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Poetry Central

Our hub for all things poetry — interviews, book reviews, prompts and more.

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  • cover of Upkeep poetry collection by Sara London
  • headshot of Joyce Peseroff
  • The cover of Know Thyself by Joyce Peseroff
  • Portrait of poet Cynthia Manick
  • cover of poetry collection Blue Hallelujahs
  • headshot of Terri Witek
  • Rape Kit, Poetry Collection by Terri Witek
  • Nathan McClain, poet, headshot
  • cover of Scale by Nathan McClain

Highlights

  • The covers of Suddenly, It's Evening and Inside Job by John Skoyles

    “In Skoyles’ best work, wit cuts deep into the business of staying alive.” Poet and contributing editor Joyce Peseroff reviews John Skoyles’s latest two poetry collections.

  • A still from the video "Las Palabras de Aves" by Amy Bobeda

    An audiovisual nature poem in English and Spanish from artist Amy Bobeda.

  • Headshot of poet Cherene Sherrard

    Sara London and Cherene Sherrard discuss her new collection, Grimoire; inherited trauma; recent events; and more.

  • Poet Jean Valentine headshot

    “I want [my poetry] to take off the diver’s mask.” Nancy Mitchell interviews Jean Valentine on her work, life history, and literary inspirations.

  • Writer Richard Hoffman stands at a podium giving a speech

    Richard Hoffman talks his poetry and nonfiction as well as advice for young writers.

  • Versed by Rae Armantrout book cover

    Contributing Editor, Joyce Peseroff reviews Rae Armantrout’s poetry book Versed with some help from the back-cover blurbs.

Latest

The Poet’s Pulse

Headshot of poet Mary Gilliland
Imagined Lives in Poetry

Mary Gilliland discusses her poems, which “speak in or of lives…not literally lived, lives that come to life in [her] imagination.”

Poetry Prompt

Cover of A Late Spring, and After by Robert B. Shaw
An Ekphrastic Exercise

A simple ekphrastic poetry prompt from Robert B. Shaw, with an example from another WTP writer Susan Tepper.

Great Reads

Natalie Diaz's second collection is a writer mourning and loving hard in poems of inspiring originality and propulsive urgency.
Intricate Emotional Currents

Natalie Diaz’s second collection is a writer mourning and loving hard in poems of inspiring originality and propulsive urgency.

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cover of Upkeep poetry collection by Sara London

Know Thyself, Poetry Collection by Joyce Peseroff

Sweet Marjoram by DeWitt Henry book cover

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