From the Archive: Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Eve L. Ewing
They look / for a lash that isn’t there, even them that never felt it. / It’s in their shoulders. / The lash lives in their shoulders.
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RUMPUS POETRY BOOK CLUB EXCERPT: “WE ARE YOUNG WE ARE BEAUTIFUL” by Zeina Hashem Beck
An excerpt from The Rumpus Poetry Book Club’s July selection
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From the Archive: National Poetry Month Day 8: “cum shot” by Danez Smith
Poetry by Danez Smith for Poem-a-Day
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Marisa Siegel
Talking with Marisa Siegel about FIXED STARS, a little treasure.
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Hanif Abdurraqib
If you really must know, the main difference / between fame and infamy is the number of / mornings / you wake up alone.
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From the Archive: Propelled by Questions: Animal by Dorothea Lasky
The animal spirit of poetry brings us closer to our own humanity.
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From the Archive: The Rumpus Inaugural Poems: Kaveh Akbar
Each day from January 7 to January 20, Rumpus Original Poems will feature poetry written in response to the coming presidential inauguration. Today’s poem is from Kaveh Akbar.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Bianca Stone
Fortinbras felt so good / the way he came after everyone was dead / with an army, and their complexes were dead / dead, dead, but still soft, the flush / just barely drained from of their cheeks,
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From the Archive: Sunday Rumpus Poetry: Three Poems by Fatimah Asghar
& yes, my family did raise me right. Yes, / they cleaned their bones & cracked them clean / open to suck. Would fight over cartilage & knuckle/Sip the marrow’s nectar from urn. .
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Nathan Spoon
Grounded / is a synonym for sky
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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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We Are More: Two Poems by Noor Khashe Brody
Ghazal: A Letter Of eight children, Mamani named you after sunlight. Since I changed my name, you try harder to tread light. Two decades ago you were Mama. But now […]
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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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