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The New York School Diaspora (Part Eighty-Four): David Shapiro [by Angela Ball]
AFTER RYOKAN In my bowl In the thin snow In front of my windowIn the window skyIn the blue distanceIn the scattered door In every quarter of theevening landIn the pool near your roomIn…
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NEXT LINE, PLEASE “What a Strange Path: 3 New Prompts” [by David Lehman]
Next Line, Please Three new prompts By David Lehman | December 16, 2024 Marika Green, left, and Martin LaSalle in Pickpocket, 1959 We headlined our previous poetry challenge with a line from Virginia Woolf: “I have had my…
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“If I had to choose. . .” [by E. M. Forster]
“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” — E. M. Forster Do you agree? Is…
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Ariel Francisco: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_____________________________________________________ Seeing a UFO and Singing Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon” into the Night at the Top of My Lungs How many poems does a guy have to…
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A. E. Stallings on BAP 2024
Echolocations: Reflections on Poems by A.E Stallings (Issue 3) 'The Best American Poetry 2024', edited by Mary Jo Salter and David Lehman (series editor). 13 December 2025 In this new series, A.E. Stallings,…
