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Red Roses, Red Roses, Red Roses

By Paula Bohince

Fall 2019

Vendors approaching men with
women, holding out a solo rose, long-stemmed

Sparrow

By Paula Bohince

Fall 2019

When the fledgling fell
from its nest, by meager attempt,
by pinwheel descent,
and lay, unguarded,

Stormy Weather

By Paula Bohince

Fall 2019

How a fuchsia blouse becomes
bougainvillea, or
a pair of greyhounds staggers
into abstraction, zigzag

VQR Online

Poetry Poster #12: David Mason

By David Mason

April 15, 2013

This month's poster features a poem from David Mason. It appeared in our Spring 2013 issue on The Business of Literature. To download a high-resolution PDF of this image, click here. [...]

Poetry Poster #11: Victoria Chang

By Victoria Chang

February 22, 2013

This month's poster features a poem from Victoria Chang. It appeared in our Fall 2012 issue on The Female Conscience. To download a high-resolution PDF of this image, click here. [...]

Poetry Poster #10: William Baer

By William Baer

January 25, 2013

"Tracking Shots," from our Winter 2013 issue on Classic Hollywood.

American poetry

Photograph by Fred Viebahn

An Interview With Rita Dove

By Claire Schwartz

"The Poet Edgar Allan Poe: Alien Angel," By Jerome McGann

Defending 'The Jingle Man'

By John S. Sledge

The Collected Poems of W. S. Merwin (two-volume set). Edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2013. 1531p. HB, $75.

W. S. Merwin, the Eternal Apprentice

By John Freeman