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rows of images of two people in a boat, with the people cut out of the photos; the one in the top left corner is covered with a yellow splotch — Miki Lowe

Bored

Published in The Atlantic in 1994

Margaret Atwood

December 17, 2023

Graphic illustration with photo of birds flying in blue sky over black-and-white photo of lower part of man's face with city view in background — Illustration by Gabriela Pesqueira / The Atlantic. Sources: Scott T. Smith / Getty; kool99 / Getty.

The Wish

December 13, 2023

pink bougainvillea with sunset light — Hermann Click / Hans Lucas / Redux

Weather

A poem for Sunday

December 10, 2023

a black and white photo of the road and the cloudy sky seen out the front window of a car, the mirror taking up the front of the frame — Bromberger Hoover / Getty

My Ancestors Ride Wit Me

A poem for Sunday

December 3, 2023

a coat on a hanger in the background, a plant on a table in the foreground — Peter Marlow / Magnum

My New Coat

A poem for Wednesday

Cécile Mainardi

November 29, 2023

A blurry shot of New York in the rain and a black umbrella, through a rainy fog — Saul Leiter / Saul Leiter Foundation

Port Authority

A poem for Sunday

November 26, 2023

illustration with black-and-white still of TV character Louise Jefferson alternating in quadrands with blue-gray gradient — Photo-illustration by Gabriela Pesqueira. Source: CBS Photo Archive / Getty.

Sitcom

November 13, 2023

Kibbutz Be'eri — Photography by Jerome Sessini / Magnum for The Atlantic

Safe Room

November 12, 2023

Girls walking along a road in Palestine, surrounded by rolling green hills, the sun beginning to set — Christopher Anderson / Magnum

Younger Than War

November 9, 2023

a field of green brush and flowers — Trevor Hart / GalleryStock

Tick Season

A poem for Sunday

Robert Wood Lynn

November 5, 2023