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the back of a woman's head; she's wearing a read wig — Christopher Anderson / Magnum

The Marigold Sonnets

A poem for Wednesday

January 24, 2024

a drawing in black ink of a bird beneath a staircase, with music symbols above — Miki Lowe

The Pianist Upstairs

Published in The Atlantic in 2005

Erica Funkhouser

January 21, 2024

a beige snake twisted around itself against a beige background — Alec Soth / Magnum

Poem for Falling Bodies

A poem for Sunday

Carolina Hotchandani

January 14, 2024

a hazy yellow view of a city skyline out of a window — Christopher Anderson / Magnum

Districts

A poem for Wednesday

January 10, 2024

A brightly lit room with tiled walls and a table with tomatoes and peaches on them — Laura Letinsky / Gallery Stock

Lula Bell

A poem for Sunday

January 7, 2024

bugs in the air, smudged against a blurred image of the sky fading from light blue to light yellow — Chien-Chi Chang / Magnum

Reasons to Live

A poem for Sunday

December 31, 2023

a black and white photo of two toothbrushes leaning against a faucet, their shadows on the tiled wall behind them — Evelyn Freja / Connected Archives

Midwinter

A poem for Wednesday

December 27, 2023

A table set with food and wine and a lit candle, with a door open in the background showing the sky — Peter Marlow / Magnum

Condolence

A poem for Tuesday

December 26, 2023

A faraway deer in an expanse of white sky and snow — Alec Soth / Magnum

Valentine

A poem for Monday

December 25, 2023

Bees fly around a red pole, with a house and a blue sky out of focus in the background. — Maewenn Bourcelot

We Love in the Only Ways We Can

A poem for Sunday

December 24, 2023