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A silhouette of a woman against an orange textured background — Erli Gruenzweil / Connected Archives

Chrystie Street

A poem for Sunday

October 16, 2022

A grid of blurred faces painted in red — Miki Lowe

Litany for Dictatorships

Published in The Atlantic in 1935

Stephen Vincent Benét

October 9, 2022

illustration of a tangled mass of string on a peach background — Gabriela Pesqueira

String

October 5, 2022

An image of an empty stage at a theatre — Mark Power / Magnum

While Playing Hamlet at the National Theatre, Daniel Day-Lewis Leaves the Stage, Having Seen the Ghost of His Own Father

A poem for Sunday

Mairead Small Staid

October 2, 2022

Someone shown from the legs down holds two paintings, one of Queen Elizabeth II and one of King Charles III — Olivia Arthur / Magnum

Ode to King Charles III

A poem for the new monarch

September 29, 2022

Picture of a man holding a cigarette in Paris, France — Jim Goldberg / Magnum

Red Bathrobe

A poem for Sunday

September 25, 2022

A lamp on a table in a corner of a funeral parlor room — Rachel Cox

The Widow’s Elegy

A poem for Wednesday

September 21, 2022

An outline of a farmhouse over a collage of chicken photos — Miki Lowe

Hens

Published in The Atlantic in 2009

September 18, 2022

collage illustration with yellow bar, part of red-orange flower; bird perching on branch — Gabriela Pesqueira / The Atlantic; Getty

Floaters

September 11, 2022

Dark clouds part in the middle of the frame, showing a hazy golden sky — Balarama Heller

When Walking, I Keep My Eyes Straight Ahead

A poem for Wednesday

September 7, 2022