A New Kind of Anthem
On Veterans Day, we honor Gerald Sloan’s poem, commissioned by a local symphony to be recited at a choral performance of Wilfred Owen's famous sonnet (see below).
poetry
Behind the Wall
Rattle
“The debts we make are never paid, for us behind the wall,” write the incarcerated poet Cory Lambing, offering a glimpse of what it’s like to be inside.
books
The Democracy Walt Whitman Wanted
The New Republic
A new book argues that Whitman’s celebration of fellow feeling could unite America today.
Talking to Strangers by Peter Neill Carroll
Big City Lit
Carroll is drawn to the eccentric and the oddball. In sinuous free verse, he limns a series of arresting anecdotes, few longer than a page, as he searches for Homo Americanus.
poetry
Being Roommates With a Stripper
New Verse News
Poet Jennifer Elise Wang gives the inside scoop about sex workers and other exploited workers.
poetry
Before Roe
They say you can’t go home again, but the Supreme Court says otherwise. Peter Neil Carroll’s Before Roe offers a glimpse of “normal” from the bad old days.
poetry
Pieces
A surprise turn at the end of Donna Pucciani’s poem, “Pieces,” will shock the reader to consider how sheer evil has eroded our society.
poetry
Ideas To Postpone the End of the World
Speak Poetry
California poet Aileen Cassinetto, Laureate of San Mateo, brings ecopoetry to youth activists fighting to save the living planet Earth.
books
Moving From Elegy to Ecstasy, a Poet Pushes Against the Canon
The New York Times
In this new collection, the author's second, the poet, writes reviewer Simonds, "eruditely sets out to unite the Western literary canon with its omissions and oppressions."
poetry
Illicit
gargoyle, 74
Virginia-based Cynthia Atkins writes about some unexpected consequences of the world-wide brush with death.
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