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Amy Lawless, Guest Blogger March 14 – 20
This week we welcome Amy Lawless as our guest blogger. Amy is originally from Boston and lives in Brooklyn. Her first book of poems, Noctis Licentia, was published by Black Maze Books in 2008. …
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As the crow flies… [by Amy Lawless]
According to the encyclopedia of the people, the phrase "as the crow flies" means the "shortest route between two points." This is because crows are the smartest birds and they cut a lot of…
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Robert Hershon Presents a Poem by Penelope Jane Reid
This poem by Penelope Jane Reid appeared in Hanging Loose 41 and later provided the title for Smart Like Me: High School-Age Writing from the Sixties to Now. SMART LIKE ME They put me…
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More on Split this Rock [by E. Ethelbert Miller]
The best thing about a poetry festival or conference is the opportunity to connect with fellow poets that are special in your life. Split This Rock Poetry Festival was fun because I got to…
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A Face To Meet The Faces That You Meat by Jim Cummins
Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said, "By the time a man is forty, he's responsible for his own face." I first read that long before I was forty, and it seemed to me…
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The Parody Corner
On Facebook I put up the lines, "The way you hold your knife, the way we danced until three, the way you changed my life. ." Within seconds Laura Orem completed the thought ("No,…
