Hoping to post new poetry outside of our classroom to give us something to read, speak back to, and consider together every week until June. The pitch and promise: “This poem is for you”

—Eloisa Amezcua, “Teaching My Mother English Over the Phone”

—Eve Ewing, “Affirmation”

—Paige Lewis, “On the Train, a Man Snatches My Book”

—Sally Wen Mao, “a dream or a fox”

—Joy Harjo, “This Morning I Pray for My Enemies”

—Melanie Poonai, “Where I’m From”

—Fatimah Asghar, “From”

—Matthew Olzmann, “The Skull of a Unicorn”

—Sharon Olds, “Socks”

—Aracelis Girmay, “On Kindness”

—Safia Elhillo, “Self-Portrait With No Flag”

—Stephanie Burt, “;”

—Arthur Sze, “In the Bronx”

—Clint Smith, “For the Hardest Days”

—William Carlos Williams, “This Is Just to Say” (via @davepoems)