The Fearless

As Winter, fleeing,
Leaves the shreds of its ermine
To be crunched into murk,
The fearless leave
Their names.

41,493

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4,155

poets

207

poetic terms

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A rabbit has stopped on the gravel driveway: …

Arthur Sze

Wee Willie Winkie …

William Miller

BOOKS IN BRIEF …

Anonymous

When the Deluge had passed, …

Ben Belitt

This house is ugly-but it is the house I live in. …

Ethel Arnold Tilden

Waves on a tropical beach; …

L. Vroman

Old Bill George …

Malcolm Cowley

Orpheus liked the glad personal quality …

John Ashbery

The glossary

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