Poetry

Three Poems by Julia Edwards

Three Poems by Julia Edwards

by: Julia Edwards In Julia Edwards’ poems, to construct self the poet rehearses the past, taking meaning from memory:…

Three Poems by Jon Whitbread

Three Poems by Jon Whitbread

Poems and fetured artwork by: Jon Whitbread These poems by Jon Whitbread explore our shared sense of rootlessness and…

David Perry, Part Two

David Perry, Part Two

by: David Perry ((Header art by Monika Lin, “Exemplars #7,” 2013, woodcut print, detail.)) David Perry’s poems are charged, feverish…

David Perry, Part One

David Perry, Part One

by: David Perry ((Header art by Monika Lin, Balance Boy #1 detail, 2010.)) David Perry’s poems are charged, feverish meditations…

Paul Maziar, Part Two

Paul Maziar, Part Two

by: Paul Maziar Elevating disjunctive play to the level of jagged music, inviting us to jam along, Paul Maziar’s poetry…

Paul Maziar, Part One

Paul Maziar, Part One

by: Paul Maziar Paul Maziar’s poems are exercises in shambolic precision and grace, paeans to the certainty of awe and surprise….

Three Poems by C.C. Russell

Three Poems by C.C. Russell

by: C.C. Russell For C.C. Russell, poems are incantations. Utilizing both keen description and contemplative distance, they enact the pathos and wonder…

Three Poems by Allison Cobb

Three Poems by Allison Cobb

by: Allison Cobb Allison Cobb’s poems proceed with a meditative caution, calling out the soporific forgetfulness that constantly threatens our…

Three Poems by Pat Smith

Three Poems by Pat Smith

by: Pat Smith Reading Pat Smith’s poetry is like overhearing an uncomfortable chat between our hypnagogic consciousnesses and our…

Letter to Olson

Letter to Olson

by: Cole Heinowitz Cole Heinowitz’s magisterial “Letter to Olson” is a “ritual to banish silences.” Part seance, part dream,…