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A painting of a town with a crumbling wall and green plants climbing up a building — Ashmolean Museum / Heritage Images / Getty

A Provincial Roman Town

A poem for Wednesday

Adam Zagajewski

November 30, 2022

A metal cage sits on cracked, dry ground — Luis Manuel Diaz

Father of Clarity

A poem for Sunday

Tim Z. Hernandez

November 27, 2022

A black and white image of jellyfish tendrils — Paolo Pellegrin / Magnum

I Was Wrong About So Much

A poem for Sunday

November 20, 2022

A split image collage, with half a purple blob on the left side and half a squirrel on the right. Text at the bottom and to says "I board up my mind, pound in the nails" — Alicia Tatone

The Squirrel

A poem for Wednesday

November 16, 2022

illustration with young child silhouetted in open doorway with yellow dots — Getty; Gabriela Pesqueira / The Atlantic

Stagger

Linda Gregerson

November 13, 2022

An illustration of two statues with a fountain in the middle, branches around them, and silhouettes painted in pink and green — Miki Lowe

Ideal Landscape

Published in The Atlantic in 1953

November 6, 2022

A dark, rainy window with the silhouette of a flower against it — Olivia Arthur / Magnum

Vigil

A poem for Wednesday

Virginia Konchan

November 2, 2022

A collage of the words "I can't stop thinking about the timeline where the asteroid misses" on a cream background with red and blue shapes — Alicia Tatone

Disaster Means ‘Without a Star’

A poem for Sunday

October 30, 2022

A blurred view out at a blue sky and autumnal tees — Sasha Arutyunova

The Green Tram

A poem for Sunday

October 23, 2022

A blurry fist holds up a rose against the night sky. — Will Matsuda

Look

A poem for Wednesday

October 19, 2022