Browsing: Poem

Poet laureate Simon Armitage reads a poem called ‘The Campaign’. It was commissioned by Yorkshire Cancer Research, a charity that funds research and works with people…

Cancer is a subject the poet laureate Simon Armitage has always shied away from. “I find it very daunting,” he said. “I’ve lost friends and family…

Yes, I know my mind is a fickle little beedoting on a thousand thoughts, but I’m gettingbetter at chasing my mind back to the momentso I…

A hard smart under hot wash of coffee.Beneath the pulped swell of wintercitrus or a sharp draw of winter air. Notdelicately, Dr. Wayne tested each molaretched…

Darrel Alejandro Holnes is an Afro Panamanian American poet and playwright whose books include Stepmotherland, winner of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize and an International Latino…

According to astronomersthe universe is 14 billion years old,a fact that makes the long scrollof my life—its fine brushstrokes of autumn leaves, incliningover a mountain pool;…

Canisia Lubrin is a poet and editor. Her books include Code Noir, Voodoo Hypothesis, and The Dyzgraphxst. Her work has been recognized with the Carol Shields…

September 16, 20251 min readPoem: ‘Love Letter from Photograph 51’Science in meter and verseBy Faith Paulsen edited by Dava Sobel & Clara Moskowitz Science History Images/Alamy…

For Joe Minter, the African Village in America, and 1504And when those white-sailed shipspiled us together, cargo in the hull of hell,the word rode with us,…

No one notices when a fresh stem of baby’s breathfalls into a pool. Instead, contention among the fangssimmers with rolling eyes, laughter, and barbecue.Everyone is testing…