The Last Poem I Loved: “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson realizes that hope shifts and flutters and changes within you.
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The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Erin Belieu
In Episode 7 of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, Dave Roderick talks with poet Erin Belieu about her new collection, Slant Six, her work with VIDA, and how we're all just onions.
Rumpus Poetry: When at a Certain Party in NYC
Wherever you’re from sucks,/and wherever you grew up sucks,/and everyone here lives in a converted/chocolate factory or deconsecrated church
Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows by Eugenia Leigh
Kenji Liu reviews Eugenia Leigh's Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows today in Rumpus Poetry.
Canoodlers by Andrea Bennett
Melissa Adamo reviews Andrea Bennett's Canoodlerstoday in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Michael Bazzett
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Michael Bazzett about his new book, You Must Remember This, the malleability of memory, and humor in poetry.
The New Testament by Jericho Brown
Jeannine Hall Gailey reviews Jericho Brown's The New Testament today in Rumpus Poetry.
Apocryphal by Lisa Marie Basile
Julie Marie Wade reviews Lisa Marie Basile's Apocryphal today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Last Poem I Loved: “Let me tell you” by Miller Williams
They don’t usually realize that every line, every word of a poem, is there because the poet consciously chose that word instead of some other one.
Wunderkammer by Cynthia Cruz
Diana Whitney reviews Cynthia Cruz's Wunderkammer today in Rumpus Poetry.
Instructions for Killing a Revenant
If it’s blanched and fat with fluid/drop your pick and puncture it.
How to Dance as the Roof Caves In by Nick Lantz
Christian Anton Gerard reviews Nick Lantz's How to Dance as the Room Caves In today in Rumpus Poetry.