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Next Line, Please

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

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A Valediction, Forbidding Mourning

by David Lehman | Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Poetry Noir

Poetry Noir

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Get Hurt—or Go Back to Work

Get Hurt—or Go Back to Work

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Chalk outline of a body

Starting With the End

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Two rings

The Marriage Equation

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 09, 2019
A picture of a statue of a man standing on a globe

Patricians and Peasants

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 02, 2019
Two birds on a wire

Updike on Couples

by David Lehman | Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Person walking down stairs, black and white photo

Nine-Line Stanzas

by David Lehman | Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Black and white

Impromptu

by David Lehman | Tuesday, June 11, 2019
A Sonnet Is Ample Space

A Sonnet Is Ample Space

by David Lehman | Tuesday, June 04, 2019
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