Poets responding to news is not a new phenomenon. There are endless examples. Outlook’s January 21, 2024 issue, Poetry As Evidence, takes a closer look. Guest-edited by Amar Kanwar, the issue presents a selection of poetry and verses that have moved us and that we feel serve as evidence of our bleak times and lives—of truth, distortions, or simply existence—and as a premonition of what is yet to come.
