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Vive la Différence [by Somerset Maugham]
“Have you never thought of divorcing Gray?” “I’ve got no reason for divorcing him.” “That doesn’t prevent your countrywomen from divorcing their husbands when they have a mind to.” She laughed. "Why d'you suppose…
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Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828) [by Mitch Sisskind]
O be with me! How dear I am, Flinging myself from chair to chair. Hello, I am Lady Caroline Lamb.…
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“Prayer” [by Philip Metres]
Philip MetresPrayer Wither me to within me:Welt me to weal me common again:Withdraw to wear me weary:Over me to hover and lover again: Before me to form and perform me:Round me to rill me…
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“Lufthansa” by John Tranter [Introduced by Thomas Moody]
"Lufthansa" is one of Tranter's best and most anthologised poems. The poem is mimetic of one of its early lines: it seems "struck by an acute feeling of precision" which leaves little room for…
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: May 17, 2023
Campbell McGrath’s Fever of Unknown Origin was published on May 9 by Penguin Random House. The title poem takes place as the speaker fights a long illness and is in a hospital right before…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Fifty): Tyrone Williams [by Angela Ball]
Border Clashes We stroll out of El Zocalo to find a world turning white with snow. Not more than an hour ago, or so it seems, it was still just a neighborhood of…
