“History” by Ernest Hilbert
We can talk of eras and epochs, But life smudges over easy margins, Blows down fences, confuses neat frontiers. We may witness sunsets and check our clocks, But authentic change is slow,… Read More
“A Legend about Cats” by Ernest Hilbert
From the new issue of the Asheville Poetry Review. … Read More
“Genealogies” by Ernest Hilbert
1. Geneologies by Ernest Hilbert 2. Genealogies by Ernest Hilbert I envy those who trace their families back And back, to covered wagons, Bunker Hill, The Mayflower, and Bayeux Tapestry. Some can… Read More
“The Pessimist Prepares for What May Well Be His Last Winter”
1. The Pessimist Prepares for What May be His Last Winter by Ernest Hilbert I have been released into harsh Autumn And witness ash of cruel light on skylines. Dusk draws in… Read More
“The Driver of the Car Is Unconscious” by Timothy Donnelly
Timothy Donnelly's Twenty-seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit was published by Grove Press in 2003. The Cloud Corporation was published by Wave Books in 2010. He is poetry editor for… Read More
“Church Street” by Ernest Hilbert
1. Church Street by Ernest Hilbert For Daniel Nester My friends quietly dropped out of high school. It seemed each week we had parties for some guy Going into jail or getting… Read More
“Leningrad” by Ernest Hilbert
From the new issue of the Asheville Poetry Review. … Read More
“Man Carrying Thing” by Wallace Stevens
Harold Bloom called Wallace Stevens "the best and most representative American poet of our time." Here is one reason why. … Read More
“Lighthead’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Terrance Hayes
Terrance Hayes was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1971. He received a B.A. from Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina, and an M.F.A. from the University of Pittsburgh writing program. He is… Read More
“The Flautist of North Station” by Bill Coyle
Mr. Coyle's first collection of poems spans the divide between the minutely considered trappings of an often hard-bitten and desolate world and the larger, more elusive questions of belief. Shifting easily through… Read More
“Death and Minstrelsy” by Ben Mazer
Ben Mazer is the author of Poems (The Pen & Anvil Press, 2010) and January 2008 (Dark Sky Books, 2010). He is the editor of Selected Poems of Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (Harvard… Read More
“A Few Drinks and We’re All Poets” by Ernest Hilbert
We’ll head out, you and me, have a pint, or Maybe three, a cool thin ale, like sunlight, Or a lager, toke the dregs of the day. We’ll catch up, slide down,… Read More
“Rich in Vitamin C” by J.H. Prynne
Jeremy Halvard Prynne (born June 24, 1936 ) is a British poet closely associated with the British Poetry Revival. Prynne's early influences include Charles Olson and Donald Davie. His first book, Force… Read More
“Up Late on a Work Night: A Lament” by Ernest Hilbert
O noctem præclaram! When his brain is drenched with Chesterfield Ale, He loves tapping out long, soppy e-mails To seasoned friends and admired enemies. While he does this, he listens to a… Read More
“Sure Enough” by Ashley Anna McHugh
Ashley Anna McHugh is the winner of the tenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize.… Read More
“Endangered Species” by Lorna Knowles Blake
Lorna Knowles Blake’s first collection of poems, Permanent Address, won the Richard Snyder Memorial Prize from the Ashland Poetry Press and was published in May 2008. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College… Read More
“November” by Walter de la Mare
Sir Walter de la Mare was born at Charlton, Kent, in the south of England, of well-to-do parents. His father, James Edward Delamaere, was an official of the Bank of England. His… Read More
“Frankenstein Love” by Matthew Zapruder
I think there was a movie once where Frankenstein fell in love with a vampire. A small mummy at first interfered but later provided the requisite necessary clarifications. He can only meet… Read More
“The Giaour [Unquenched, unquenchable]” by George Gordon Byron
. . . Unquenched, unquenchable, Around, within, thy heart shall dwell; Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell! But first, on earth as vampire sent,… Read More
“From His Coy Mistress” by Ashley Anna McHugh
Ashley Anna McHugh is the winner of the tenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize.… Read More
“Starry Wizards” by Matthew Zapruder
Matthew Zapruder is the author of three collections of poetry: American Linden, The Pajamaist, and Come On All You Ghosts. He has received a William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society… Read More
“Coil” by Ernest Hilbert
1. Coil by Ernest Hilbert 2. Coil by Ernest Hilbert Is it still alive? Or is it a frame Bared of its bright canvas, a skeleton Whose fats, organs, and skin… Read More
“Sonnet” by Karen Volkman
Karen Volkman is the author of Crash’s Law and Spar, winner of the 2002 James Laughlin Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize. … Read More
“Larkin” by Adam Kirsch
Adam Kirsch is the author of The Thousand Wells: Poems and the book critic of the New York Sun. He is a frequent reviewer for The New Republic, The New York Times,… Read More
“Urban Renewal” by Major Jackson
biography Major Jackson is the author of two collections of poetry: Hoops (Norton: 2006) and Leaving Saturn (University of Georgia: 2002), winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and finalist for a National… Read More
“Rebuilding Year” by Eric McHenry
Eric McHenry was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1972. His first book of poems, Potscrubber Lullabies (Waywiser Press, 2006), won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. He lives with his wife and two… Read More
“The New Higher” by John Ashbery
John Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, on July 28, 1927. He is the author of more than twenty books of poetry, most recently Planisphere (Ecco, 2009); A Worldly Country (2007);… Read More
“The Night Ship” by Timothy Donnelly
Timothy Donnelly’s Twenty-seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit was published by Grove Press in 2003. He has been poetry editor of Boston Review since 1995. His poems have appeared in… Read More