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By Hannah V Warren

December 9, 2025

Writing the Grotesque

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By Latif Askia Ba

August 19, 2025

Writing with the Energy of Mindfulness

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By Laura Wetherington

June 24, 2025

Where Sonnet and Visual Poem Meet

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By Hannah Treasure

May 20, 2025

On found language and the lyrical voice

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By The Editors

The struggle for social justice remembered through poetry.

Glossary Terms
Aubade
A love poem or song welcoming or lamenting the arrival of the dawn.
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Essay
Spring Ahead
By Annie Finch
Poets have a close relationship to this tender season.
Essay on Poetic Theory
Some Notes on Organic Form
By Denise Levertov

Poem Guides

Poem Guide
Elizabeth Alexander: “Race”
By Stephanie Burt
What can we assume when we read a poem?
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Percy Bysshe Shelley: “England in 1819”
By Christopher Spaide
A letter, a list, a sonnet, and the state of a nation.
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sam sax: “LISP”
By Jeffrey Careyva
A queer childhood and the demand to “sound straight.”