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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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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

Your Ghostly Companion

By David Lehman | June 19, 2018

Long Ago, Shortly After …

By David Lehman | June 12, 2018

Long Story Short (But I Could Be Wrong)

By David Lehman | June 5, 2018

“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

“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

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