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Paul Spella Remembering Louis Simpson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet
The author of "At the End of the Open Road" died this week at the age of 89.
Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska in The Atlantic
The Polish poet, who died this week, published several poems in the magazine.
Decoration Day, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
From June 1882

Bettmann / Getty Obama's Poetic Predecessor
Both Lincoln and Obama dabbled in poetry as young adults. Herewith, a consideration of a poem by Lincoln that appeared in The Atlantic.
Who Was Kipling?
A sampling of writing from The Atlantic's past offers a range of views on the many contradictions of Rudyard Kipling.