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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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A New Genre

By David Lehman | April 2, 2019

The Lehman Trilogy

By David Lehman | March 26, 2019

Red Eyes and Blue Moons

By David Lehman | March 19, 2019

Two-Word Titles

By David Lehman | March 12, 2019

The Trope of a Nation

By David Lehman | March 5, 2019

Reverse Scrabble

By David Lehman | February 26, 2019

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

“A Bed for Your Voice to Sleep In”

By David Lehman | August 3, 2026

“Come Live with Me and Be My Love”

By David Lehman | July 2, 2026

“Once Again the Sun Is in the Ram”

By David Lehman | April 13, 2026

A Photographer in Words

By David Lehman | March 17, 2026

Resolutions or Regrets

By David Lehman | February 9, 2026

“Is it Consensual, Swan Swooning over the Lady?”

By David Lehman | December 15, 2025

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

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