The Poetry Question

#TPQ5: GAIA RAJAN

January 20, 2021 by Christopher Margolin

#TPQ5: GAIA RAJAN
What will Gaia Rajan include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@gaia_writes ‪@Nic_Sealey ‬ ‪@fannychoir ‬ ‪@carmenmmachado ‬ ‪@mfernandespoet ‬

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REVIEW: MOTH FUNERALS – GAIA RAJAN (GLASS POETRY PRESS)

January 20, 2021 by Christopher Margolin

REVIEW: MOTH FUNERALS – GAIA RAJAN (GLASS POETRY PRESS)

It’s innocence in a sense because while we all have to grow up, but it’s still okay and sad and happy and other adjectives. But to be Blackbird, or a lonely doll in a fancy dollhouse, or be “ball-gowned, butcher knifed” would be a story to be told.

Categories: BOOK REVIEWS • Tags: coming of age, gaia rajan, life, loss, moth funerals, poetry, Poetry Question

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YELLOW JOURNALISM: QUIET, GRIT & GLORY – RICKY RAY (BROKEN SLEEP BOOKS)

January 20, 2021 by bradleygalimore

YELLOW JOURNALISM: QUIET, GRIT & GLORY – RICKY RAY (BROKEN SLEEP BOOKS): QUIET, GRIT & GLORY – RICKY RAY (BROKEN SLEEP BOOKS)

Many of the pieces in this book challenged me, while some baffled me, others stirred tears I frequently wipe while composing this review.

Categories: BOOK REVIEWS, REVIEWS & CONVERSATIONS - BRADLEY GALIMORE • Tags: #powerofpoetry, beauty, book review, books, Button Poetry, chapbook, death, emotion, family, fiction, God, lgbtq, life, loss, love, mother, poem, poet, poetry, Poetry Question, poetryquestion, portland, power, power of poetry, review, sex, small press, the poetry question, Top 5, TPQ5, university of hell, words, write bloody, writing

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#TPQ5: RILEY DANVERS

January 19, 2021 by Christopher Margolin

#TPQ5: RILEY DANVERS
What will Riley Danvers include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

Categories: #TPQ5 • Tags: #powerofpoetry, beauty, book review, books, Button Poetry, chapbook, death, emotion, family, fiction, God, lgbtq, life, loss, love, poem, poet, poetry, Poetry Question, poetryquestion, portland, power, power of poetry, review, sex, small press, the poetry question, TPQ5, words, write bloody, writing

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REPLAYS: VIBEZ – ZAYN

January 19, 2021 by The R Word

REPLAYS: VIBEZ – ZAYN

This column will take a look at songs from week to week that I can’t get enough of and deep dive into my own thoughts in regards to them. The first track comes from Zayn, best known for being in the pop group, One Direction,

Categories: REPLAYS - RDJ

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POETRY IN CINEMA: POETIC JUSTICE

January 18, 2021 by Christopher Margolin

POETRY IN CINEMA: POETIC JUSTICE

It is Angelou’s poetry we hear in Justice’s voice, how she is trying to make good choices in a world where bad choices are sometimes the only choice. – Jessica Mookherjee

Categories: POETRY IN CINEMA - JESSICA MOOKHERJEE, WEEKLY COLUMNS • Tags: #powerofpoetry, 2pac, beauty, Button Poetry, chapbook, death, fiction, Janet Jackson, lgbtq, life, loss, love, poem, poetry, Poetry Question, poetryquestion, power, power of poetry, review, small press, the poetry question, TPQ5, Tupac, words, writing

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REVIEW: LATE SUMMER FLOWERS – JULIAN DAY (ANSTRUTHER PRESS)

January 15, 2021 by Christopher Margolin

REVIEW: LATE SUMMER FLOWERS – JULIAN DAY (ANSTRUTHER PRESS)

Yes, it really is just a ravine, but Day shares the significance of the place, the things that happened there. Place of sport and suicide. Place of celebration.

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“I CAN’T TALK ABOUT HERITAGE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT RHYTHM” – TALK TO ME: JASON B. CRAWFORD

January 14, 2021 by Mordecai Martin

“I CAN’T TALK ABOUT HERITAGE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT RHYTHM” – TALK TO ME: JASON B. CRAWFORD

That’s just it, dance is part of the language. Trying to figure out how to express me loving my friends sometime is about twerking with them. Sometimes it’s just watching them do it

Categories: TALK TO ME - MORDECAI MARTIN • Tags: author, CONVERSATIONS, INTERVIEW, jason b crawford, lgbtqia, love, poetry, queerness, variant literature

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REVIEW: FOEVERHAUS – KAILEY TEDESCO (WHITE STAG PUBLISHING)

January 13, 2021 by Christopher Margolin

REVIEW: FOEVERHAUS – KAILEY TEDESCO (WHITE STAG PUBLISHING) – review by Kristin Garth

There is a candy-coated communion of saints inside these poems that encapsulates the terror of treats of childhood. A “peppermint Jesus” and “cinnamon virgin” cohabitate in these pages with the Bloody Mary.

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