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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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This Was Glory, Too

By David Lehman | February 19, 2019

Stanzaic Choreography

By David Lehman | February 12, 2019

Doubling Down

By David Lehman | February 5, 2019

Beneath a Blood Wolf Moon

By David Lehman | January 29, 2019

The Expanse of Spirit

By David Lehman | January 22, 2019

Tributes to May in January

By David Lehman | January 15, 2019

Four-Word Lines

By David Lehman | January 8, 2019

An Ample Meal

By David Lehman | December 18, 2018

The Life of Words

By David Lehman | December 11, 2018

A Leap Without a Safety Net

By David Lehman | November 10, 2025

The Stolen Lines

By David Lehman | September 1, 2025

“Dead Man’s Hand”

By David Lehman | August 4, 2025

Why Go On?

By David Lehman | July 7, 2025

Reasons for Living

By David Lehman | June 10, 2025

“The Jester’s Magma”

By David Lehman | May 19, 2025

“The Overture”

By David Lehman | April 18, 2025

“The Nakedness of Woman”

By David Lehman | March 21, 2025

“Muse Circe Reclaims Her Lucre”

Five new prompts

By David Lehman | February 21, 2025

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