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As we stood on the edge of the crag …

Amir Gilboa

Go now into summer, into the backs of cars, …

Gary J. Whitehead

TWO POEMS …

Michael Roberts

The moon tonight is closer to us …

Cathy Song

There is no stillness in this wood. …

J. V. Cunningham

Old Booker's out there shirtless and knee-deep …

Megan Grumbling

This fastening, unfastening, and heaving— …

Joshua Mehigan

love is more thicker than forget …

E. E. Cummings

The glossary

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