Poetry

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

Poet Christopher Merrill on <em>Flares</em>, a book of prose poems.
31 AUGUST, 2025 • By CHRISTOPHER MERRILL

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

31 AUGUST, 2025 • By CHRISTOPHER MERRILL

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

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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

Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

A profound meditation on the Palestinian landscape, on loss, neglect and the ravages of time, by Raja Shehadeh and Peggy Johnson.

4 JULY, 2025 • By GABRIEL POLLEY

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

Irma Pineda: Two Poems in Spanish, Zapotec and English

Irma Pineda's poems evoke tragedy and celebrate the ways in which the human is built from dream, tradition, and nature.

21 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By IRMA PINEDA
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