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)
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
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
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
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
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
What will Amanda Earl, managing editor of Bywords.ca, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: AMANDA EARL
They are our pain. Our love. Our fight through relationships when we can’t do it ourselves. They need food and water and shelter but don’t always have that option – even if they’ve been there for years. Continue reading REVIEW: HOW MY CAT SAVED MY LIFE AND OTHER POEMS – JULIETTE SEBOCK (BOTTLECAP PRESS)
#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 #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
What will Janna Grace, editor of Lamplit Underground, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JANNA GRACE
#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
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
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: CHLOE VICTORIA GORMAN
What will Chloe Gorman, copywriter, poet & aspiring author, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CHLOE VICTORIA GORMAN
#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
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
#TPQ5: CAROL LYNN STEVENSON GRELLAS
Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas, ten-time Pushcart Prize nominee and a seven-time Best of the Net nominee, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CAROL LYNN STEVENSON GRELLAS
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
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)
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
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 #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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
Paying for it again felt dirty. I didn’t want to. Didn’t mean to. Tried so hard to just move along, but my fingers edged in that direction, teased at where they wanted to be. And I gave in. Closed my eyes, relaxed. Took out my debit card, and gave into the demons. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY: EDITOR'S EDITION – CHRIS MARGOLIN
#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
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
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
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
This is not a guide toward love, light, and inspiration. This is not a tribute to finding God through death. This is looking at Death, and letting them know that while it might be a minute, you’ll leave a light on. Continue reading REVIEW: EMPIRE OF DIRT – THOMAS STEWART (RED SQUIRREL PRESS)
#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
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
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
What will Eric Lochridge, author of three poetry chapbooks, include in tiara #TPQ5? Find our inside!
Continue reading #TPQ5: ERIC LOCHRIDGE
#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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
What will Michael Hall, an up and coming, yet seasoned, poet, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MICHAEL HALL
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
This is the past seen as scenes with edits. This is how family works and doesn’t and how people are more than just reflections of what came before. Continue reading REVIEW: REBOUND, RESTART, RENEW, REBUILD, REJOICE – TIMOTHY OTTE (LITHIC PRESS)
#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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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: TIGE ASHTON DeCOSTER
What will Tige DeCoster, a poet, professional bassist, music teacher, and recording artist, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TIGE ASHTON DeCOSTER
#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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
he visceral memories echo Sharon Olds and Rachel McKibbens, taking on a confessional style that does not flinch at trauma but also makes space for complexity of loving one’s parents even as abuse continues. Continue reading REVIEW: HELP IN THE DARK SEASON – JACQUELINE SUSKIN (WRITE BLOODY PUBLISHING)
#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
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
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
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
#TPQ5: GILL McEVOY
What will Gill McEvoy, winner of the 2015 Michael Marks Award, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: GILL McEVOY
REVIEW – SPACE STRUCK BY PAIGE LEWIS (SARABANDE BOOKS)
In a year of absolutely gorgeous verse, Paige Lewis sets themselves apart, at once informed by the masters of craft and entirely unique in their own right. This is a collection you won’t want to miss. Continue reading REVIEW: SPACE STRUCK – PAIGE LEWIS (SARABANDE BOOKS)
#TPQ5: HOKIS
What will Hokis, founder & senior editor of Headline Poetry and a regular contributor for Reclamation Magazine, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: HOKIS
#TPQ5: SARAH WALLIS
What will Sarah Wallis, a poet & playwright based in Scotland, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SARAH WALLIS
#TPQ5: TARA LYNN HAWK
What will Tara Lynn Hawk, author of Rhetorical Wanderlust, and The Dead, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TARA LYNN HAWK
#TPQ5: COLIN BANCROFT
What will Colin Bancroft, winner of the 2016 poets and players prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: COLIN BANCROFT
#TPQ5: JILL MCELDOWNY
What will Jill Mceldowny, author of the Airs Above Ground (Finishing Line Press) and Kisses Over Babylon (dancing girl press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JILL MCELDOWNY
#TPQ5: BRIAN S. ELLIS
What will Brian S. Ellis, author of Often Go Awry from University of Hell Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: BRIAN S. ELLIS
#TPQ5: SCOTT MANLEY HADLEY
What will Scott Manley Hadley, Satire Editor at Queen Mob’s Teahouse, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SCOTT MANLEY HADLEY
#TPQ5: PAOLA FERRANTE
What will Paola Ferrante, author of What to Wear When Surviving A Lion Attack, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: PAOLA FERRANTE
#TPQ5: MARY HARWELL SAYLER
What will Mary Harwell Sayler, loves writing poetry, prayers, and anything Bible-based, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MARY HARWELL SAYLER
#TPQ5: EDITOR OF TPQ -CHRIS MARGOLIN
What will Chris Margolin, Editor-in-Chief of The Poetry Question, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: EDITOR OF TPQ -CHRIS MARGOLIN
#TPQ5: KEVIN SPENST
What will Kevin Spenst, the author of Ignite, and Jabbering with Bing Bong (Anvil Press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KEVIN SPENST
#TPQ5: ISABELLE KENYON
What will Isabelle Kenyon, the managing director of Fly on the Wall Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ISABELLE KENYON
WE HAVE TPQ SHIRTS!
All sales from this shirt will go to support medical co-pays over the next several months as my wife recovers from a severe traumatic brain injury. Continue reading WE HAVE TPQ SHIRTS!
#TPQ5: JAMES KRENDEL-CLARK
What will James Krendel-Clark, who is doing his best to make mischief, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find our inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JAMES KRENDEL-CLARK
#TPQ5: LEAH CALLEN
What will Leah Callen, whose poems can be found in The Malahat Review, Vallum Magazine, Kissing Dynamite, and Barren Magazine, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: LEAH CALLEN
REVIEW: THE DEATH OF A CLOWN – TOM BLAND (BAD BETTY PRESS)
Bukowski and Monica Drake would be proud. This is sex and hard drugs and love and the general misfiring of everyday life when nothing is really everyday life. Continue reading REVIEW: THE DEATH OF A CLOWN – TOM BLAND (BAD BETTY PRESS)
#TPQ5: MICHAEL IGOE
What will Michael Igoe, author of numerous publications, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MICHAEL IGOE
Instead, we find a couple working on a relationship – because after-all, they are work. Relationships are wonderful and beautiful and trying and difficult and sometimes we don’t always like the person we love, but it’s not something that we can’t overcome. Continue reading REVIEW: EMILY AS SOMETIMES THE FOREST WANTS THE FIRE – DARREN C. DEMAREE (HARPOON BOOKS)
#TPQ5: MEHER MANDA
What will Meher Manda, a poet, short story writer, culture critic, and educator from Mumbai, India, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MEHER MANDA
#TPQ5: Maté Jarai
What will @MateJarai, Editor-in-Chief at Cephalopress, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: Maté Jarai
#TPQ5: CARLA CHERRY
What will Carla Cherry, an English teacher and poet who has published four books through Wasteland Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CARLA CHERRY
#TPQ5: ALEX DiFRANCESCO
What will Alex DiFrancesco, a multi-genre writer, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ALEX DiFRANCESCO
#TPQ5: GE SCHWARTZ
What will G. E. Schwartz, the author of Only Others Are, World, and Thinking In Tongues, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: GE SCHWARTZ
#TPQ5: CAITS MEISSNER
What will Caits Meissner, author of the illustrated hybrid poetry book Let It Die Hungry (The Operating System, 2016), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CAITS MEISSNER
#TPQ5: HEIDI SEABORN
What will Heidi Seaborn, the Editorial Director for The Adroit Journal, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: HEIDI SEABORN
#TPQ5: SHANNON FROST GREENSTEIN
What will Shannon Frost Greenstein, a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SHANNON FROST GREENSTEIN
REVIEW: SELF-PORTRAIT – ELISABETH HORAN (CEPHALO PRESS):
What do you do when you must lie on your back? When you can’t stand up for yourself – literally. You make the best of it. You create art like you’ve never created before. Continue reading REVIEW: SELF-PORTRAIT – ELISABETH HORAN (CEPHALO PRESS)
#TPQ5: SAM ILLINGWORTH
What will Dr Sam Illingworth, a Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SAM ILLINGWORTH
#TPQ5: DONNA LYNCH
What will Donna Lynch, a Bram Stoker Award-nominated horror/dark fiction author & poetic include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: DONNA LYNCH
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR – CHRIS MARGOLIN
We are a community that thrives because once in a while people find a poem or poet or press they like, and purchase a book. I do this because I love the art of putting words together and making people think about life and all it entails. Continue reading LETTER FROM THE EDITOR – CHRIS MARGOLIN
#TPQ5: A.A. PARR
What will A. A. Parr, whose debut poetry chapbook, What Lasts Beyond the Burning is forthcoming from Nightingale and Sparrow Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: A.A. PARR
#TPQ5: KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI
What will Khashayar Mohammadi, the host of knife | fork | book’s monthly Chapbook club, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI
#TPQ5: STEPHEN FURLONG
What will Stephen Furlong, author of What Loss Taught Me (Nostrovia! Press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: STEPHEN FURLONG
#TPQ5: K WEBER
What will K Weber, whose been featured in Moonchild Magazine, Writer’s Digest, Black Bough Poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: K WEBER
REVIEW: UPTALK – KIMMY WALTERS (BOTTLECAP PRESS)
The poems are pacy, well-timed vignettes where the protagonist tries to bottle steam from the shower to throw at a lover… Continue reading REVIEW: UPTALK – KIMMY WALTERS (BOTTLECAP PRESS)
#TPQ5: JACQUELINE SAPHRA
What will Jacqueline Saphra’s, whose second collection, All My Mad Mothers (Nine Arches Press) was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JACQUELINE SAPHRA
#TPQ5: MANAHIL BANDUKWALA
What will Manahil Bandukwala, a Pakistani writer and artist, and the author of Paper Doll (Anstruther Press, 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MANAHIL BANDUKWALA
But when someone nails it you can feel that sweet spot where they’ve balanced the raw emotion and nostalgia. Adrienne Novy hits this balance in Crowd Surfing with God. Continue reading REVIEW: CROWD SURFING WITH GOD BY ADRIENNE NOVY (HALF MYSTIC PRESS)
#TPQ5: EMMA BOLDEN
What will Emma Bolden, Associate Editor-in-Chief for Tupelo Quarterly, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: EMMA BOLDEN
#TPQ5: MATTHEW WALSH
What will Matthew Walsh, who released their debut poetry collection, These are not the potatoes of my youth, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside? Continue reading #TPQ5: MATTHEW WALSH
#TPQ5: CHLOE N. CLARK
What will Chloe N. Clark, author of The Science of Unvanishing Objects and Your Strange Fortune, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CHLOE N. CLARK
#TPQ5: JEFFREY THOMSON
What will Jeffrey Thomson, author of Half/Life: New and Selected Poems (Alice James Books), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JEFFREY THOMSON
#TPQ5: SAMUEL J FOX
What will Samuel J Fox, a queer writer of essays, poetry, and poetry editor for Bending Genres LLC, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SAMUEL J FOX
Life is built on how we deal with our trauma, and Alexus Erin reminds us that it will actually be okay. That we can thrive in a world where survival might be the only option. Continue reading REVIEW: ST. JOHN’S WORT – ALEXUS ERIN (ANIMAL HEART PRESS)
#TPQ5: KARI FLICKINGER
What will Kari Flickinger, a 2019 nominee for Best of the Net and the Rhysling Award, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KARI FLICKINGER
#TPQ5: TAMARA BURROSS GRISANTI
What will Tamara Burross Grisanti, founder and editor-in-chief of Coffin Bell Journal, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TAMARA BURROSS GRISANTI
POETRY’S DEAD (UNDEAD UNDEAD UNDEAD) – JESSIE LYNN McMAINS
All poems are about ghosts, even if they’re not about ghosts. They’re all haunted by the traces of memory (the poet’s own memory, but also the ghosts of history that each word carries with it). Continue reading POETRY’S DEAD (UNDEAD UNDEAD UNDEAD) – JESSIE LYNN McMAINS
