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Next Line, Please

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

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Patricians and Peasants

By David Lehman | July 2, 2019

Two birds on a wire

Updike on Couples

By David Lehman | June 25, 2019

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Nine-Line Stanzas

By David Lehman | June 18, 2019

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Impromptu

By David Lehman | June 11, 2019

A Sonnet Is Ample Space

By David Lehman | June 4, 2019

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“If history can teach us anything …”

By David Lehman | May 28, 2019

Red mailbox

“A Letter is a Joy of Earth”

By David Lehman | May 21, 2019

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Read Emily’s Mind

By David Lehman | May 7, 2019

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Poetic Metamorphosis

By David Lehman | April 30, 2019

Above the River of Your Longing

Two new prompts

By David Lehman | January 16, 2025

“What a Strange Path”

Three new prompts

By David Lehman | December 16, 2024

“I Have Had My Vision”

Three prompts

By David Lehman | November 22, 2024

In Reprise: Next Line, Please

A new poetry prompt for players new and old

By David Lehman | October 25, 2024

Pencil

A Valediction, Forbidding Mourning

By David Lehman | September 17, 2019

Poetry Noir

By David Lehman | July 30, 2019

Get Hurt—or Go Back to Work

By David Lehman | July 23, 2019

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Starting With the End

By David Lehman | July 16, 2019

Two rings

The Marriage Equation

By David Lehman | July 9, 2019

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