Portside

America,
so Pretti. 
America,
so Good. 
Oh, sun, 
melt this ICE, 
until we are 
America
again.

Rick Lupert has been involved in the Los Angeles poetry community since 1990.  He is the recipient of the 2014 Beyond Baroque Distinguished Service Award for service to the Los Angeles poetry community. His poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals, including The Los Angeles Times, Rattle, Chiron Review, & many more. He also writes the Jewish poetry blog From The Lupertverse for the Los Angeles Jewish Journal. Rick created and maintains the Poetry Super Highway, an online resource and publication for poets.