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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 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

Chalk outline of a body

Starting With the End

By David Lehman | July 16, 2019

Two rings

The Marriage Equation

By David Lehman | July 9, 2019

A picture of a statue of a man standing on a globe

Patricians and Peasants

By David Lehman | July 2, 2019

Two birds on a wire

Updike on Couples

By David Lehman | June 25, 2019

Person walking down stairs, black and white photo

Nine-Line Stanzas

By David Lehman | June 18, 2019

Black and white "walk" sign

Impromptu

By David Lehman | June 11, 2019

The Best Is Here to Stay

By David Lehman | August 28, 2018

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

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