New Ways of Seeing: Our Twenty-First Annual Look at Debut Poets
What compels someone to write poetry in the first place—to commit to this nuanced, imaginative, and far-reaching art form? One of the ten authors in our twenty-first annual look at…
“Every bombed village is my hometown”
poem by nikita gill inspired by a James Baldwin quote
I DREAMED I FORGOT
Leila Chatti
The Feeling
William Bronk
Arthur Sze Named U.S. Poet Laureate
Acting Librarian of Congress Robert Randolph Newlen today named Arthur Sze as the new U.S. poet laureate. He succeeds Ada Limón, who has held the position since 2022. The winner of…
I’m trying to quit smoking
Isaac Pickell
When the World Stands Still
Zbigniew Herbert, trs. Czesław Miłosz & Peter Dale Scott
Although the wind…
IZUMI SHIKIBU
For Saundra
Nikki Giovanni