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STEALING THE CROWN: Sonnet as Resting Place (Part 3 of 4) [by Laurie Ann Guerrero]
(Ed note: This is part 3 of a 4 part series. Read part 1 here and part 2 here.) We need a dead (wo)man to begin. -Hélène Cixous overlooking border,…
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Your Weekend Solved: The AJC Decatur Book Festival September 4-6, Decatur, Georgia
Poetry Schedule | September 4-6, 2015 Saturday 10:00 a.m. Caprice: Denise Duhamel and Maureen SeatonDecatur First United Methodist Chapel Saturday 12:00 p.m. Shifting Perspective: Laura McCullough and William Wright Decatur City Hall presented by…
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Elaine Equi Excels Exquisitely in “Sentences and Rain” [by David Lehman]
Elaine Equi's new book, just out from Coffee House Press, is Sentences and Rain, a smart title for a poet who translates her love of things and states of being into sentences — albeit…
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STEALING THE CROWN: Sonnet as Sustenance (Part 2 of 4) [by Laurie Ann Guerrero]
(Ed note: This is part 2 of a 4 part series. Read part 1 here. sdh) If a woman wants to be a poet, she must dwell in the house of the tomato.…
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STEALING THE CROWN: Sonnet as Vessel: Plan for Building (Part 1 of 4) [by Laurie Ann Guerrero]
There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors. —Adrienne Rich Grandpa (left), approx. 1942 My grandfather, Gumecindo Martinez Guerrero, was born in South…
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Nostalgia (The Lake At Night) by Lloyd Schwartz
The black water. Lights dotting the entire perimeter. Their shaky reflections. The dark tree line. The plap-plapping of water around the pier. Creaking boats. The creaking pier. Voices in conversation, in discussion—two men, adults–serious…
