National Poetry Month Day 9: Carrie Murphy
Beauty Work Today I wore jeans in the sweltering heat & sweat pooled in my crotch. There was a girl on the metro with eyeliner like Priscilla Presley
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During by James Richardson
Jeff Lennon reviews James Richardson's During today in Rumpus Poetry.
National Poetry Month Day 8: Michael Bazzett
How To Become An Effective Poet In 31 Days, Or Less
A Hole In the Light by Lucas Jacob
Mag Gabbert reviews Lucas Jacob's A Hole In the Light today in Rumpus Poetry.
National Poetry Month Day 7: Kelly Davio
The Unreal Woman at the Grocery “What price bananas? Are you my Angel?” –Alan Ginsberg Her cart is mighty, for she piles it with the semblance of health: fruit that…
Jen Fitzgerald’s Poetry Mixtape #1: Poetry That Moves Like a City Street
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…
National Poetry Month Day 6: Wendy Chin-Tanner
AFTER LIKUNT DANIEL AILIN Sculpture by Kehinde Wiley, 2013
Olio by Tyehimba Jess
Hanif WIllis-Abdurraqib reviews Tyehimba Jess's Olio today in Rumpus Poetry.
National Poetry Month Day 5: Tiffany Midge
Tweets as Assigned Text for a Native American Studies Course Selected Tweets of @TiffanyMidge
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Primal Talk
One of the thrills of being a writer is becoming aware of the wildness that percolates inside of you. If you’ve learned to listen, you’re able to hear it.
The Rumpus Interview with Campbell McGrath
Campbell McGrath talks about his new collection, XX: Poems For The Twentieth Century, capitalism, history, and what it might mean to write a wordless poem.