poetry
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Kemi Alabi
She tells me Paris / is mostly glitter and ash this time of year.
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Slouching Toward Vantage: A Conversation with Taneum Bambrick
Taneum Bambrick discusses her debut poetry collection, VANTAGE.
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Poetry Is Wild: Talking with Ariel Francisco
Ariel Francisco discusses his forthcoming second collection, A SINKING SHIP IS STILL A SHIP.
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Angry Reminders: Lee Ann Roripaugh’s Tsunami vs. the Fukushima 50
Human beings like to make myths out of things we don’t understand.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Madeleine Wattenberg
I split my voice into a chorus to drive you / from your ship’s wood hull.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Esteban Rodríguez
I think / of the ink as armor, a badge, as a medal
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Aria Aber
One hears everything here, where the landscape / is a clean knife, slicing the mute—
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Why I Chose Shira Erlichman’s Odes to Lithium for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
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Transcending Metaphor: Jenifer Sang Eun Park’s Autobiography of Horse
To call [AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HORSE] unique is an understatement.


