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Each Tuesday, our readers contribute a new line of verse—or a completed poem—in collaboration with a renowned poet.

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Checkmate in 10 Moves

by David Lehman | Tuesday, August 14, 2018

How to Cheat

by David Lehman | Tuesday, August 07, 2018

Two Lines a Day

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 31, 2018

A Bold Caravan Departs

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 24, 2018

The Alphabet as Hero

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Interplay of Voices

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 10, 2018

The Violet of Roses

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Companionable Poems

by David Lehman | Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Your Ghostly Companion

by David Lehman | Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Long Ago, Shortly After …

by David Lehman | Tuesday, June 12, 2018
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Letter from Belfast: City of Walls

By Robin Kirk

Green, white, and orange: the Irish tricolor symbolizes the peaceful (and idealistic) union of Catholics and Protestants under one banner. But more than a century after the flag was adopted, rifts remain between the two factions. The Twelfth of July—also known as Orangemen’s Day—marks the anniversary of the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, which Protestants in Northern Ireland celebrate each year with parades and towering bonfires. How, and why, do longstanding divisions like this manifest in the 21st century? As Robin Kirk wrote in our Summer 2011 issue, “It’s a question not of religious doctrine but of belonging—your people versus mine.”