Triad

These be
Three silent things:
The falling snow. . the hour
Before the dawn. . the mouth of one
Just dead.

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I met the Bishop on the road …

William Butler Yeats

Dark storms of the afternoon persist …

John Dickson

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John Berryman

Dishonor and disease, …

Rolfe Humphries

At 1:03 in the morning a fart …

Richard Brautigan

They’re sexy …

Rae Armantrout

You can't sit still, is that right? …

David Wyatt

We danced to rancorous tunes on spiked ground and …

Malika Booker

The glossary

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