Sonnet CLV
by: Leo Grant Across the Margin offers up an enchanting sonnet, a poem which speaks directly to the greatest of bards, William Shakespeare…1 Your verses, Shakespeare,…
Poetry
Aaron Simon Part Two
by: Aaron Simon Like meditation, these final three poems by Aaron Simon bring our attention, again and again, to the moment just as it slips…
Aaron Simon Part One
by: Aaron Simon How can language both ground us in our experience and shape how we reflect (on) our various meanings? What is or can…
The Party & other poems
by Ryan Nowlin As whimsy restores and replaces pathos (and vice versa), and as experience dips and fades into memory, what can we claim as…
After The War & other poems
by: Maureen Onuigbo Three poems that remind us how some places and events imprint themselves on us so strongly that they become part of who we…
The Poetry Editor Is In
Across the Margin proudly presents their new Poetry Editor, Richard Roundy….. A note from the Editors of Across the Margin…. For some time now, there…
Pinwheel
by: Diana Thompson A chance encounter with a specter from the past inspires a search for forgiveness…. A lifetime has passed since our worlds have crossed You…
WISPS & Dust
by: Thomas Albritton Thomas Albritton returns to The Margin with two stirring poems to commence the week…. WISPS As the mist of the morn rises The…
Coda for the Twenty-First Century, Part 3
by: Chris Campanioni Chris Campanioni concludes his farewell to 2014, with a look to that which lies ahead…. Unbearable Urges Dear poets and picture-makers, Dear beloved…
Hallowed Ground
by: Thomas Albritton1 A poem which honors those who have fallen so that we may stand…. The sun rises above these hallowed grounds as the morning…
Mind of Mine / Care
by: Thomas Albritton Thomas Albritton returns to The Margin with two thoughtful and tranquilizing poems, Mind of Mine and Care…. Mind of Mine This mind of…
Our Uncertain Ways
by: Babar Malik Murmurs from the past warn those who live in dread to seize the day…. Ghosts of a certain past Knock on my…