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October 15, 2022
Here Lola Haskins retells a haunting tale, cast in the voice of an elder. Like the best stories, there are no inessential details. Every word counts toward the effect....
October 12, 2022
Ted Kooser, former poet laureate of the US, asks that you look at this poem about perseverance despite difficulty....
September 26, 2022
Public poetry isn’t dead. But our poets’ responses to the death of the queen – the silent, the awkward, the confrontational – tell us much, as ever, about the societies we live in....