“In Memory of Jane Fraser” by Geoffrey Hill
"Is Hill the greatest living English poet? Many critics (including Harold Bloom) have said as much, since the 1970s, when a few dense books inspired transatlantic admiration. After four decades with just… Read More
“Landfill” by Morri Creech
Morri Creech's second book, Field Knowledge (Waywiser), won the first annual Anthony Hecht prize.… Read More
“Beating a Dead Horse” by Dick Allen
Dick Allen's new volume of poems, Present Vanishing, has won the 2009 Connecticut Book Award for Poetry.… Read More
“What Isn’t Mine” by Jill Alexander Essbaum
“Why the pairing of sexual and religious expression seems wrong to our post-modern American ears, I think, is because we’re all (no matter what we believe or don’t) direct inheritors of a… Read More
OK, so Narnia is East of Oz?: Dan Meth’s Fantasy Map
So, leave the Shire, go straight past Mordor, then turn right at Whoville. That will put you smack in the middle of Terabithia. Right? Ok, so keep south and you'll eventually hit… Read More
“Garden” by Rae Armantrout
“You can hold the various elements of my poems in your mind at one time, but those elements may be hissing and spitting at one another.” Rae Armantrout. … Read More
“If Resumes Included Stuff We Were Actually Proud Of”
Thanks to CollegeHumor.com for this one.… Read More
“Cohoes Falls” by Stephen Sturgeon
Trees of the Twentieth Century is Stephen Sturgeon's first collection of poetry. He is the editor of Fulcrum: an Annual of Poetry and Aesthetics. … Read More
“Nothing But Death” by Pablo Neruda, translated by Robert Bly
"the heart moving through a tunnel, / in it darkness, darkness, darkness . . ."… Read More
“The Belltower” by Diane di Prima
"In 2009, Di Prima was named the Poet Laureate of San Francisco. A movement is currently underway to have a street in the city named in her honor."… Read More
“No small perversion of language is needed to spin heroism out of an evening spent in a chair”: B.R. Myers Skewers Foodies and their Books
Steingarten tells of watching four people hold down a struggling, groaning pig for a full 20 minutes as it bled to death for his dinner. He calls the animal “a filthy beast… Read More
“Children Selecting Books In A Library” by Randall Jarrell
"Their tales are full of sorcerers and ogres / Because their lives are . . . " The setting of this poem may make no sense to readers today, and it certainly… Read More
“War and Peace and Russians and Napoleon and Hard Names to Remember and Even Harder to Pronounce and Lots of TALK TALK TALK. And Snow”: Truth in Book Titles?
Head over to Paste to see some honest book titles.… Read More
“Medusa” by Louise Bogan
"Louise Bogan's haunting, melancholy, but fierce poetry challenges me to sort out the question of poetic language and écriture féminine. Her experiments with the lyric earn her an important place in the… Read More
E-Verser Designer Jennifer Unveils her New Website: jenAWESOME!
Head over to Jennifer's new website to see her professional portfolio of corporate and fine art designs. Forward to anyone currently in the market for an excellent graphic designer who happens to… Read More
“Meet and Greet” by Ernest Hilbert
For some, ardent reading forms its own end, A drawn-out, lonely, unpaid profession. Even as pastime, it’s viewed as creepy. The mind greets ghosts, and no good to pretend You’ll get much… Read More
“Low Tide” by April Lindner
"With their beautifully textured surfaces, April Lindner's poems explore 'the hunger of skin for skin.' She combines the poet's lyrical compression with the novelist's eye for the telling domestic detail, and,… Read More
“Spain” by Bruce Bawer
"Bruce Bawer is an American literary critic, writer, and poet. He moved from New York to Amsterdam in 1998, where he felt that he could live better as a gay man in… Read More
“The Retired Literary Critic Pauses in his Sunday Reading” by Ernest Hilbert
1. The Retired Literary Critic Pauses in His Sunday Reading by Ernest Hilbert I still wonder who declined in this room Before me, in this rented antique house, As chips of light… Read More
“The Darkest Hour” by David Yezzi in the New York Times
Note, this is the correct stanza structure and spacing, unlike what you'll find at the Times. … Read More
“Long Distance II” by Tony Harrison
Tony Harrison is Britain's leading film and theatre poet. His first collection of poems, The Loiners (1970), was awarded the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1972, and his acclaimed version of Aeschylus's… Read More
“Speech” by Kevin Young
"At Length is a venue for ambitious, in-depth writing, music, photography, and art that are open to possibilities shorter forms preclude. As a print-friendly online magazine, we create ways for readers, listeners,… Read More
“Sixty Years After” by Derek Walcott
From the Nobel Laureate's latest collection, White Egrets.… Read More
“What a beautiful Pussy you are!”: Poetry Tattoo!
E-Verser Penny sent in an image of her new tattoo, inspired by Edward Lear's famous and much-loved poem "Owl and the Pussycat."… Read More
“Lion” by Jericho Brown
"I strive to be clear—not obvious. I am neither afraid of nor married to difficulty or accessibility. I mean to write poems that are felt before they are understood. Of course, anyone… Read More
“Including Demi Moore and Mike Tyson. . . .”: Maria Shriver to Guest Edit O Magazine Poetry Issue
"In addition to showcasing work from many of the world's most celebrated poets, Shriver plans to include poems and thoughts on poetry from actors, athletes, musicians, and writers, including Demi Moore and… Read More
“Prayer” by Jorie Graham
From Never by Jorie Graham, published by HarperCollins, 2002.… Read More
This Ain’t Yer Grandma’s Knitting: Yarn Bombing!
E-Verser Cynthia introduces us to the world of Yarn Bombing. … Read More