Poetry

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

A Glutton for Duration
Devon Walker-Figueroa discusses eros, eternity, and her new collection ‘Lazarus Species’ with LARB’s poetry editor Elizabeth Metzger.
Elizabeth MetzgerFeb 10
- Poetry
A Clearing in the Mind’s Petrified Forest
In ‘Monk Fruit,’ Edward Salem’s poetry presents ‘a wild ride of touchpoints’ that serve together as a ‘gastric lavage’ for the trauma-fatigued reader.
Rosalie MoffettFeb 7
- Poetry
Me, No You
Diamond Forde’s poetry communes with her grandmother Alice’s interior universe, reflecting ‘a dance between two bodies, alive together despite a generation between them.’
Nic CavellJan 31
- Poetry
What Vallejo Do You Want?
Dean Rader considers César Vallejo’s ‘The Eternal Dice: Selected Poems,’ recently translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Dean RaderJan 19
- Poetry
Jodie Hollander’s ‘The Ouija Board’
Jodie Hollander describes the imprisonment of fame, in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security.’
Jodie HollanderJan 2
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
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