Poem copyright ©2020 by June Jordan, “Democracy Poem #1” from “The Essential June Jordan,” (Copper Canyon Press, 2020).

MWC released the following: Riders on the Mountain Line will be able to enjoy 1 of 23 place poems, courtesy of a unique collaboration with the Missoula Writing Collaborative.

Asked to write a sonnet about socks, it will produce a poem with the opening line “Oh socks, my trusty companions on my feet.” Such goofy attempts could be said to emulate praise poetry, that ...

Diane Seuss says, of writing her latest collection, “Modern Poetry,” “I really did feel that I didn’t know how to move forward without something like an answer.” ...