Poem of the week
The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus was born in New York City to a wealthy family and educated by private tutors. She began writing and translating poetry as a teenager and was...
To the White Fiends - Claude McKay
Claude McKay, born Festus Claudius McKay, was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, a prominent literary movement of the 1920s. His work ranged from vernacular verse celebrating...
untitled - Bashō
Song of a Man Who Has Come Through - D.H. Lawrence
Confessions - Augustine of Hippo
CLAM SHELL - CAROL CIAVONNE
Carol Ciavonne is the author of Azimuth (Jaded Ibis 2014) and Birdhouse Dialogues with Susana Amundarain (LaFi 2014). She is an associate editor at Posit journal.
FULTON STREET TO NORTH BEACH - JAN BEATTY
Jan Beatty’s fifth book, Jackknife: New and Selected Poems, was published in 2017 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Her last book, The Switching/Yard was named...
EADER ELEMENTARY - RAYAN MUSTAFA
Rayan Mustafa is a Palestinian American poet from California. His work explores the intersection between the personal and political spheres of life and the emergence of identity...
(from Like Nebraska) - Sophie Klahr
Sophie Klahr is the author of Meet Me Here At Dawn (YesYes Books, 2016). Her work appears in The New Yorker, The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, AGNI...
MY SON SAYS HE IS MAKING AN ANIMAL - BRADLEY PAUL
Bradley Paul’s poetry has appeared in American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Smartish Pace, Fence, and numerous other journals. Plasma, his third book of poetry, will be published in...
