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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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Poet Erik Lindner, Words Are the Worst

Erik Lindner is a Dutch poet whose "Words are the Worst" was shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry.

5 MARCH, 2023 • By ERIK LINDNER

Dunya Mikhail Knows Her Poetry Will Not Save You

Dunya Mikhail is a UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture laureate who has also won a UN Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing.

5 FEBRUARY, 2023 • By DUNYA MIKHAIL

Poet Mihaela Moscaliuc—a “Permanent Immigrant”

Immigrant poet Mihaela Muscaliuc has wandered half her life, far afield from her native Romania, and is always in motion.

5 FEBRUARY, 2023 • By MIHAELA MOSCALIUC

Two Poems From Desert Songs by Yahia Lababidi

When he lived in Cairo, poet Yahia Lababidi would periodically head to the desert; Desert Songis the result.

15 DECEMBER, 2022 • By YAHIA LABABIDI

Three Poems by Tishani Doshi

Madras, Indian-born poet, writer, and dancer Tishani Doshi presents three of her latest poems.

15 DECEMBER, 2022 • By TISHANI DOSHI

5 Poems & a Video—Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora

Poems from Iranian poets in Iran and diaspora, from a new anthology edited by Christopher Nelson and introduced by Kaveh Bassiri.

15 NOVEMBER, 2022 • By TMR

Two Poems from Quebec’s Nicole Brossard

Our poetry editor, Sholeh Wolpé, has selected two poems from the new collection from one of Canada's most lauded poets.

15 NOVEMBER, 2022 • By TMR

Faces Hidden in the Dust by Ghalib—Two Ghazals

Tony Barnstone and Bilal Shaw present their book of Ghabib ghazals, translated from the Urdu.

16 OCTOBER, 2022 • By TONY BARNSTONE

We Say Salt from To Speak in Salt

Poet Becky Thompson talks about her new collection of poems devoted to the migrant crisis and the struggle to find home.

15 OCTOBER, 2022 • By BECKY THOMPSON
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