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Poetry

03.27.13: Ben Lerner

Didactic Elegy
A poem by Ben Lerner.
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02.15.13: James Arthur

Poem from Behind a Gorilla Mask
Poem from Behind a Gorilla Mask by James Arthur.
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12.09.12: Rick Poynor

Dom Sylvester Houédard's Cosmic Typewriter
Dom Sylvester Houédard: Benedictine monk, champion of concrete poetry, and master of the “typestract.”
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11.29.12: Jack Gilbert

Summer at Blue Creek, North Carolina
A poem by Jack Gilbert.
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11.09.12: William Butler Yeats

Memory
A poem by William Butler Yeats.
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09.21.12: Fernando Aguiar

Ecologic Sonnet
'Ecologic Sonnet', a visual poem by Fernando Aguiar.
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07.20.12: Claudia Rankine and John Lucas

“Situation 5”
A poem on film by Claudia Rankine and John Lucas.
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05.18.12: Michael McGriff

When the Spirit Comes to Him as the Voice of Morning Light
A poem by Michael McGriff.
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07.21.11: Rick Poynor

J.G. Ballard's Terminal Documents
A speculative visual interpretation of one of the surreal image lists in J.G. Ballard’s experimental novel The Atrocity Exhibition.
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09.27.10: Debbie Millman

The Art of Poetry
Debbie Millman interview Poetry magazine editor Christian Wiman, plus a slideshow of 67 Poetry covers.
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06.17.10: J.D. McClatchy

"A View of the Sea"
A poem by J.D. McClatchy.
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05.24.10: James Merrill

"b o d y"
A poem by James Merrill.
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02.15.10: Christian Wiman

"Five Houses Down"
Five Houses Down, a poem by Christian Wiman.
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12.14.09: Sharon Olds

"Q"
Q, a poem by Sharon Olds.
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07.14.09: Chase Twichell

"Negligent Worldicide"
Negligent Worldicide, a poem by Chase Twichell.
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03.17.09: Franz Wright

"Visiting the Library in a Strange City"
A poem by Franz Wright.
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