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Happiness After Grief [poem by Kim Addonizio]
feels like such a betrayal: the hurt not denied, not pushed away, but gone entirely for that moment you can't help feeling good in, a moment of sudden, irrational joy over nothing of consequence,…
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Touring DéLana R.A. Dameron’s Weary Kingdom: A Conversation [by Abdul Ali]
I’m so excited for poet DéLana R.A. Dameron’s sophomore collection of poems, Weary Kingdom. The universal longing for home pulses with each poem. The voice is magnetic, the images laser-sharp. You trust this voice.…
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Already light – Richard Lallier’s path from sweet dark to revealing light
Beyond words:the piano is tuned and the chair is a sight for sore eyes. At Le Bal perdu bistro, rue Charles Graindorge, Bagnolet It is said that art changes minds and certainly, hearts; maybe…
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“Poem in the Manner of E. D.” [by Billy Collins]
Eternity—is a Neighbor’s plot— Sleeping in one Trench– a Wish— Bisected by the Plow—then Doubt— The Sun—a peering Dish. My Apron–holds the Horizon— And in my Eye—a Globe— Then Corn– a tall Procession–…
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“Because I am involved in mankind” Join the campaign to help poet Doug Lang
This comes to us from poet Bernard Welt via Terence Winch: [O]ur friend and colleague Doug Lang faces serious medical issues, and his expenses exceed his resources—as so often is the case with those…
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The Braille Flowers of Remote Perfume: Dante Di Stefano Reviews Maria Mazziotti Gillan’s What Blooms in Winter and David Lehman’s Poems in the Manner Of
Poems in the Manner OfDavid LehmanScribner Poetry, 2017 What Blooms in WinterMaria Mazziotti GillanNYQ Books, 2016 At first glance, Maria Mazziotti Gillan’s new collection of poetry, What Blooms in Winter, has little in common…
