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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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“The Overture”

By David Lehman | April 18, 2025

“The Nakedness of Woman”

By David Lehman | March 21, 2025

“Muse Circe Reclaims Her Lucre”

Five new prompts

By David Lehman | February 21, 2025

Above the River of Your Longing

Two new prompts

By David Lehman | January 16, 2025

“What a Strange Path”

Three new prompts

By David Lehman | December 16, 2024

“I Have Had My Vision”

Three prompts

By David Lehman | November 22, 2024

In Reprise: Next Line, Please

A new poetry prompt for players new and old

By David Lehman | October 25, 2024

Pencil

A Valediction, Forbidding Mourning

By David Lehman | September 17, 2019

Poetry Noir

By David Lehman | July 30, 2019

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

Your Ghostly Companion

By David Lehman | June 19, 2018

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