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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Morgan Parker

  • Morgan Parker
  • August 18, 2022
I am only as lonely / as anybody else, I say / at lunch downtown, examining / my worth.
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by sam sax

  • sam sax
  • August 11, 2022
how many men have / passed through this room, through my lips?
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Maggie Smith

  • Maggie Smith
  • July 21, 2022
What do we do? We birth the new citizens / & answer their bodies with our bodies. // We rock the new citizens to sleep. / We clothe them with skin & stamp // their passports with milk.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Anna Maria Hong

  • Anna Maria Hong
  • July 14, 2022
Irritation Odes
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Eve L. Ewing

  • Eve L. Ewing
  • July 7, 2022
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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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Hanif Abdurraqib

  • Hanif Abdurraqib
  • June 23, 2022
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: Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Raymond Antrobus

  • Raymond Antrobus
  • May 19, 2022
On screen, I’m peering up a faintly lit staircase and all goes grainy.
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National Poetry Month Day 5: Alan Pelaez Lopez

  • Alan Pelaez Lopez
  • April 5, 2022
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 4: Arianne True

  • Arianne True
  • April 4, 2022
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 3: Safia Jama

  • Safia Jama
  • April 3, 2022
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 2: Megan Fernandes

  • Megan Fernandes
  • April 2, 2022
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 1: Chen Chen

  • Chen Chen
  • April 1, 2022
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