A White Hunter

A white hunter is nearly crazy.

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One was born with an intonation and went searching for a …

Stephen Dobyns

JAMES MC MICHAEL …

James McMichael

Early spring, the first light …

Myrna Stone

His hands touch mine …

Jon Tribble

Last patches of snow all but gone and first …

Derek Sheffield

made by a person or group …

Cameron Barnett

The clock ticks wildly against the widening dawn. …

Jayanta Mahapatra

What I expected, was …

Stephen Spender

The glossary

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