Observations of an Inquisitive Mind: Fruit by Bruce Snider
These are not poems of self-pity. Far from it.
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Posts Tagged: poems
Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Jose Hernandez Diaz
The palm tree stood on the beach and laughed at the sea.
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Hybrid by Nature: A Conversation with Tara Campbell
Tara Campbell discusses her new book, POLITICAL AF: A RAGE COLLECTION.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Thea Matthews
Thea Matthews discusses her debut poetry collection, UNEARTH [THE FLOWERS].
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Straining Toward “Memory Care”: Victoria Chang’s Obit
For Chang, figurative language proves unsatisfactory when compared to the depth of her grief.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Jasmine V. Bailey
It was good to wake up to your insomnia.
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Beyond Anger and Sorrow: On Poetry, Pleasure, Politics, and Offense
A poetry of coalition building: how would that sound?
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Mothers and Daughters: Girl by Veronica Golos
Bodies become something to escape from or leave behind.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Delano Burrowes
I wanted to give you one more chance to make me exist.
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Disrupting Language Hierarchies: Talking with Judith Santopietro
Judith Santopietro discusses TIAWANAKU. POEMAS DE LA MADRE COQA/POEMS FROM THE MOTHER COQA.
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Let Our Rage Become a Storm: Kelly Grace Thomas’s Boat Burned
In this collection, women are “vesseled,” carrying the burdens of our culture.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Threa Almontaser
I’m dream-ghost, phantasmal, falling through floors from sighing.
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Why We Chose Sumita Chakraborty’s Arrow for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
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A Cave of Catharsis: Code by Charlotte Pence
Grief sneaks up on you, and so does this book.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Austin Araujo
In my dream, I give you a car to cross / that lonely little kiss of a border.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Heather McHugh
Heather McHugh discusses her new poetry collection, MUDDY MATTERHORN.
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Resistance Against Erasure: Talking with Marianne Chan
Marianne Chan discusses her debut poetry collection, ALL HEATHENS.
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Make the Words an Elsewhere: Magdalena Zurawski’s The Tiniest Muzzle Sings Songs of Freedom
[Zurawski] is the advocate for the open exterior of poetry.
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The Lonesome Home: A Conversation with Aria Aber
Aria Aber discusses her debut poetry collection, HARD DAMAGE.
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Paranoid Reality: Monica Sok’s A Nail the Evening Hangs On
A loss is a loss. Neither the circle nor the form can be completed.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #221: Noah C. Lekas
“Hopefully, the takeaway is the journey.”
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Karthik Sethuraman
we are within the reach / of some god
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ENOUGH: Habit Makes Violence the Norm
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Ailish Hopper
Every empire, a pretty / narrow waist // in someone’s speech.
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The Poem Must Forgive: E. J. Koh’s The Magical Language of Others
Empathy and forgiveness must begin with understanding.
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This Huge, Colossal Joy: A Conversation with Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison
Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison discuss their work.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Ugonna-Ora Owoh
I’m a citizen of several things at once, / as concern as they own me more than myself.
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ENOUGH: Brave Takes Away My Permission
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Ariel Francisco
Ariel Francisco discusses his new poetry collection, A SINKING SHIP IS STILL A SHIP.
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A Tightrope Act: Frozen Charlotte by Susan de Sola
It’s de Sola’s genuineness in portraying this tightrope act that is Frozen Charlotte’s chief virtue.
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