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Welcome to Poetry Markaz, where we bring you not only poems but also the poets themselves.

Shira Wolfe on <em>Jugoslovenska Kinoteka</em>
1 NOVEMBER 2025 • By SHIRA WOLFE

Shira Wolfe on Jugoslovenska Kinoteka

1 NOVEMBER 2025 • By SHIRA WOLFE

Shira Wolfe on Jugoslovenska Kinoteka

Shira Wolfe's cinematic poetry reads like scenes from a movie, describing a period of her life spent in Belgrade...

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Adedayo Agarau presents The Years of Blood

In "The Years of Blood" a Nigerian poet grapples with the violence of a nation struggling to find peace amid frequent bloodshed.

1 NOVEMBER 2025 • By ADEDAYO AGARAU

Poet Christopher Merrill on Flares, a book of prose poems.

Christopher Merrill "is one of the most gifted, audacious, and accomplished poets of an extraordinary rich generation."—W. S. Merwin

31 AUGUST 2025 • By CHRISTOPHER MERRILL

Mai Serhan on the poems in CAIRO: the undelivered letters

Mai Serhan is a Palestinian-Egyptian poet, writer, editor and translator. She is the author of, CAIRO: the undelivered letters and other titles.

31 AUGUST 2025 • By MAI SERHAN

Pramila Venkateswaran presents Two Poems

A poet and sage voice in international literature, Pramila Venkateswaran straddles two worlds, bringing together South Asia and America.

4 JULY 2025 • By PRAMILA VENKATESWARAN

Nasser Rabah on Poetry and Gaza

Gaza's senior poet Nasser Rabah presents two poems from his first collected works in English, new from City Lights.

4 JULY 2025 • By NASSER RABAH

Jawdat Fakreddine Presents Three Poems

A major name in Arabic poetry, Jawdat Fakhreddine establishes a revolutionary dialogue between international, modernist values and the Arabic tradition.

20 MAY 2025 • By JAWDAT FAKHREDDINE

Judith Kiros Presents Two Poems from O

The work of Judith Kiros is "boundary-pushing poetry rich with references, as intellectual as it is playful."

20 MAY 2025 • By JUDITH KIROS

Three Poems by Najwan Darwish

Najwan Darwish, author of nine books of poetry, on Palestine, love and loss, from his new definitive poetry collection.

22 APRIL 2025 • By NAJWAN DARWISH

A. Van Jordan presents “The Tailor” and “HEX”

Poet A. Van Jordan presents his latest hybrid work celebrating Black youth, and examines Black lives lost to police violence.

22 APRIL 2025 • By A. VAN JORDAN
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