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“I Meant To” [by Michael Lally]
I meant to put thosesixty-three namesand email addressesin the BCC blind copyspace, not the CC copy space. I meant to send it to him, not her.I meant to swallow notdrool, on the computer,my lap, your…
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In “Stay Thirsty,” Ten New Daily Poems [by David Lehman]
<<<Stay Thirsty Magazine is honored to present the following ten, never-before-published, original poems by David Lehman and to continue our special relationship with him that began with a Conversation in the Fall 2014 edition of…
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Boston, April 2013: “The Best of the Best” with Robert Pinsky and Co.
A happy memory: Celebrating "The Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Annviersary Edition" in Boston with editor Robert Pinsky and assorted contributors, including Charles Simic, Rosanna Warren, Lloyd Schwartz, and Frank Bidart.
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The Poet’s Notebook [by Andrew McCarron]
REVIEW OF KYTHE HELLER’S FIREBIRD Last August, I read Kythe Heller’s new book-length poem, Firebird (Arrowsmith Press, 2020), in a single sitting. Inspired by Sufi mysticism and by traumatic and kairotic events from her own life,…
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“On the Cards and Dice” [by Walter Raleigh, with commentary by David Lehman]
Before the sixth day of the next new year,Strange wonders in this kingdom shall appear:Four kings shall be assembled in this isle,Where they shall keep great tumult for awhile.Many men then shall have an…
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Love’s Philosophy [by Percy Bysshe Shelley]
Love's Philosophy The fountains mingle with the river,And the rivers with the ocean;The winds of heaven mix foreverWith a sweet emotion;Nothing in the world is single;All things by a law divineIn another's being mingle–Why…
