“The Stones in Gimme Shelter” by Rick Mullin, No. 4 from The Stones Jones Canzones
Rick Mullin’s poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including American Arts Quarterly, Unsplendid, Méasŭre, The Flea, and Ep;phany. His epic poem Soutine, on the life of the painter Chaim Soutine, was… Read More
“The Magic Trick” by Nicholas Friedman
Nicholas Friedman works as a lecturer for Cornell University. Recent poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Dark Horse, POETRY, The New Criterion, Southwest Review, and other publications.… Read More
“South” by Jack Gilbert
"It is impossible to picture certain poets buying Cheetos at a Sunoco. Granted, this is true of a particular sort of person in any occupation—it’s hard, for example, to imagine Mitt Romney… Read More
“Sailor’s Yarn” by Tomas Tranströmer, Translated by Robin Fulton
Tranströmer is the recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature. His other honors and awards include the Aftonbladets Literary Prize, the Bonnier Award for Poetry, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature,… Read More
“When All is Said and Done, It Still Makes Good Toast”: Satanic Toaster and Vintage Classy Journalism from The Today Show
This hard-hitting investigative segment first aired in May, 1984. Richard Dominick, the apprentice interviewer, would later work (surprise) as a producer for the Jerry Springer Show. A positively stunning moment in American… Read More
“Women Who Destroy” by Afaa Michael Weaver
Afaa Michael Weaver is the Alumnae Professor of English and director of the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Center at Simmons College in Boston, and Chair of the Simmons International Chinese Poetry Conference.… Read More
“The Ghost” by Ben Mazer
"Ben Mazer is one of the few poets of his generation to understand that only mastery of craft will bring you to the natural breath, and that to sing memorably in verse,… Read More
“Entombed Forever in the Heart of an Extinct Mountain” by Ernest Hilbert
This poem is madness, or at least one of the many forms poetic madness can take. It may seem at first a departure from my usual approach, but it is merely an… Read More
Believe in Bacon: Herr Doctor Dan’s Bloody Mary
E-Verser Dr. Daniel Mitchell, of Leamington Spa, in Great Britain, recently acquired a bacon-flavored Vodka called (what else?) BAKON from the continent. When it arrived, the package was addressed, in good northern… Read More
“PAST PRESENT FUTURE” by Ernest Hilbert
Ernest Hilbert is the author of Sixty Sonnets (2009). A spoken word album recorded with rock band and orchestra, Elegies & Laments, will appear on limited-edition white vinyl, CD, and for digital… Read More
“Breasts Like Martinis” by Jill McDonough
"Jill’s first book of poems, Habeas Corpus, was published by Salt in 2008. At the time, Jill had a fellowship with the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, and was researching… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reads with Ben Mazer, Jill McDonough, and Afaa Michael Weaver at Lindsay Chapel on Harvard Square
Join us to celebrate the new issue of the exciting young magazine Poetry Northeast. Featuring Ernest Hilbert, Ben Mazer, Jill McDonough, and Afaa Michael Weaver, poets whose work may be found in past,… Read More
“Beach Walk” by Henri Cole
"In his sixth collection of verse, Henri Cole deepens his excavations and examinations of autobiography and memory. These poems--often hovering within the realm of the sonnet--combine a delight in the senses with… Read More
“To Failure” by Philip Larkin
"Larkin is resolute, forthright, witty, and gloomy. This is the man who famously said that deprivation was for him what daffodils were for Wordsworth. Yet surely the results of this life, in… Read More
“Hazed”: a Short Animated Film by Matt Hammill
Created at Guru Studio and Sheridan College, Hazed tells the story of a smokestack who just can't help himself. … Read More
“The Other Tiger” by Jorge Luis Borges
"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." - Jorge Luis Borges… Read More
“Cough” by David Yezzi
David Yezzi’s poetry collections include Azores (2008) and The Hidden Model (2003), and his criticism and poetry have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, and Best… Read More
Do You Media Binge? Lindsay Abrams Counsels You on How to Keep Computer Screens From Destroying Your Eyes
At work, I use two large screens with text on Word, Office, and my web browser set large. Periodically, a coworker will stop and poke fun at this indulgence. "What, do you… Read More
“Cuba, 1962” by Ai
“People whose concept of themselves is largely dependent on their racial identity and superiority feel threatened by a multiracial person. The insistence that one must align oneself with this or that race… Read More
“The Stalker’s Villanelle” by Jeff Holt
"Jeff Holt’s poetry is not uplifting. The mini narratives that make up The Harvest White Violet Press, 2012, are grim. Even bleak. But they frequently also contain a certain gallows’ humor. Deborah… Read More
“Hunted Like a Crocodile Ravaged in the Corn. / ‘Come in,’ She Said”: Cynthia Brings You “Shelter from the Storm”
As I get hunkered down in my Connecticut home, I send E-Verse listeners a song to get us through Hurricane Sandy/Frankenstorm. An alternate version of Bob Dylan's "Shelter from the Storm" (sorry… Read More
“Don’t Call Me a Legend. Just Call Me Miles Davis”: The Miles Davis Story
"Trumpeter-bandleader Miles Davis (1926-91) was a catalyst for the major innovations in post-bop, cool jazz, hard-bop, and jazz-fusion, and his wispy and emotional trumpet tones were some of the most evocative sounds… Read More
“Haunted Seas” by Cale Young Rice
"Cale Young Rice was married to the popular author Alice Hegan Rice; they worked together on several books. The marriage was childless, and Cale committed suicide at his home in Louisville a… Read More
“Our Town” by Iris DeMent
A classic, in honor of her excellent new album. … Read More
Yeah, You See, in Philadelphia People Ride around on Bikes with CATS on Their Shoulders
Don't believe us? Check it out!… Read More
“Restless Ghost” by Eric Pankey
"Eric Pankey is a poet of precise observation and startling particularities. His poems possess a sense of a self not the least self-regarding; they unbridle us into a freshened and metamorphic wordscape.… Read More
“Sea of Bees” by East Coastamite
East Coastamite, featuring Andrew Lannutti on guitar, Dave Coulson on organ, Tom McKernan on bass, and Mark Shewchuk (also of poet Ernest Hilbert's backing band Legendary Misbehavior) on drums, perform their song,… Read More
Cynthia Gives us “Halloween Unmasked”
Cynthia takes us through the strange history of Halloween. … Read More
Was Napoleon Really Short for His Era? Did Vikings Really Have Those Ridiculous Horns on Their Helmets? Let’s Look at Some Historical Misconceptions
What? Vikings didn't wear big horns on their helmets? No. Of course not. Let's get these misconceptions straightened out.… Read More
“Haunted Houses” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited by the Muses and the Graces, but an old, mouldering house, full of gloom and haunted by… Read More