Poetry
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The Rumpus Interview with Cole Swensen
Cole Swensen, author of fifteen collections of poetry, discusses her work, walking, and her recent travels.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Something’s Happening Out There
The big crowd stretched form the gold-domed State House to Park Street. I had the urgent feeling that we were part of something. That we counted.
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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.
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National Poetry Month Day 30: Sophie Klahr
Slant which codes the luminous tree at your gate which broad night renders its own wild leap
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Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Jeff Nguyen reviews Ocean Vuong’s Night Sky With Exit Wounds today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Taxidermist’s Cut by Rajiv Mohabir
Kenji Liu reviews Rajiv Mohabir’s The Taxidermist’s Cut today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Jen Fitzgerald’s Poetry Mixtape #4: Poetry That Wants to Tell You What It Has Seen
I’m spending National Poetry Month at the Millay Colony, former home of Edna St. Vincent Millay. My colleague and friend, poet and writer Jen Fitzgerald, will be writing the Mixtape column this month—and we are all lucky for it. Enjoy…
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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…
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Widening Income Inequality by Frederick Seidel
Barbara Berman reviews Frederick Seidel’s Widening Income Inequality today in Rumpus Poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 26: Beth Bachmann
nectarine & leather (riot) we said they’d never miss it our skin is twisted as harvest & smells like summer all day I hungered outside for something that is not here the rain came went