A Lover

If I could catch the green lantern of the firefly
I could see to write you a letter.

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Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us . . . …

Wilfred Owen

Where is the word I want? …

Elise Partridge

Fortunate lady, with rings like stars …

Mary Erulkar

Praying answers prayer: …

A. R. Ammons

morning after morning …

Iyanuoluwa Adenle

Someone to follow him? I don’t think so. …

Tess Gallagher

After the Peace of Ghent …

Philip Levine

Flour on the floor makes my sandals …

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

The glossary

From aubade to zuihitsu, 207 definitions of the forms, figures, and schools that shape the line.