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I must visit; it’s urgent, can’t they see? How can I grieve after losing your pictures? The bereaved must cling to memories, They say. But what if they aren’t tangible? I know I do remember all your ...

The poem is an elegy written by Ben Jonson after the death of his seven-year-old son. Jonson expresses heartbreak and says goodbye, calling his son his "best piece of poetry". The poem shows the depth ...

A light touch and a wry tone are what readers typically remember from the poetry of Alexander Pope (1688–1744), but he was absurdly talented, a man from whom words poured out in meter and rhyme as ...

In 2023, the poet Peter Gizzi happened to walk into a recording session of the Massachusetts band Sunburned Hand of the Band. As a band member recounted on Instagram, Gizzi ...

This poem explores all the distances between mothers and their children, the frayed seams between countries and cultures. It is also a poem of love and understanding, as if love is a way to the ...

Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton reads a poem written in the aftermath of Harvey and recounts her personal experience of riding out the storm. Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, Houston Poet Laureate A Houstonian for ...