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Diane Ward: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
Diane Ward, McGinty's Pub, Silver Spring, Maryland, Oct. 2018. Photo by T. Winch ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Never Walk Out of Your Life …
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“After Love” [by Jack Gilbert, 1925-2012]
He is watching the music with his eyes closed. Hearing the piano like a man movingthrough the woods thinking by feeling. The orchestra up in the trees, the heart below, step by step. The…
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Tim Dlugos [by Terence Winch]
The last time I saw Tim Dlugos was 30 December 1989. We met for dinner at Kramer Books & Afterwords, the first bookstore/café in the land (as far as I know). It’s one of…
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“Ode to Weird” [by Elaine Equi]
Emily Dickinson was weird.Fernando Pessoa was definitely weird. All poets are weirdeven when their poemstry to appear normal. Macbeth’s weird sistersstirring up trouble’sunsavory soup: “Just be yourselfand you’ll be king.” Weird always wins and…
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The Virtual Poetry Conference [by Nin Andrews]
I’ve been daydreaming about the magic wand I kept under my bed as a child. If my sister or I were sick, I waved it in the air. “Go away sickness. Now!” I would…
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Judith Hall’s Prospects
Announcing Judith Hall's new book Prospects (New from LSU Press), which includes this poem: Natural / Work Hard / Ability Done in stain-obscuring dark pants pulled on for…
