Poetry
Storystorm
Magnetic Irony
23 February 2018 on Blog, Poetry, StorystormFuture generations may define our period style by its pervasive sincerity. Irony is what's missing from much contemporary poetry. For example, the popular political poems are earnest, if angry, and...
Poetry
“A Brighter Light” by Nancy Christopherson
16 February 2018 on PoetryAfter days in the drear rain and wind—sunlight, the sun comes up in a clear sky. It seems settled, then, a difficult argument of weather—the sun displays its wares. Simple...
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“Return No. 2” by Laurel Milburn
02 February 2018 on Blog, PoetryWe step outside an axis where the magnets scrape to a dry thinning spark. Things to do: Things to do to turn a nocturne to a waltz. Today is red....
The Writer's Hot Seat
The Writer’s Hot Seat: Fred Marchant
15 December 2017 on Blog, Poetry, The Writer's Hot SeatBarnstorm reader Katie Brunero recently talked with poet Fred Marchant about his new collection of poetry, Said Not Said, guidance for new poets, technique versus craft, and the best revision advice he's...
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“To be Kissed” by Aran Donovan
01 December 2017 on Blog, PoetryThese arable lands To go quizzing about them in hoop skirt To melt humble in an avid sahara To piss, comrades in relief abandon Truly waffle, like a primary in...
The Writer's Hot Seat
The Writer’s Hot Seat: Lisa Olstein
10 November 2017 on Blog, Poetry, The Writer's Hot SeatLisa Olstein is the author of four poetry collections: Late Empire; Radio Crackling, Radio Gone, winner of the Hayden Carruth Award; Lost Alphabet, a Library Journal best book of the year selection; and Little Stranger, named a top...
Poetry
“For C. D. Wright” by John Sibley Williams
27 October 2017 on Blog, PoetryJohn Sibley Williams is the editor of two Northwest poetry anthologies and the author of nine collections,...
Poetry
Beth Israel by Dara-Lyn Shrager
06 October 2017 on PoetryThe baby arrived with legs that swung out like doors set backwards on their hinges. Across from the building where he was born, another building to tell us he will...
Poetry
“Erratics” by Michael Lauchlan
22 September 2017 on PoetryThey’re erratics, a friend tells me, left by glaciers. I say they were left by a crew that dug up the sewers, but he’s unfazed. Before that, he says, way...
Poetry
“Wait Till Your Father Gets Home” by John Buckley
10 March 2017 on PoetryHe’s not dead anymore; he sent Michael Landon walking and Della Reese down, Neo to be wracked for our sins. So says the post- Nietzschean hot-dog vendor, inter- rupting his...
Poetry
Can’t Get a Break?
17 February 2017 on Blog, PoetryWhen writing a poem, how do you decided where to draw the line? That is, when you crack a sentence in half, what determines where you make the break? After...
Poetry
“Culvert” by Matt Sumpter
09 February 2017 on PoetryI loved the toxic run-off, tentacles of algae, and corrugated zinc that tripped me as I hunched in the culvert, following Will Macon’s echoing hard steps, listening to loaded pick-ups...
