February ’25: Of her still body there sprang a little blaze

Author’s Note: These entries are typically relayed as a play-by-play, but this month’s (and possibly continually) will be a collage … More

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Author’s Note: Thank you to Charlie Baylis over at Anthropocene for not only choosing this poem, but for his edits too. * * … More

“Some say the world will end in fire / Some say in ice.”—Fire and Ice, Robert Frost Last year’s National … More

In 1862, Christina Rossetti published No, Thank You, John: a poem about a woman (quite firmly) rejecting the affections of … More

After falling ill at the famed Chelsea Hotel, Dylan Thomas was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital where he succumbed to … More

“Burn, then, little lamp; glimmer straight and clear—Hush! a rustling wing stirs, methinks, the air…”—Emily Brontë, The Visionary A young … More

“These born to judge as well as those to writeLet such teach others who themselves excel.” —Alexander Pope, An Essay on … More

Charles Simic famously said that the prose poem “has the unusual distinction of being regarded with suspicion not only by … More

“A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.” —W. H. Auden A recent … More

Their eyes were on me like little cocktail cherries swirling around the glass. Fat with moisture, almost pink, And I … More