Lyre

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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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

“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

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

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

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