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Like a Flock of Dispossessed

By Jill Bialosky

Like a flock of dispossessed
in a city of converts, we found our way
to the Shamrock where the bikers
congregated to play pool.

In Iowa City

By Jill Bialosky

In Iowa City, the restaurant
where I worked on the weekend,
I befriended another waitress, blond & blue-eyed,

If Someone Was Kind Enough

By Jill Bialosky

If someone was kind enough to take us driving out to the long roads
that veered away from cornfields to the farms, pig roasts & parties

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