#Elijah
By Yvonne Daley. Civil rights activist and Baltimore congressman Elijah Cummings has died at 68. …
Three Eulogies
By Monaye. The winner of our poetry challenge pens an ardent obituary for American novelist Toni Morrison. …
The Human Condition
By Denise Sedman. An erasure poem to honor the anniversary of Anthony Bourdain's death. …
Harvest
By Devon Balwit. The winning poetry from this week's poetry challenge. …
Saying I Love You in Wookiee
By Kurt Cole Eidsvig. Peter Mayhew, the actor behind the beloved Chewbacca, has died at 74. …
Of Earth Of Merwin
By M. T. Whitington. Reading the late poet W.S. Merwin, the "evangelist of nature." …
Can You Hear the Shape of the Drum?
By Stephen Byrne. W.S. Merwin dies on the same day as the Christchurch mosque shootings. …
Luke Perry is Dead at 52
By Aimee Mackovic. "His eyes two pools of lightning quicksand / a generation of girls will never quite escape." …
Fourteen Lines on Mary Oliver, Her Last January
By Daisy Bassen. We picture the late poet Mary Oliver, eternally seated at the table of the natural world. …
![Photograph of Mary Oliver sitting at a table in her home, Pembroke Lodge, Richmond [1930s] Eileen Agar 1899-1991 Presented to Tate Archive by Eileen Agar in 1989 and transferred from the photograph collection in 2012. http://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/TGA-8927-12-215-1](http://www.poetsreadingthenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mary-oliver-4-480x384.jpg)
Yesterday Small Voices
By Donna Spruijt-Metz. Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Mary Oliver has died at 83. …