punchline by Nick Courtright
Brynn Downing reviews Nick Courtright's Punchline today in Rumpus Poetry.
Swinging Modern Sounds #44: And Another Day
David Bowie, who isn't doing press for his new album The Next Day, provides Rick Moody with a workflow diagram for the album. A Rumpus exclusive.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: What is Lyric Poetry II
Back in December last year I offered not so much ten definitions but ten clues, fixings, or renditions about lyric poetry. A couple dozen of you chimed in as well,…
Balloon Pop Outlaw Black by Patricia Lockwood
Josh Cook reviews Patricia Lockwood's Balloon Pop Outlaw Black today in Rumpus Poetry.
Making’s Progress; or, A Defense of Poetry
"But how poetry can touch this utmost experience of being, before which language falters, I do not know, and can’t know, I am unable to know–unless I turn to poetry again...”