Poetry
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National Poetry Month Day 3: Rosebud Ben-Oni
The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month with new poems daily from poets we admire, illustrating a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
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Both Nostalgia and Dream: Talking with Sadie Dupuis
Sadie Dupuis discusses her debut collection, MOUTHGUARD.
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National Poetry Month Day 2: Jenny Xie
The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month with new poems daily from poets we admire, illustrating a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 1: Justin Phillip Reed
The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month with new poems daily from poets we admire, illustrating a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
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Gutting the Sonnet: A Conversation with Jericho Brown
Jericho Brown discusses his third collection, THE TRADITION.
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Eliminated to Illuminated: Tarfia Faizullah’s Registers of Illuminated Villages
Faizullah drills language for meaning.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Ilya Kaminsky
Ilya Kaminsky discusses his new collection, DEAF REPUBLIC.
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Rooted to the Earth: The Carrying by Ada Limón
Limón’s ability to express her speaker’s connection to the earth, her desire to bring forth life in all its forms, is breathtaking.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Christina Olivares
the remedy of displacement / is that we can root almost anywhere
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: W. S. Merwin: An Appreciation
The psyche is haunted by its own swollen intimacies, Merwin’s poems remind us.
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War Games: Kill Class by Nomi Stone
What happens when we play along with something not real—does it become real?
