Poetry

"I have nothing to say, and I am saying it, and that is poetry." — John Cage

Tess Taylor’s ‘Three Notebooks’
Tess Taylor captures fragments of dream text, blank invitations, and stored receipts, in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security.’
Tess TaylorJan 1
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Anna Journey’s ‘I Object to the Etymology of Sacrum’
Anna Journey writes on the ‘site of infernal nerve spark and spasm,’ in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security.’
Anna JourneyDec 31, 2025
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Two Poems by Dalia Taha
Dalia Taha writes on Palestine and the messages etched into the land, in two poems from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security,’ translated by Sara Elkamel.
Dalia Taha, Sara ElkamelDec 30, 2025
- Poetry
- LARB Lit
Rhoni Blankenhorn’s ‘Mirror’
Rhoni Blankenhorn confronts her changing self, in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security.’
Rhoni BlankenhornDec 29, 2025
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Strange Woofs
Rowland Bagnall reads the previously uncollected dream songs of John Berryman.
Rowland BagnallDec 24, 2025
- Poetry
The Opposite of the World
Petala Ironcloud interviews Billy-Ray Belcourt about his new poetry collection.
Petala Ironcloud Dec 15, 2025
- Poetry
What Fresh Heaven
Sebastian Langdell interviews Mary Jo Bang about her recent translation of Dante’s “Paradiso.”
Sebastian LangdellDec 3, 2025
- Poetry
What the Laureate Left Out
Heather Treseler accepts the challenge of “The Poems of Seamus Heaney,” a new “definitive collection” of the Irish poet’s work.
Heather TreselerDec 2, 2025
- Poetry
Closing the Distance, Emerging from the Earth
Nathan Xavier Osorio finds pain and tenderness in Donika Kelly’s newest poetry collection.
Nathan Xavier OsorioNov 29, 2025
- Poetry
- Gender & Sexuality
Phases of the Quotidian
C. Francis Fisher interviews Shangyang Fang about his new book “Study of Sorrow: Translations.”
C. Francis FisherNov 24, 2025
- Poetry
- Cultural Studies
Cisterns of Multiplicity
Yvonne Kim invests in “The New Economy,” the latest poetry collection from Gabrielle Calvocoressi.
Yvonne KimNov 22, 2025
- Poetry
- Gender & Sexuality
How to Access Art
Pasquale Toscano considers Rob Macaisa Colgate’s debut poetry collection, “Hardly Creatures.”
Pasquale ToscanoNov 20, 2025
- Poetry
- Cultural Studies