From the Archive: Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Raymond Antrobus
On screen, I’m peering up a faintly lit staircase and all goes grainy.
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Poetry
Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Pamilerin Jacob
Unfortunately, I enjoy blasphemy. / My nightmares will kill me before God does. / What is a nightmare but what God does / to the trees, hiding paper in their pith?
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Kyle Dacuyan
Casual amnesia Sunday I saw several people crying at the airport. One man on his phone begging the person on the other line to please stop calling and checking on him. I gathered that the mother of this man at the terminal had died. I was near the end of the chapter […]
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National Poetry Monday Day 30: Emily Jungmin Yoon
Celebrate National Poetry Month with new poems daily, featuring a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 29: Maryam Ivette Parhizkar
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National Poetry Month Day 28: Antonio De Jesús López
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National Poetry Month Day 27: Andrea Abi-Karam
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National Poetry Month Day 26: Ladan Osman
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National Poetry Month Day 25: Fady Joudah
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National Poetry Month Day 24: Andrea Rexilius
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National Poetry Month Day 23: Ambalila Hemsell
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National Poetry Month Day 22: r. erica doyle
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National Poetry Month Day 21: Alexa Patrick
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National Poetry Month Day 20: Jacqueline Allen Trimble
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National Poetry Month Day 19: Jari Bradley
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National Poetry Month Day 18: Nomi Stone
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National Poetry Month Day 17: Sarah Ghazal Ali
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National Poetry Month Day 16: D. A. Powell
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National Poetry Month Day 15: Camonghne Felix
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National Poetry Month Day 14: María Fernanda
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National Poetry Month Day 13: Sy Hoahwah
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Reading Achy Obejas’s BOOMERANG/BUMERÁN as Indelible and Recursive Testimony
A review of BOOMERANG/BUMERÁN, a bilingual poetry collection from Achy Obejas available now from Beacon Press.
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National Poetry Month Day 11: Natalie Shapero
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National Poetry Month Day 10: Brian Teare
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National Poetry Month Day 9: Justice Ameer
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National Poetry Month Day 8: Arhm Choi Wild
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National Poetry Month Day 7: Chaun Webster
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National Poetry Month Day 6: Yanyi
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National Poetry Month Day 5: Alan Pelaez Lopez
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National Poetry Month Day 4: Arianne True
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