Read two poems by Gerald Yelle, our second biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about “No Breaks.”
Category: Journal
Bodies in Transition: Sacred & Perishable by Carissa Natalia Baconguis
“There is a muscular intimacy to the ecosystem of these poems, each one of them creating as vivid a world individually as exists in the collection as a whole.” Read Gray Davidson Carroll’s full review.
Three Poems by Bryana Fern
Read three poems by Bryana Fern, our first biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about “Women on the Wall.”
Chapbook Poem: When I Was Straight by Dustin Brookshire
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for October 2025, “When I Was Straight” from Repeat As Needed, along with a few words from the poet.
Book Excerpt: American Girl: Fort Hood, 2023 by Thea Matthews
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for October 2025, “American Girl: Fort Hood: 2023” from GRIME by Thea Matthews, along with a few words from the poet.
Three Poems by Makena Metz
Read three poems by Makena Metz, our seventh and final biweekly poet of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about “Charlatan.”
Verses of Mourning: in the aftermath by Jessica Nirvana Ram
“[Ram] presents a revealing and heartbreaking collection that asks the reader to think about what they remember the most about those they have lost.” Read Alex Carrigan’s full review.
September ’25: Best of the Net Nominations
Editor Aiden Hunt announces Philly Chapbook Review’s Best of the Net 2026 anthology nominations in this editor’s note and provides links to the nominated poems.
Three Poems by Robin Arble
Read three poems by Robin Arble, our sixth of seven biweekly poets of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about “The Last Time I Saw My PCP.”
Book Excerpt: Landscape with footprints in ash by Selma Asotić
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for September 2025, “Landscape with footprints in ash” from Say Fire by Selma Asotić, along with a few words from the poet.