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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 Photographer in Words

By David Lehman | March 17, 2026

Resolutions or Regrets

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“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

“It Was I”

By David Lehman | October 23, 2018

The False Confession

By David Lehman | October 16, 2018

“For Years You’ve Kept Me Hanging …”

By David Lehman | October 10, 2018

A Wardrobe of Excuses

By David Lehman | October 2, 2018

Let the Names Begin

By David Lehman | September 25, 2018

“What’s in a Name?”

By David Lehman | September 18, 2018

The Best of Everything

By David Lehman | September 11, 2018

The Best Is Here to Stay

By David Lehman | August 28, 2018

Of Rivers, Lovers, Battles, and Repetitions

By David Lehman | August 21, 2018

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