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A woman lit by a ray of light against a black background lays out tortillas she's cut from dough — Inge Morath / Magnum

Ode to Tortillas

A poem for Sunday

March 21, 2021

abstract illustration of cow with dots — Paul Spella / The Atlantic

Cowbell

March 14, 2021

A man looking straight ahead with clouds of color over his head and behind him, and illustrated Xs over his eyes — Maxima Manga

Black Erasure

A poem for Sunday

Kyle Carrero Lopez

March 7, 2021

Silhouetted person and gleaming sun reflected on water — Victor Zea Diaz

Against the Parts of Me That Think They Know Anything

A poem for Sunday

February 28, 2021

illustration of tree and abstract shapes — Paul Spella / The Atlantic

Deciduous

Linda Gregerson

February 7, 2021

An illustration of two tigers facing each other, both roaring — Miki Lowe

The Other Tiger

A poem by Jorge Luis Borges, published in The Atlantic in 1967

Jorge Luis Borges

January 31, 2021

Cormorant by power lines — Yoshinori Mizutani

I Stare at a Cormorant

A poem for Sunday

January 24, 2021

A photo illustration of Donald Trump speaking loudly — Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty / The Atlantic

Epitaph on a Tyrant (Sort Of)

A poem for the end of Donald Trump’s presidency

January 20, 2021

Three pie charts: The one on the left is just over half colored in in yellow and is labeled "Led to error by youth"; the one in the center is mostly white with just a small slice of red and labeled "Always good"; and the one to the right is all black and labeled "Mortal." — Miki Lowe

A Word on Statistics

A poem by Wisława Szymborska, published in The Atlantic in 1997

Wisława Szymborska

January 17, 2021

Cairo landscape — Laura El-Tantawy

The Cairo Apartments

A poem for Sunday

January 10, 2021