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,…
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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...”
National Poetry Month Day 21: “Letters from Saint Francis” by Joshua Heineman
Letters from Saint Francis Flowers fill a wall three stories tall near the river, by the Parc du Champ de Mars& I’m there, eyes wide, mouth sharp, in another year,…
National Poetry Month Day 20: “Ruminations on cud from five of my fullest stomachs” by Matt Mauch
Ruminations on cud from five of my fullest stomachs
Lullaby (with Exit Sign) by Hadara Bar-Nadav
Tova Gardner reviews Hadara Bar-Nadav's Lullaby (with Exit Sign) today in Rumpus Poetry.
National Poetry Month Day 19: “The Sturdiness” by Sina Queyras
The Sturdiness For a long time I was thinking that I had to do more. The way a dancer looks away from the camera. I want to be a direct…
National Poetry Month Day 18: “b my apocalypse” by Laura Zaylea
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