We're pleased to announce "Orinthology Lessons" as an Honorable Mention in our 2017 Poetry Contest! A very special thank you to our poetry staff for their hard work! ORNITHOLOGY LESSONS Because she loves a good rock slide, a little geologic fanfare, the blue jay taps at boulders with her beak, quick chisels to get things … Continue reading 2017 Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention: “Ornithology Lessons” by Rob Carney
We're excited to announce "Trillium" by Melissa Jean as an Honorable Mention in our 2017 Poetry Contest! A special thank you to our hard-working poetry staff! Trillium In the woods there are velvety black flowers; someone calls them trillium. I thought trillium was a white flower. This one is elegant and dark as a shroud. … Continue reading 2017 Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention: “Trillium” by Melissa Jean
We're happy to announce "My Ancestors" by Ron Riekki as an Honorable Mention in our 2017 Poetry Contest! A special shout-out to our hard-working poetry staff for this round! . My Ancestors My grandmother’s grandmother hid, buried herself under handfuls of history, and now I am discovering—through the … Continue reading 2017 Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention: “My Ancestors” by Ron Reikki
We're excited to announce "Rorschach Test" by Charles Kell as an Honorable Mention in our 2017 Poetry Contest! A special thank you to our hard-working poetry staff for their work this time around! Rorschach Test Blink if you see a pain-devil. Make a left fist if you notice your ma slicing bread. Wipe the wet … Continue reading 2017 Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention: “Rorschach Test” by Charles Kell
We're excited to announce "The ONE" by Claire Scott as an Honorable Mention in our 2017 Poetry Contest. A special thank you to our poetry staff for their hard work this season! The ONE a different woman to marry he’d met a hazed gauze of gin or bourbon or both at Sam’s or … Continue reading 2017 Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention: “The ONE” by Claire Scott
We're proud to announce "A Sailor's Language" by Taunja Thomson as an honorable mention for a 2017 Spring Poetry Contest! A specials thanks to our poetry staff for all of their hard work! A Sailor's Language I am a music box only I can wind up— no pirouetting but a sharp unfolding. I don pink … Continue reading 2017 Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention: “A Sailor’s Language” by Taunja Thomson
On Your Wedding Day a toast . when i was seventeen i still lived or perished by the promise . so when you twined my ring finger knotted it tight and said this means . we’re married now I believed you because that day in the morning . down in the … Continue reading Poetry Spring 2017, Honorable Mention: “On Your Wedding Day” by Stephen Barichko
We received an extraordinary number of wonderful submissions for our 2017 Poetry content, and have a number of honorable mentions to name thanks to the diligent work of our poetry staff. We're proud to announce "How to Talk to the Dying" by Jessica Mehta as an honorable mention! How to Talk to the Dying I … Continue reading Poetry Spring 2017, Honorable Mention: “How to Talk to the Dying” by Jessica Mehta
We had an enormous number of excellent submissions for our Fall Poetry 2016 Contest, which gave us the delightful opportunity to name several Honorable Mentions. We are excited to present one of these Honorable Mentions, which are in no particular order. Please enjoy! Left Alone I doubled back across the dirt-brown water to join … Continue reading Fall Poetry 2016: Honorable Mention, “Left Alone” by M. Drew Williams
