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
