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a watercolor painting of a silhouette holding a baby, drawn in sparse streaks of ink — Miki Lowe

Night Terrors

Published in The Atlantic in 1995

June 16, 2024

blurry black-and-white image of tops of trees with flock of black birds against white sky — Shedu / Getty

Mojave Ghost

June 9, 2024

a man standing in darkness before a house, glowing from within — Trent Parke / Magnum

The Ghost of Johnnie Taylor Reflects

A poem for Wednesday

June 5, 2024

flowers glowing by a red light at night — Photograph by Giovana Schluter Nunes

No Miracle

A poem for Sunday

June 2, 2024

the Irshad valley in the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan, in the Hindu Kush mountain range — Tom McShane / Loop Images / Universal Images Group / Getty

Departing Afghanistan

A poem for Memorial Day

William H. McRaven

May 26, 2024

An illustration of a man standing in the ocean with a young boy on his shoulders. The sand is glimmering, catching the light. — Amy Friend

Nothing Is a Body

A poem for Wednesday

May 22, 2024

A twin bed in the corner of a room, with a thin brown blanket and a pink pillowcase, against a stained wall — Millennium Images / Gallery Stock

850 Bryant

A poem for Sunday

tanea lunsford lynx

May 19, 2024

a foggy image of a woman in a soft glow of light — Millennium Images / Gallery Stock

Tapering

A poem for Sunday

May 12, 2024

Photo-illustration with multiple photos of front of tavern — Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Teenie Harris Archive / Carnegie Museum of Art; Getty.

When Nan Goldin Danced in Low-Life Go-Go Bars in Paterson, N.J.

May 8, 2024

a purple flower growing out of a concrete curb — Vincent Glielmi

No Subject

A poem for Sunday

May 5, 2024