Lyre

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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Of Rivers, Lovers, Battles, and Repetitions

By David Lehman | August 21, 2018

Checkmate in 10 Moves

By David Lehman | August 14, 2018

How to Cheat

By David Lehman | August 7, 2018

Two Lines a Day

By David Lehman | July 31, 2018

A Bold Caravan Departs

By David Lehman | July 24, 2018

The Alphabet as Hero

By David Lehman | July 17, 2018

The Interplay of Voices

By David Lehman | July 10, 2018

The Violet of Roses

By David Lehman | July 3, 2018

Companionable Poems

By David Lehman | June 26, 2018

“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

Why Go On?

By David Lehman | July 7, 2025

Reasons for Living

By David Lehman | June 10, 2025

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