We’re kicking off National Poetry Month 2026 with a new round-up of poems to celebrate the work of the United States’s current Poet Laureate, Arthur Sze …
Into the Hush
Arthur Sze
SNIPPET:
A magpie feather gleams in the grass;
today you are not having open-heart surgery,
nor are you strapped to a hospital bed,
inhaling oxygen; you do not mix cement
and sand in a wheelbarrow, nor did you sleep
the night in a field off an interstate highway.
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This link also includes a video interview
and poetry reading with Arthur Sze!
*** What are your favorite Arthur Sze poems ?
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