From the Poems "Fray"Slate readers discuss poems with Robert Pinsky—and with one another.

Every few weeks, Slate Poetry Editor Robert Pinsky offers a fresh take on a classic poem and joins "the Fray" to discuss the work with readers. Below, browse these poems and the conversations they sparked:

September 2009: "Church Monuments," by George Herbert. Follow the "Fray" discussion.

August 2009: "Epistle to Miss Blount, on Her Leaving the Town, After the Coronation," by Alexander Pope. Follow the "Fray" discussion.

June 2009: "Poetry," by Marianne Moore. Follow the "Fray" discussion.

May 2009: "On the Cards and Dice" and " Sir Walter Raleigh to His Son," by Sir Walter Raleigh. Follow the "Fray" discussion.

April 2009: "The Owl" and "Carrion Comfort," by Edward Thomas and Gerard Manley Hopkins. Follow the "Fray" discussion.

March 2009: "All My Senses, Like Beacon's Flame," by Fulke Greville. Follow the "Fray" discussion.

January 2009: "I tie my Hat—I crease my Shawl," by Emily Dickinson. Follow the "Fray" discussion.

December 2008: "The Darkling Thrush," by Thomas Hardy. Follow the "Fray" discussion, or read Slate's "Fraywatch" summary.

November 2008: "There Was a Man of Double Deed" (anonymous). Follow the "Fray" discussion, or read Slate's "Fraywatch" summary.

October 2008: "On Love, On Grief," by Walter Savage Landor. Follow the "Fray" discussion.

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