Poem

Winter’s Tale

A poem by Maxine Kumin, published in The Atlantic in 2009

• Maxine Kumin
• July 26, 2020

All My Mothers

A poem for Sunday

• Joy Priest
• July 19, 2020

Love Sonnets

A collection of sonnets by Pablo Neruda, published in The Atlantic in 1986

• Pablo Neruda
• July 12, 2020

Digital Fauna

A poem for Sunday

• Ginger Ko
• July 5, 2020

Frederick Douglass

A poem by Robert Hayden, published in The Atlantic in 1947

• Robert Hayden
• June 28, 2020

Say This Isn’t the End

A poem for Sunday

• Richard Blanco
• June 7, 2020

Variation on the Word Sleep

A poem by Margaret Atwood, published in The Atlantic in 1980

• Margaret Atwood
• May 31, 2020

Counting Song

A poem for Sunday

• Lindsay Turner
• May 24, 2020

The Advice That Most 2020 Commencement Speakers Won’t Give

Here’s the speech that graduates need to hear.

• James Parker
• May 24, 2020

In the Social Distance

A poem for Willa, on her ninth-and-a-half birthday

• Ken Burns
• May 16, 2020

The 1798 Poem That Was Made for 2020

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is taking on new meaning during the coronavirus pandemic.

• James Parker
• May 13, 2020

Ode to Social Distancing

A poem for Tuesday

• James Parker
• March 17, 2020

A Poem for Sunday

After Canto XIII of the Inferno

• Walt Hunter
• March 14, 2020