Richard Siken

Richard Siken

Richard Siken

Born: 15 February 1967

Richard Siken is a poet and painter. His book Crush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Glück, a Lambda Literary Award, a Thom Gunn Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His other books are War of the Foxes (Copper Canyon Press, 2015) and I Do Know Some Things (forthcoming, Copper Canyon Press, 2025). Siken is a recipient of fellowships from Lannan Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Tucson, Arizona. (Source)

Poems by Richard Siken

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Scheherazade by Richard Siken

September 26, 2025

“Tell me how all this, and love too, / will ruin us.” — Richard Siken

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Detail of the Fire by Richard Siken

July 6, 2024

“Let’s admit, without apology, what we do to each other.” — Richard Siken

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The Problem by Richard Siken

January 26, 2012

“...because he isn’t looking at a bird, real bird, as he paints, he is looking at his heart, which is impossible, unless his heart is a metaphor for his heart...” — Richard Siken

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Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out by Richard Siken

September 14, 2005

"More love streaming out the wrong way, / and I don't want to be the kind that says the wrong way." — Richard Siken

Poems curated by Richard Siken

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The Fall by Russell Edson

September 21, 2025

“He said I was fooling I am not a tree / and he dropped his leaves. / But his parents said look it is fall.” — Russell Edson