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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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Pencil

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

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

Homage to Anna Kamienska

By David Lehman | May 29, 2018

What You Will Miss the Most

By David Lehman | May 22, 2018

We Want a Hero

By David Lehman | May 15, 2018

Pierre Loves Natasha

By David Lehman | May 8, 2018

Imaginary Trips to Real Places

By David Lehman | May 1, 2018

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