poetry
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Hurrah’s Nest by Arisa White
Gina Vaynshteyn reviews Arisa White’s Hurrah’s Nest today in Rumpus Poetry.
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FUNNY WOMEN #102: How to Read a Poem
One misconception people have about poetry is that it is written in “code,” one they aren’t smart enough to understand. In fact, if you do not comprehend a poem, you may return it.
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Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine by Jesse Graves
Heather Dobbins reviews Jesse Graves’s Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Break My Heart Everyday
“Dear Allah: If it will keep my heart soft, break my heart everyday.” This is how writer and poet Warsan Shire’s beautiful album of spoken word ends. In “warsan versus melancholy (the seven stages of being lonely),” Shire muses on…
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The ICC Witness Project
As Kenya’s president-elect, Uhuru Kenyatta, stands trial for crimes against humanity, Kenyan poets have come together to write poems from the perspective of some of the mysteriously missing witnesses. The results are as captivating as they are heartrending. You can…
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History of the Body by Melanie McCabe
Marisa Siegel reviews Melanie McCabe’s History of the Body today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Okay, Okay by Diana Hamilton
Jeff Alessandreli reviews Diana Hamilton’s Okay, Okay today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Begging For It by Alex Dimitrov
Gina Vaynshteyn reviews Alex Dimitrov’s Begging For It today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Notable New York: 5/27-6/2
Monday 05/27: It’s Memorial Day, go outside, eat a burger — vegetable or cow — off a grill, and read a book in a park. Tuesday 05/28: Rare Bird and Other Voices present the PROG NYC BEA Party with music…
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My Funeral Gondola by Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Stephanie Papa reviews Fiona Sze-Lorrain’s My Funeral Gondola today in Rumpus Poetry.
