America’s Covenant
By Marya Zilberberg. "We cry. We rejoice. Our mouths caress the names of our dead." …
Yellow Bridge
By Clare Welsh. Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller has died at 26. …
Requiem
By Lynn M. Knapp. On John McCain's funeral rites. …
Dr. Richter’s Obituary
By Pesach Rotem. A poet reads the obituary of a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. …
The Paris Accord
By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright. On his birthday, a poetic farewell to the late John Ashbery. …
Ringing Out
By Alexandra Donovan. A shooting at the offices of the Capital Gazette left five dead, including journalist Wendi Winters. …
A Purple Flower Among The Grazing Horses
By Stephen Byrne. In her final moments of safety, Asifa Bano was a little girl grazing her horses in a Kashmir meadow. …
As a Mother
By Stephen Byrne. Claudia Gómez González hoped for an education. She was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas instead. …
Parts Unknown
By Clare Welsh. Anthony Bourdain, dead at 61, recognized the misfits working behind the counter. …
Poor Nigel
By Phil Huffy. A Valentine's Day poem for the seabird that died after 5 years wooing his decoy lover. …