Skip to content
Best American Poetry Blog
  • Three Poems [by Mitch Sisskind]

    November 27, 2020

      The Wandering Jew 1. In the Gremlin he drove Chicago to NYC And back again I-90 segueing into I-80 Outside Cleveland but neither Chicago Nor NYC could be called his destination Considering how…

    Continue reading…

  • “Little Star, 2015” [by Mary Jo Salter]

    November 27, 2020

    But soon, I’m told, I’ll lose my epaulets altogetherand dwindle into a little star.                                       —Joseph Brodsky, 1940-1996 Joseph, how is your sense of ironyholding up in Heaven?Did you know, by chance, that the…

    Continue reading…

  • Ace Boggess Interviews the Author of “Playlist”

    November 26, 2020

    Interview with David Lehman by Ace Boggess   Q: You’ve been working on a new volume of daily poems like those collected in both The Daily Mirror and The Evening Sun. An interesting year…

    Continue reading…

  • Edna St. Vincent, M. F. A. [by Mary Jo Salter]

    November 25, 2020

    Chic and petite, blind to her destinyof being hailed upon her death the worstsometimes-excellent poet in history,she ran the reading series, and ranked firstin her year despite some issues, namely thosepretentious, creaky sonnets emailed…

    Continue reading…

  • “Dependable Epigraphs” [by Tony Towle]

    November 24, 2020

                            Dependable Epigraphs My epigraphs will prepare you for the excursion                         but not for the ruts in the road.                              …

    Continue reading…

  • Mr. Boyfriend [by Mary Jo Salter]

    November 23, 2020

    New lover, known and unknown,you’ve risen before dawnand, delicious in suit and tie,you lean down to the bedto kiss my rumpled headthe tenderest goodbye. A military bearingadheres to what you’re wearing.Oh, how many yearswho…

    Continue reading…

←Previous Page Next Page→

Copyright 2025 | A WordPress Theme By SuperbThemes

Best American Poetry Blog