It’s our pleasure to bring you new poems by four poets whose work will also appear in an upcoming print issue of The Common.
Our July poetry feature celebrates the distinguished career of The Common contributor John Matthias with a selection of several of his poems from the last five decades. This year Shearsman Books completes the publication of the collected poems of John Matthias in three volumes: Collected Shorter Poems, Vol. 2 (1995-2011), Collected Longer Poems, and Collected Shorter Poems, Vol. 1 (1961-1994).
This June, we’re showcasing poems by five new contributors to the print journal!
Don Share published three poems, including “Wishbone,” the title poem of his newest collection, in the first issue of The Common. He’s been on a roll ever since, publishing five books as author, translator, or editor in the last year and a half. Here are a few selections from and links to those volumes:
New poems from our print contributors in the U.S. and abroad.
This month’s poetry feature showcases work from new books by our contributors.
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