Poetry
Poetry
“The Redistricting of Anticipation & Dread” by Duncan Campbell
14 February 2020 on PoetryOur inclination is to assume witnessfor the grand & inevitable. Many, for example, believe the worldwill end in their lifetimes.Imagine—languor of booted feet suspendedout the passenger window, laces dithering in the...
Poetry
“Habit” by Gail Martin
29 November 2019 on PoetryThat was the day I began to paint the rabbitwith a flat straw hat, a smaller rabbit on top of that, another hat, a caption that says, “When My Feelings Have Feelings.”...
Poetry
“Clouds” by Amanda Span
08 November 2019 on PoetryMy father couldburn holes in the cloudswith the power of his mind: Watch, he says,looking at the stretchof sky above us, a sheet on the sandbeneath our backs. Right there. He...
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“Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation” by Katherine Fallon
25 October 2019 on PoetryI. Heather, in your dream my loved ones were dunking and holding me underwater as treatment. Everyone, you say, seemed to believe this was a good idea. In truth, your...
Poetry
“Where Deer Sleep” by George Payne
04 October 2019 on PoetryMy three-year-old son asked me where deer sleep. So I took him into a space that is not meant for fathersand sons. There, we found a ritual thathas nothing to...
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“Return to Sender” by Natalie Homer
20 September 2019 on PoetryMy doe with the limp is one fawn short since spring.Some time later, in the low moan of a snowstormshe canters back to the woods, alone. Yearly pilgrimage to Ohio—past...
Storystorm
Out with a Bang
03 May 2019 on Blog, Poetry, StorystormTwo of Barnstorm’s poetry readers are graduating from the MFA program this spring; before they head out, Milo and Morgan took the time to share their thoughts on the evolution...
Poetry
“Penance” by Terri Kent-Enborg
26 April 2019 on PoetryIn autumn, a bamboo pole sceptered in his fists, Dad thwacked walnuts from the sleepy domes of trees and my sister and me, five and nine, gathered the fallen in...
Poetry
“The Naming” by Monty Jones
12 April 2019 on PoetryThe birds confused him.It was their overflowing presenceor their quick movements,or he was color-blindor tone-deaf, one of the senseslacking something, unable quiteto make everything fit.Each one had to have a...
Storystorm
AWP: I didn’t do everything
12 April 2019 on Blog, Poetry, StorystormRemember:this is just one seaon one beach on oneplanet in onesolar system in onegalaxy. After thatthe scale increases, sothis is not the last word,and nothing else is talking back.It’s a...
Poetry
“Nothing You Need” by John Ronan
22 March 2019 on PoetryMain Street’s a Cheese Shoppe,Galleries, and a bright brew pubFeaturing pumpkin harvest ale,Free-range chicken, and kale.A retro pharmacy with show globes.The state bank. Beyond Bordeaux.Your candles-only. Your soap-only: Bricks spiked...
The Writer's Hot Seat
The Writer’s Hot Seat: Peter Mishler
15 March 2019 on Blog, Poetry, The Writer's Hot SeatPeter Mishler is the author of Fludde (Sarabande, 2018), a book of poems selected for the Kathryn A. Morton prize in poetry by Dean Young, who said, “Fludde makes us feel,...
