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amanda gorman The incredibly complicated question of how to translate inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Thom Dunn
websites Online archive of e e cummings poetry Rob Beschizza
opals This opal contains a breathaking miniature universe Mark Frauenfelder
poetry Could this meeting be a zoom? A Twitter poem Mark Frauenfelder
beats Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti (RIP) reads a poem about his dog David Pescovitz
maggie smith Good Bones: a heart-tugging video poem about this terrible world Claudia Dawson
poetry Watch inaugural poet Amanda Gorman's TED talk about the political power of poetry David Pescovitz
allen ginsberg First recording of Ginsberg's "Howl" to be released in April Gareth Branwyn
a christmas carol A Christmas poem about grammatically-tense ghosts Thom Dunn
Andrea Dorfman "How to Be at Home" is a timely poem set to animation Rusty Blazenhoff
roadside senryu Lovely little roadside poems popping up around the US Jason Weisberger
songwriting Nick Cave: writer's block is actually a "category error" David Pescovitz
morgan harper nichols "Engage in the long, faithful work," a beautiful graphic poem about learning anti-racism Thom Dunn
beat generation Beat poet Michael McClure, RIP David Pescovitz
robert zimmerman And another surprise stunner from Bob Dylan! David Pescovitz
corporate emails Someone made Found Poetry out of all the emails they've received about COVID-19 Thom Dunn
Bannatyne Manuscript The oldest written record of "fuck" has been discovered — and it comes from a plague quarantine Thom Dunn
sonnets Watch Sir Patrick Stewart read a Shakespeare sonnet every day David Pescovitz
iambic pentameter "What is a robot?" Pioneering roboticist Rodney Brooks answers with a sonnet David Pescovitz
poetry New video for Iggy Pop's spoken-song based on Lou Reed poem David Pescovitz