Down Memory Lane: Larry Levis’s ELEGY
by Andrea Rogers · January 30, 2015By the time I read Larry Levis’s Elegy in 2004, I had already been writing poetry for a decade. Despite this fact, I had never considered [...]
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Melodically Challenged: GSU’s Poetry Radio Show
by Mike Saye · March 17, 2014Every Sunday afternoon from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, students from Georgia State University’s Creative Writing Program compile a program of contemporary, traditional, classic, slam, and avant-garde poetry [...]
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Mat Play: On Writing and Yoga
by Kathleen Kraft · February 03, 2014I sometimes find writing about the asanas (poses or postures) perplexing because there’s an ineffable quality in the practice, one that feels pre-linguistic. The feeling takes me back [...]
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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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Featured Poetry: “At the Degas Exhibit” by Gregory Fraser
by Megan Sexton · April 24, 2013As you all know, our double issue of Five Points Vol. 15, No. 1&2 is on sale now, and we’d like to give you a little [...]
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Poem in Your Pocket Day!
by Megan Sexton · April 18, 2013It’s time again for Poets.org’s national Poem in Your Pocket Day! According to their site, the purpose of this day is to “select a poem you [...]
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