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Winter update: 31 poets, 75 poems

Emptying myself
of all things ripe
and wanton, I am winter grass.

—Victoria Kennefick, "January"

It's chilly out with a chance of snow, and dusk is gathering... Scroll down to step inside and warm yourself by the fire with 75 poems new to our site, by 31 brilliant poets past and present.

Photo by Matthew Thompson.

Please welcome nine contemporary poets based in the US, Ireland, and the UK to our poetry archive for the first time:

If you'd like more of these poets, Ama Codjoe and Solmaz Sharif appeared on the first season of our podcast, The Glimpse.

We've also added works by six late poets new to our site:

Photo by Matthew Thompson.

Ready to throw another log on the fire? Enjoy more poems new to our site from 16 poets whose work we've previously featured, three currently writing and 13 from the past:

We hope these poems will help keep out the draft during the winter to come!