Sampson Starkweather’s “What if We Call This Tenderness” is a poem that overlays love onto a previously loveless surface of the world. The ardent and persistent calls of a collection agency are ...
When Kobe Bryant announced he was retiring in November of last year, fans were not only surprised that he was hanging up his sneakers, but that he chose to reveal his decision in a poem directed at ...
As guest editor of The Best American Poetry 2024, Mary Jo Salter spent last year scouring literary journals for 75 of the best poems from 75 different poets. To appear in the volume is a coveted honor ...