Five Points - A Journal of Literature and Art

Following “Instructions to the Coast”

by Josh Ruby · April 15, 2016

A wonderful poem dense with imagery, “Instructions to the Coast,” first published in Five Points Vol. 15, No. 1&2, by Kevin Cantwell is a piece that [...]

Sitting at “White Heron Pond”

by whitney cooper · April 13, 2016

In 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 [...]

Connecting with Kim Addonizio’s “Storm Catechism”

by stephanie brooks · April 13, 2016

Each 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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Following “Instructions to the Coast”

Sitting at “White Heron Pond”

Connecting with Kim Addonizio’s “Storm Catechism”