The New York Times

Poem: Final Poem for My Father Misnamed In My Mouth

This is one of many “Final Poems” in Phillip B. Williams’s latest book, “Mutiny.” These poems — with titles like “Final First Poem,” “Final Poem for the Crow” and “Final Poem for the ‘Black Body’” — ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Off-color poem spells trouble for Norfolk candidate

Update, 5 p.m.: The City Council will appoint Rodney Jordan, Noelle Gabriel and Joseph Lindsey to the Norfolk Public School Board, according to Mayor Paul Fraim. In 2008, as a graduate student at Old ...
Yahoo

‘Dying Is the Opposite of Leaving’: Andrea Gibson Reads Poem to Wife in Final TV Interview

A recording of Andrea Gibson reading “Love Letter From The Afterlife” — a tender poem written for their wife, Megan Falley — is going viral following their death this week at the age of 49. The ...
The Conversation

‘That final vowel’: reading Seamus Heaney’s last poem

Kate North does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...