Poetry
Poetry
“Post Card to a White Dwarf” by Jose del Valle
21 September 2018 on PoetryThe sun sparkles on the bay. Race day. Sailboats the color of ecological catastrophe jostle at the start. A vendor sells a local clam & children shout much louder than...
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“Earthbind” by Laura Post
27 April 2018 on Blog, PoetryHe asks me casually if I ever want to get married, and I think about how I can’t even stand guided tours. A little girl at the top of the...
Poetry
“The Ice on the River” by Brookes Moody
13 April 2018 on Blog, PoetryI’m always just saying new things about waves— like how when ice forms on a river, despite the currents, ...
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“Loading Zone” by Tara Deal
23 March 2018 on Blog, PoetryThere can be only one New York morning when you discover the gingko trees lose their leaves all at once, give up, make a mess. Velvet is elsewhere and then...
Poetry
I Stare at Passing Clouds (After Tu Fu) by George Freek
09 March 2018 on Blog, PoetryI stare at passing clouds, above the quiet street. The evening is peaceful. Half drunk, I sway in the doorway. The moon lights the twilight sky. Stars glisten like leering...
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...
Poetry
“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,...
