Sitting at “White Heron Pond”
by whitney cooper · April 13, 2016In our busy lives, we all come to long for peace and rest. In David Baker’s “White Heron Pond,” this is exactly what we find. Reading [...]
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Connecting with Kim Addonizio’s “Storm Catechism”
by stephanie brooks · April 13, 2016Each spring one of the first rhymes my mother taught me—the classic, “April showers bring May flowers” runs through my mind. If you’ve lived east of [...]
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Loving with Ann Townsend’s “Love Poem, Unwritten”
by Linda Tran · April 11, 2016These three words, “I love you,” roll off our tongues so easily these days, years. To family and friends. To significant others. But with our friends [...]
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Connecting with Kim Addonizio’s “Plastic”
by Monica Johnson · April 20, 2015As the world awakens from the slumber of winter, we are reminded that the Earth is very much alive. Shoots rise from the soil and flowers [...]
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Connecting with Mary Oliver’s “Last Night The Rain Spoke To Me”
by Monica Johnson · February 13, 2015January is the mark of a new year, the month of resolutions, new beginnings, potential, and possibility. As we slide into February, I’d like to take [...]
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Featured Poem: “A Man’s Little Heart’s Short Fever Fit” by Thomas Lux
by Megan Sexton · October 10, 2013It’s been a while since we’ve had a featured poem on our blog, so what better time than today, with the release our newest issue right [...]
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