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Unlike in previous, more or less normal times, the devil right now is not in the details. Normalization, Rationalization, Illusion: Three Short Poems for Our Time originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy ...

This short poem grapples with so many themes at once — seeing, being seen, desire, racism, selfhood and memory. ... (2020), was named a New York Times Notable Book and a Time Must-Read.

Tolkien himself wrote a short epistolary poem dated June 26, 1935, thanking the Gordons for their hospitality when he stayed at their home, and that poem references an earlier stay by Lewis.

Short poems take center stage in former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins' new collection, Musical Tables. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the poet about his work and finding beauty in a couple of lines.