#TPQ5: ROB CULLEN
#TPQ5: ROB CULLEN
What will Rob Cullen, gardener, environmentalist, poet, writer, artist, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ROB CULLEN
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POWER OF POETRY #99: MATÉ JARAI
POWER OF POETRY #99: MATÉ JARAI
“Poetry is confession for the Godless. If my mind is a fury, if I can’t make sense of my own feelings, I scribble or I type, and whatever comes out, ‘quality’ doesn’t matter, it’s real and it’s there.” Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #99: MATÉ JARAI
POWER OF POETRY #98: SK GROUT
POWER OF POETRY #98: SK GROUT
“It seems I cannot escape poetry, even if the thought fleetingly crosses my mind.” Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #98: SK GROUT
#TPQ5: MARTHA WARREN
#TPQ5: MARTHA WARREN
What will Martha Warren, whose work has appeared in The Canadian League of Poets’ Poetry Pause and Headline Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MARTHA WARREN
#TPQ5: Bára Hladík
#TPQ5: Bára Hladík
What will Bára Hladík, poet based in Tio’tiá:ke, Montréal, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: Bára Hladík
#TPQ5: JENNY ROBBINS
#TPQ5: JENNY ROBBINS
What will Jenny Robbins is an English teacher, comedienne and CNF Editor for @Heroin_Chic_Mag, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JENNY ROBBINS
#TPQ5: TOM ALEXANDER
#TPQ5: TOM ALEXANDER
What will Tom Alexander, author of one collection of poetry and is working on a second, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TOM ALEXANDER
#TPQ5: NAOMI ORTIZ
#TPQ5: NAOMI ORTIZ
What will Naomi Ortiz, writer, poet, visual artist, facilitator, and the author of Sustaining Spirit: Self-Care for Social Justice (Reclamation), a guide on self-care for diverse communities, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: NAOMI ORTIZ
#TPQ5: CLIFFORD BROOKS
#TPQ5: CLIFFORD BROOKS
What will Clifford Brooks, Editor-in-Chief of the Blue Mountain Review, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CLIFFORD BROOKS
POETRY IN THE NEW WORLD #1: ERNESTO CEPEDA
POETRY IN THE NEW WORLD #1: ERNESTO CEPEDA
Let us use poetry to be the spark that lights up others who are consumed by darkness. We will be the flames, the candles and the fire, keep writing, reading, submitting and posting our work. Continue reading POETRY IN THE NEW WORLD #1: ERNESTO CEPEDA
#TPQ5: TYLER PUFPAFF
#TPQ5: TYLER PUFPAFF
What will Tyler Pufpaff, Poetry Editor at Variant Literature, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TYLER PUFPAFF
#TPQ5: MLA CHERNOFF
#TPQ5: MLA CHERNOFF
What will MLA Chernoff, a Jewish, non-binary pome machine, include in today’s #TPQ? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MLA CHERNOFF
#TPQ5: JULEIGH HOWARD-HOBSON
#TPQ5: JULEIGH HOWARD-HOBSON
What will Juleigh Howard-Hobson, urban drop out, living off-grid in middle of rural nowhere where nothing can bother her, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JULEIGH HOWARD-HOBSON
#TPQ5: JULIANNA MAY
#TPQ5: JULIANNA MAY
What will Julianna May, a poet from Eastern, Pennsylvania, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JULIANNA MAY
WE HAVE THE GREATEST COMMUNITY
WE HAVE THE GREATEST COMMUNITY
This is not a post about poetry. This is a post about reaching out to the community for help in a time of need. The outpouring of love and help thus far has been beyond overwhelming. We are humbled and grateful. Continue reading WE HAVE THE GREATEST COMMUNITY
POWER OF POETRY #97: CASEY BOTTONO
POWER OF POETRY #97: CASEY BOTTONO
My truth rarely comes to the page easily, but it is always worth the work. Abandoning ‘perfection’ has brought me to a point where I can be utterly honest. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #97: CASEY BOTTONO
#TPQ5: SIMON MEDHURST
#TPQ5: SIMON MEDHURST
What will Simon Medhurst, Ramsgate poet and performer, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SIMON MEDHURST
#TPQ5: MARY JAIMES-SERRANO
#TPQ5: MARY JAIMES-SERRANO
What will Mary Jaimes-Serrano, who lives in Kansas with her family and writes poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MARY JAIMES-SERRANO
#TPQ5: CLARENCE CARVEL
#TPQ5: CLARENCE CARVEL
What will Clarence Carvel, writer, poet and optimist, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CLARENCE CARVEL
#TPQ5: DARBY LYONS
#TPQ5: DARBY LYONS
What will Darby Lyons, reader of poetry submissions for The Cincinnati Review, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: DARBY LYONS
#TPQ5: RISA DENENBERG
#TPQ5: RISA DENENBERG
What will Risa Dememberg, co-founder and editor at Headmistress Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: RISA DENENBERG
#TPQ5: KENNING JP GARCIA
#TPQ5: KENNING JP GARCIA
What will Diarist, Kenning JP García, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KENNING JP GARCIA
#TPQ5: NATALIE ANN HOLBOROW
#TPQ5: NATALIE ANN HOLBOROW
What will Natalie Ann Holborow, a poet and blogger from Swansea, include in today’s #TPQ5? Continue reading #TPQ5: NATALIE ANN HOLBOROW
#TPQ5: EILEEN FARRELLY
#TPQ5: EILEEN FARRELLY
What will Eileen Farrelly, musician and songwriter who can be found singing for beer in pubs around Glasgow, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: EILEEN FARRELLY
#TPQ5: AVALINA ROBIN HARVEY
#TPQ5: AVALINA ROBIN HARVEY
What will Avalina Robin Harvey, award-winning journalist at The Toronto Star, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: AVALINA ROBIN HARVEY
REVIEW: POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM – NATALIE DIAZ (GRAYWOLF PRESS)
REVIEW: POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM – NATALIE DIAZ (GRAYWOLF PRESS)
I have never encountered a writer more capable of balancing softness and strength. These poems are quiet and technical and precise, yet the speaker never feels weak or timid. Rather, there is an everpresent sense that the rage lingering just beneath the lines may bare its teeth. Continue reading REVIEW: POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM – NATALIE DIAZ (GRAYWOLF PRESS)
POWER OF POETRY #95: AMY SHIMSHON-SANTO
POWER OF POETRY #95: AMY SHIMSHON-SANTO
Aging has meant gaining and losing things. Two stolen bikes. Careers. Partners. A parent. Poetry never left. It shows no sign of weariness. It is eager and ready. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #95: AMY SHIMSHON-SANTO
#TPQ5: JENNA LYNCH
#TPQ5: JENNA LYNCH
What will Jenna Lynch, whose first chapbook, The Mouth of Which You Are, from Finishing Line Press, was released November 2018, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JENNA LYNCH
#TPQ5: GABRIELLE GRACE HOGAN
#TPQ5: GABRIELLE GRACE HOGAN
What will Gabriella Grace Hogan, whose work has been published by the Academy of American Poets, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: GABRIELLE GRACE HOGAN
OPEN SUBMISSION: TPQ POETRY PAMPHLET SERIES #1
OPEN SUBMISSION: TPQ POETRY PAMPHLET SERIES #1
Submit your manuscript today! Continue reading OPEN SUBMISSION: TPQ POETRY PAMPHLET SERIES #1
#TPQ5: TEODORA LaLOVA
#TPQ5: TEODORA LaLOVA
What will Teodora Lalova, Bulgarian author who currently lives in Brussels (Belgium), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TEODORA LaLOVA
POWER OF POETRY #94: JESSICA DRAKE-THOMAS
POWER OF POETRY #94: JESSICA DRAKE-THOMAS
Poetry is far from dead or dying any time soon. Like all art forms, poetry adapts. It will endure, so long as poets exist to write it. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #94: JESSICA DRAKE-THOMAS
#TPQ5: AMANDA CRUM
#TPQ5: AMANDA CRUM
What will Amanda Crum, writer and artist, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: AMANDA CRUM
#TPQ5: JASON O’TOOLE
#TPQ5: JASON O’TOOLE
What will Jason O’Toole, author of Spear of Stars (2018) and Soulless Heavens (2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JASON O’TOOLE
POWER OF POETRY #93: TRAVIS CRAVEY
POWER OF POETRY #93: TRAVIS CRAVEY:
These are human passions, after all, more than lust or greed or God: we want to connect. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #93: TRAVIS CRAVEY
#TPQ5: GLENIS G. REDMOND
#TPQ5: GLENIS G. REDMOND
What will Glenis Redmond, a nationally known touring teaching artist and a poet include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: GLENIS G. REDMOND
#TPQ5: KRISTINE ESSER SLENTZ
#TPQ5: KRISTINE ESSER SLENTZ
What will KRISTINE ESSER SLENTZ, a queer, experimental poet from northwest Indiana and the Chicagoland area, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KRISTINE ESSER SLENTZ
#TPQ5: CONYER CLAYTON
#TPQ5: CONYER CLAYTON
What will Conyer Clayton, whose latest chap, Trust Only the Beasts in the Water was published by above/ground press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CONYER CLAYTON
#TPQ5: NATASHA GRAHAM
#TPQ5: NATASHA GRAHAM
What will Natascha Graham, artist, poet and writer of literary fiction, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: NATASHA GRAHAM
#TPQ5: JENNY MITCHELL
#TPQ5: JENNY MITCHELL
What will Jenny Mitchell, joint winner of the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JENNY MITCHELL
#TPQ5: HALA ALYAN
#TPQ5: HALA ALYAN
What will Hala Alyan, Palestinian American writer and clinical psychologist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: HALA ALYAN
#TPQ5: ELIZABETH MOURA
#TPQ5: ELIZABETH MOURA
What will Elizabeth Moura, who lives in a converted factory and works with elders, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ELIZABETH MOURA
#TPQ5: AARON POOCHIGIAN
#TPQ5: AARON POOCHIGIAN
What will Aaron Poochigian, whose book “Manhattanite,” won the Able Muse Poetry Prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: AARON POOCHIGIAN
#TPQ5: MIRIAM CALLEJA
#TPQ5: MIRIAM CALLEJA
What will Miriam Calleja, bilingual poet and Maltese wordsmith, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MIRIAM CALLEJA
POWER OF POETRY #86: THOMAS STEWART
POWER OF POETRY #88: THOMAS STEWART
A word can muster a thousand thoughts. A poem can create a universe. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #86: THOMAS STEWART
#TPQ5: THOMAS STEWART
#TPQ5: THOMAS STEWART
What will Thomas Stewart, whose poetry pamphlet, ’empire of dirt’, was published by Red Squirrel Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: THOMAS STEWART
#TPQ5: CAITLIN SCARANO
#TPQ5: CAITLIN SCARANO
What will Caitlin Scarano, whose debut collection, Do Not Bring Him Water, was released in Fall 2017 by Write Bloody, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CAITLIN SCARANO
#TPQ5: KATIE O’BRIEN
#TPQ5: KATIE O’BRIEN
What will katie o’brien, poet, community worker, queer activist, and Netflix enthusiast, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KATIE O’BRIEN
#TPQ5: RAINE GEOGHEGAN
#TPQ5: RAINE GEOGHEGAN
What will Raine Geoghegan, poet, writer, and Performance Coach, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: RAINE GEOGHEGAN
POWER OF POETRY #85: WILL SCHMIT
POWER OF POETRY #85: WILL SCHMIT
The poem is an artifact. Art as fact in the face a world determined to ignore the contemplative plaintiff. To hold the pen lightly enough to allow perspective to shift is to be attentive to the ghosts of chance, challenge, and chagrin. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #85: WILL SCHMIT
#TPQ5: STEVE KISTULENTZ
#TPQ5: STEVE KISTULENTZ
What will Steve Kistulentz, author of the forthcoming poetry collection The Mating Calls of the Dead (Black Lawrence Press, 2021), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: STEVE KISTULENTZ
#TPQ5: FLOSE BOURSIQUOT
#TPQ5: FLOSE BOURSIQUOT
What will Flose Boursiquot, a Haitian-born poet and writer, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: FLOSE BOURSIQUOT
POWER OF POETRY #84: BARTON SMOCK
POWER OF POETRY #84: BARTON SMOCK
You can’t catch a fish with the shadow of a bird. But you tried, right? You tried in that poem your friend wrote, the one where a stone ate a star. And is maybe still eating. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #84: BARTON SMOCK
#TPQ5: JOSHUA ROTHES
#TPQ5: JOSHUA ROTHES
What will Joshua Rothes, editor/publisher of Sublunary Editions, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JOSHUA ROTHES
#TPQ5: Z.M. WISE
#TPQ5: Z.M. WISE
What will Z.M. Wise, Co-Editor at Transcendent Zero Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: Z.M. WISE
#TPQ5: CARLIE BLUME
#TPQ5: CARLIE BLUME
What will Carlie Blume, a Vancouver, Canada born writer of poetry and fiction, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CARLIE BLUME
#TPQ5: SANDRA T
#TPQ5: SANDRA T
What will Sandra T, poet and storyteller based in Brooklyn, NY, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SANDRA T
#TPQ5: OSCAR HOKEAH
#TPQ5: OSCAR HOKEAH
What will Oscar Hokeah, author of the forthcoming novel Unsettled Between, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: OSCAR HOKEAH
POWER OF POETRY #83: KARI FLICKINGER
POWER OF POETRY #83: KARI FLICKINGER
Poetry has turned me into a piece of broken technology, searching the horizon for symbols. It has estranged me from everyone I once loved, from every notion I ever thought to belong to. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #83: KARI FLICKINGER
REVIEW: HOMIE – DANEZ SMITH (GRAYWOLF PRESS)
REVIEW: HOMIE – DANEZ SMITH (GRAYWOLF PRESS)
These poems are beautiful and messy and surprising and honest; they are everything a storied friendship is. Continue reading REVIEW: HOMIE – DANEZ SMITH (GRAYWOLF PRESS)
#TPQ5: FRAN-CLAIRE KENNEY
#TPQ5: FRAN-CLAIRE KENNEY
What will Fran-Claire Kenney, Queer writer, filmmaker, and student, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: FRAN-CLAIRE KENNEY
#TPQ5: CHRISTINA THATCHER
#TPQ5: CHRISTINA THATCHER
What will Christina Thatcher, Creative Writing Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CHRISTINA THATCHER
POWER OF POETRY #82: MDSHall
POWER OF POETRY #82: MDSHall
We are soothsayers and truthsayers; warriors armed with words to be placed into action; protectors of the Univearth in search of the multiverse… Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #82: MDSHall
#TPQ5: ANNE GRAUE
#TPQ5: ANNE GRAUE
What will Anne Graue, author of a chapbook, Fig Tree in Winter, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ANNE GRAUE
#TPQ5: KEITH MARK GABOURY
#TPQ5: KEITH MARK GABOURY
What will Keith Mark Gaboury, whose work appears in Poetry Quarterly and New Millennium Writings, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KEITH MARK GABOURY
POWER OF POETRY #81: LAUREN BRAZEAL
POWER OF POETRY #80: LAUREN BRAZEAL
Her words pressed onto my consciousness with the immediacy of a blade to the throat, “It is not your right to feel powerless. Better people than you were powerless.” Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #81: LAUREN BRAZEAL
#TPQ5: JANNA GRACE
#TPQ5: JANNA GRACE
What will Janna Grace, editor of Lamplit Underground, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JANNA GRACE
#TPQ5: DONNA VORREYER
#TPQ5: DONNA VORREYER
What will Donna Vorreyer, author of Every Love Story is an Apocalypse Story, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: DONNA VORREYER
#TPQ5: JAKE WILD HALL
#TPQ5: JAKE WILD HALL
What will Jake Wild Hall, one half of Bad Betty Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JAKE WILD HALL
THE POWER OF POETRY #80: STEPHEN FURLONG
THE POWER OF POETRY #80: STEPHEN FURLONG
He only stopped when he recognized his shoe was untied. He held such reverence for the laces and he asked us how we tied our shoes. Continue reading THE POWER OF POETRY #80: STEPHEN FURLONG
#TPQ5: KRISTOPHER BIERNATSKY
#TPQ5: KRISTOPHER BIERNATSKY
What will Kristopher Biernatsky, founder of Dink Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KRISTOPHER BIERNATSKY
#TPQ5: CLARE E. POTTER
#TPQ5: CLARE E. POTTER
What will clare e. potter, a poet who is lucky to collaborate with other inspiring artists, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CLARE E. POTTER
POWER OF POETRY #79: VENUS DAVIS
POWER OF POETRY #79: VENUS DAVIS
I knew that writing wasn’t about being the best – it’s about expressing yourself and being happy with what you’ve written. It’s not a chance for validation. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #79: VENUS DAVIS
#TPQ5: ERIK-JOHN FUHRER
#TPQ5: ERIK-JOHN FUHRER
What will Erik Fuhrer, author of every time you die (Alien Buddha Press), include in today’s#TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ERIK-JOHN FUHRER
REVIEW: BOAT BURNED – KELLY GRACE THOMAS (YESYES BOOKS)
REVIEW: BOAT BURNED – KELLY GRACE THOMAS (YESYES BOOKS)
I found myself walking away from it often, not out of discontent but out of a need to process the full brunt of the emotions laid bare by the author. Continue reading REVIEW: BOAT BURNED – KELLY GRACE THOMAS (YESYES BOOKS)
#TPQ5: GALE MARIE THOMPSON
#TPQ5: GALE MARIE THOMPSON
What will Gale Marie Thompson, author of Helen or My Hunger (YesYes Books, 2020), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: GALE MARIE THOMPSON
POWER OF POETRY #78: G.E. SCHWARTZ
POWER OF POETRY #77: G.E. SCHWARTZ
And with that light poetry has the power to usher us into a brave new world, filling our senses with the energy of creation where every bird, tree, branch, and blossom vibrates as if by immance. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #78: G.E. SCHWARTZ
#TPQ5: DAVID MARTIN
#TPQ5: DAVID MARTIN
What will David Martin, organizer for the Single Onion Poetry Series, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside Continue reading #TPQ5: DAVID MARTIN
#TPQ5: LAURA WAINWRIGHT
#TPQ5: LAURA WAINWRIGHT
What will Laura Wainwright, author of a book of literary criticism, New Territories in Modernism: Anglophone Welsh Writing 1930-1949, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: LAURA WAINWRIGHT
#TPQ5: SUE WILLIAM SILVERMAN
#TPQ5: SUE WILLIAM SILVERMAN
What will Sue William Silverman, who teaches in the MFA in Writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SUE WILLIAM SILVERMAN
POWER OF POETRY #77: CHRISTINA CIUFO
POWER OF POETRY #77: CHRISTINA CIUFO
Each poetic word, each lyrical line, each tone evoked and each enchanting rhyme within a poem ignites the orange-golden flames within the recesses of our minds and flickers its’ illuminating light behind our eyes. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #77: CHRISTINA CIUFO
#TPQ5: LAUREN LICONA
#TPQ5: LAUREN LICONA
What will Lauren Licona, Latinx poet based in Boston, MA, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: LAUREN LICONA
#TPQ5: JULIO ENRIQUEZ-ORNELAS
#TPQ5: JULIO ENRIQUEZ-ORNELAS
What will Julio Enriquez-Ornelas, Assistant Professor at Millikin University, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JULIO ENRIQUEZ-ORNELAS
#TPQ5: DAVE HOUSLEY
#TPQ5: DAVE HOUSLEY
What will Dave Housley, author of This Darkness Got to Give, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: DAVE HOUSLEY
#TPQ5: TINA MOZELLE BRAZIEL
#TPQ5: TINA MOZELLE BRAZIEL
What will Tina Mozelle Braziel, awarded the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TINA MOZELLE BRAZIEL
REVIEW: BECOMING THE BRONZE IDOL – RITA MOOKERJEE (BONE & INK PRESS)
REVIEW: BECOMING THE BRONZE IDOL – RITA MOOKERJEE (BONE & INK PRESS)
This collection helps readjust the way we look at our world and showing that the first step in fixing something broken is to recognize that it needs to be fixed in the first place. Continue reading REVIEW: BECOMING THE BRONZE IDOL – RITA MOOKERJEE (BONE & INK PRESS)
#TPQ5: CHARLENE ELSBY
#TPQ5: CHARLENE ELSBY
What will Charlene Elsby, Philosophy Program Director and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University Fort Wayne, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CHARLENE ELSBY
#TPQ5: KATIE RIEGEL
#TPQ5: KATIE RIEGEL
What will Katherine Riegel, author of Love Songs from the End of the World (Main Street Rag 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KATIE RIEGEL
#TPQ5: TAYLOR BANKS
#TPQ5: TAYLOR BANKS
What will Taylor Banks, MFA candidate at Stetson University, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TAYLOR BANKS
POWER OF POETRY #76: TAMARA BURROSS GRISANTI
POWER OF POETRY #76: TAMARA BURROSS GRISANTI
Entering that space of creation is the only type of churchgoing that has ever spoken to me. It is paying tribute to what I know of the sacred, it is the only way I know how to be prayerful. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #76: TAMARA BURROSS GRISANTI
#TPQ5: ADAM J. GELLINGS
#TPQ5: ADAM J. GELLINGS
What will Adam J. Gellings, poet and instructor from Columbus, Ohio, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ADAM J. GELLINGS
#TPQ5: MALCOLM TARIQ
#TPQ5: MALCOLM TARIQ
What will Malcolm Tariq, author of Heed the Hollow (Graywolf Press, 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MALCOLM TARIQ
POWER OF POETRY #74: URNA BOSE
POWER OF POETRY #74: URNA BOSE
One can’t quite put a firm, decisive finger on when, where and how poetry collides, mingles, smudges and spills over into our lives Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #74: URNA BOSE
REVIEW: THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU – SASCHA AURORA AKHTAR
REVIEW: THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU – SASCHA AURORA AKHTAR
Magic is broken unless we understand the trick or allow ourselves to suspend our disbelief and just know that everything is taken care of, and that we are okay. Continue reading REVIEW: THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU – SASCHA AURORA AKHTAR
#TPQ5: JEFF PEARSON
#TPQ5: JEFF PEARSON
What will Jeff Pearson, an advocate for people with mental illness, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JEFF PEARSON
#TPQ5: REBECCA IRENE
#TPQ5: REBECCA IRENE
What will Rebecca Irene, Poetry Editor for The Maine Review, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: REBECCA IRENE
POWER OF POETRY #73: JOSEPH RATHGEBER
POWER OF POETRY #73: JOSEPH RATHGEBER
Poets excise words, omit and elide them. They break lines. Might as well break pane-glass windows. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #73: JOSEPH RATHGEBER
#TPQ5: ERIC LOCHRIDGE
#TPQ5: ERIC LOCHRIDGE
What will Eric Lochridge, author of three poetry chapbooks, include in tiara #TPQ5? Find our inside!
Continue reading #TPQ5: ERIC LOCHRIDGE
#TPQ5: RAZIELLE AIGEN
#TPQ5: RAZIELLE AIGEN
What will Razielle Aigen, author of, Light Waves The Leaves (above/ground press 2020), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: RAZIELLE AIGEN
#TPQ5: BETH LONGMAN
#TPQ5: BETH LONGMAN
What will Beth Longman, founder and co-editor of Re-Side magazine, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: BETH LONGMAN
#TPQ5: DAN KNAUSS
#TPQ5: DAN KNAUSS
What will Dan Knauss, who writes, edits, and tries to perform acts of humane, open-source webcraft, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: DAN KNAUSS
#TPQ5: MICHAEL McGILL
#TPQ5: MICHAEL McGILL
What will Michael McGill, a UK poet from Edinburgh, Scotland, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MICHAEL McGILL
#TPQ5: BEE WALSH
#TPQ5: BEE WALSH
What will Bee Walsh, author of Manning Up (West 44 Books), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: BEE WALSH
#TPQ5: CHRISTINA CIUFO
#TPQ5: CHRISTINA CIUFO
What will Christina Ciufo, a passionate writer, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
Continue reading #TPQ5: CHRISTINA CIUFO
REVIEW: A LIVE THING, CLINGING WITH MANY TEETH – KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER (SPOOKY GIRLFRIEND PRESS)
REVIEW: A LIVE THING, CLINGING WITH MANY TEETH – KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER (SPOOKY GIRLFRIEND PRESS)
We’re shown a woman who has to come to terms with pain and discomfort being her new reality. And then the idea of change is more frightening than her continued torture. Continue reading REVIEW: A LIVE THING, CLINGING WITH MANY TEETH – KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER (SPOOKY GIRLFRIEND PRESS)
#TPQ5: WILL SCHMIT
#TPQ5: WILL SCHMIT
What will Will Schmit, author of Head Lines A Sixty Day Guide to Personal Psalmistry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: WILL SCHMIT
#TPQ5: WARREN CZAPA
#TPQ5: WARREN CZAPA
What will Warren Czapa, longlisted for the Troubadour International Poetry Prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: WARREN CZAPA
#TPQ5: ALVARO BEDOYA
#TPQ5: ALVARO BEDOYA
What will Alvaro Bedoya, who runs a think tank and legal clinic that protects the privacy rights of immigrants, poor people, and people of color, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ALVARO BEDOYA
#TPQ5: SONIA DI PLACIDO
#TPQ5: SONIA DI PLACIDO
What will Sonia Di Placido, poet, writer, and editor, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SONIA DI PLACIDO
#TPQ5: JIM MEIROSE
#TPQ5: JIM MEIROSE
What will Jim Meirose, author of ‘Le Overgivers au Club de la Résurrection’ (Mannequin Haus), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JIM MEIROSE
#TPQ5: TAYLOR MALI
#TPQ5: TAYLOR MALI
What will Taylor Mali, 4-time National Slam Poetry Champion and former voice of all Burger King commercials, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TAYLOR MALI
#TPQ5: JANE ROSENBERG LaFORGE
#TPQ5: JANE ROSENBERG LaFORGE
What will Jane Rosenberg LaForge, author of six volumes of poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JANE ROSENBERG LaFORGE
POWER OF POETRY #72: MATT NAGIN
POWER OF POETRY #72: MATT NAGIN
Poetry cuts through the bullshit. It declutters spiritually. It is an opportunity to dance, to experiment, to hone new answers to complex problems. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #72: MATT NAGIN
#TPQ5: INK
#TPQ5: INK
What will Ink, who disrupts his neighbors’ dreams by taking recycling out at odd times, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: INK
#TPQ5: CATHERINE MARENGHI
#TPQ5: CATHERINE MARENGHI
What will Catherine Marenghi, an award-winning poet and memoirist, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CATHERINE MARENGHI
#TPQ5: C.M. KATE FAULKNER
#TPQ5: C.M. KATE FAULKNER
What will C.M. Kate Faulkner, nonfiction piece “Autopsy” is out now In Against Death: 35 Essays on Living (Anvil Press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside? Continue reading #TPQ5: C.M. KATE FAULKNER
#TPQ5: MICHAEL HALL
#TPQ5: MICHAEL HALL
What will Michael Hall, an up and coming, yet seasoned, poet, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MICHAEL HALL
REVIEW: FORGIVE YOURSELF THESE TINY ACTS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION – JARED SINGER (BUTTON POETRY)
FORGIVE YOURSELF THESE TINY ACTS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION – JARED SINGER @buttonpoetry
“…a manual for the last kid in the kickball line. It’s a must-read for those who can’t remember why they need to remember. It’s for those who sometimes forget they matter.” Continue reading REVIEW: FORGIVE YOURSELF THESE TINY ACTS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION – JARED SINGER (BUTTON POETRY)
REVIEW: MILES OF SKY ABOVE US, MILES OF EARTH BELOW – STEVE DENEHAN (CAJUN MUTT PRESS)
Denehan is sort of like Bukowski, if Bukowski wrote while drinking rather than drunk. It’s proof that poetry doesn’t need to be complicated to tell a damn good story. Continue reading REVIEW: MILES OF SKY ABOVE US, MILES OF EARTH BELOW – STEVE DENEHAN (CAJUN MUTT PRESS)
#TPQ5: DECEMBER LACE
#TPQ5: DECEMBER LACE
What will December Lace, former professional wrestler, pinup model, & Best of the Net nominee, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: DECEMBER LACE
#TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER FLAKUS
#TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER FLAKUS
What will Christopher Flakus, co-editor-in-chief of Defunkt Magazine, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER FLAKUS
#TPQ5: RY DOWNEY
#TPQ5: RY DOWNEY
What will Ry Downey, editor in chief of the new poetry magazine, BEATIFIC, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: RY DOWNEY
#TPQ5: MARY PEELEN
#TPQ5: MARY PEELEN
What will Mary Peelen, winner of the Kithara Book Prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MARY PEELEN
#TPQ5: ELLEN CHANG-RICHARDSON
#TPQ5: ELLEN CHANG-RICHARDSON
What will Ellen Chang-Richardson, an emerging poet and the founder of Little Birds Poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ELLEN CHANG-RICHARDSON
#TPQ5: VENUS DAVIS
#TPQ5: VENUS DAVIS
What will Venus Davis, contributor for Marias at Sampaguitas, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: VENUS DAVIS
#TPQ5: PRIYA DOLMA TAMANG
#TPQ5: PRIYA DOLMA TAMANG
What will Priya Dolma Tamang, writer from the Himalayan state of Sikkim in northeastern India, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: PRIYA DOLMA TAMANG
#TPQ5: LARISSA SHMAILO
#TPQ5: LARISSA SHMAILO
What will Larissa Shmailo, a poet, novelist, translator, editor, curator, and critic, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: LARISSA SHMAILO
#TPQ5: QUINTIN COLLINS
#TPQ5: QUINTIN COLLINS
What will Quintin Collins, a writer, editor, and Solstice MFA Program Assistant Director, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: QUINTIN COLLINS
POWER OF POETRY #72: NOAH C. LEKAS
POWER OF POETRY #72: NOAH C. LEKAS
I wanted unrestrained access to the divine and I wanted to never have to ask permission or apologize for my ambition. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #72: NOAH C. LEKAS
#TPQ5: ERIC ANDREW NEWMAN
#TPQ5: ERIC ANDREW NEWMAN
What will Eric Andrew Newman, Fiction Editor of Okay Donkey, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ERIC ANDREW NEWMAN
#TPQ5: JANET M ROGERS
#TPQ5: JANET M ROGERS
What will Janet M Rogers, a Mohawk/Tuscarora, lives on the Six Nations Reserve, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JANET M ROGERS
#TPQ5: CAROLINE SHEA
#TPQ5: CAROLINE SHEA
What will Caroline Shea, author of Lambflesh (Kelsay Books, 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CAROLINE SHEA
#TPQ5: CASSIE DONISH
#TPQ5: CASSIE DONISH
What will Cassie Donish, a queer Jewish poet and writer, author of The Year of the Femme, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CASSIE DONISH
REVIEW: THE BOOK OF DANIEL – AARON SMITH (UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS)
It’s a headfirst take on being simply yourself in a sardonic world that wants to throw cancer and queer and God’s erect penis at you like they are insults. Continue reading REVIEW: THE BOOK OF DANIEL – AARON SMITH (UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS)
#TPQ5: D.A. GRAY
#TPQ5: D.A. GRAY
What will D.A. Gray, author, Retired soldier and veteran, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: D.A. GRAY
#TPQ5: TJ NEER
#TPQ5: TJ NEER
What will TJ Neer, a bookseller at The Book Loft in Columbus, OH, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TJ NEER
#TPQ5: JUSTENE DION-GLOWA
#TPQ5: JUSTENE DION-GLOWA
What will Justene Dion-Glowa, a bi Métis poet from BC, Canada, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JUSTENE DION-GLOWA
#TPQ5: KEVIN LATIMER
#TPQ5: KEVIN LATIMER
What will Kevin Latimer, a poet & playwright from Cleveland, Ohio, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KEVIN LATIMER
Review: An Offering, Stewart Sanderson, Tapsalteerie Publishing House
Review: An Offering – Stewart Sanderson (Tapsalteerie Publishing House)
A small, majestic journey is what comes to mind while reading An Offering; the kind you take close to home in the fresh damp of morning’s first light. Continue reading Review: An Offering, Stewart Sanderson, Tapsalteerie Publishing House
#TPQ5: COURTNEY LeBLANC
#TPQ5: COURTNEY LeBLANC
What will Courtney LeBlanc, author of Beautiful & Full of Monsters (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: COURTNEY LeBLANC
#TPQ5: STEVE HENN
#TPQ5: STEVE HENN
What will Steve Henn, author of Indiana Noble Sad Man of the Year, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: STEVE HENN
#TPQ5: KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER
#TPQ5: KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER
What will Kolleen Carney Hoepfner, whose main goal in life is to have Alec Baldwin smile at her, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER
#TPQ5: MARTIN OTT
#TPQ5: MARTIN OTT
What will Martin Ott, author of nine books of poetry and fiction, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MARTIN OTT
Review: 99 Names of Exile, Kaveh Bassiri (Newfound Poetry)
Review: 99 Names of Exile, Kaveh Bassiri (Newfound Poetry)
This is a work of tender vulnerability, offering a glimpse of deeply personal stories through the abstraction of metaphor. Continue reading Review: 99 Names of Exile, Kaveh Bassiri (Newfound Poetry)
#TPQ5: AMORAK HUEY
#TPQ5: AMORAK HUEY
What will Amorak Huey, author of three books of poetry, most recently Boom Box (Sundress, 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: AMORAK HUEY
#TPQ5: KATIE DARBY MULLINS
#TPQ5: KATIE DARBY MULLINS
What will Katie Darby Mullins, nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KATIE DARBY MULLINS
#TPQ5: SAMANTHA MERZ
#TPQ5: SAMANTHA MERZ
What will Samantha Merz, published by Fevers of the Mind Poetry Digest, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SAMANTHA MERZ
#TPQ5: MEGAN CRAYNE
#TPQ5: MEGAN CRAYNE
What will Megan Crayne, a writer and graduate student in Book Publishing in Portland, OR, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MEGAN CRAYNE
#TPQ5: JOSEPH EDWIN HAEGER
#TPQ5: JOSEPH EDWIN HAEGER
What will Joseph Edwin Haeger, author of When I Am a Famous Person (Optography Press), & Learn to Swim (University of Hell Press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JOSEPH EDWIN HAEGER
#TPQ5: AMEE NASSRENE BROUMAND
#TPQ5: AMEE NASSRENE BROUMAND
What will Amee Nassrene Broumand, an Iranian-American poet, nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: AMEE NASSRENE BROUMAND