Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for December 2025, “The Samadhi of Words” from Stone Nest by Richard Collins, along with a few words from the poet.
Read three poems by Alexandra Burack, our third biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about “To Know Blue From the Color of Snow at Dusk.”
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for November 2025, “Two egrets at the edge of a tidal marsh” from What the Hollow Held, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for November 2025, “Rondo” from Her Mouth a Palace of Lamps by Yamini Pathak, along with a few words from the poet.
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.
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.”
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.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for September 2025, “The Seventh Age of Shakespeare’s Father” from The Edited Tongue: A Family’s Year with ALS, along with a few words from the poet.
Read three poems by Kristiane Weeks-Rogers, our fifth of seven biweekly poets of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about “Aerating Techniques.”
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for August 2025, “Cheesecake Factory” from Python with a Dog Inside It by Max McDonough, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for July 2025, “The Blessed Knot” from I Ask My Mother to Sing: Mother Poems of Li-Young Lee, along with a few words from the poet.
Read four poems by poet Victoria Korth, our last of six biweekly poets of the Spring 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “The Great Array.”
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for June 2025, “I Worry” from The Pronunciation Part by Flavian Mark Lupinetti, along with a few words from the poet.
“In my fantasy world, I would be able to communicate with the animals I see every day.” Read five poems by poet Jane Ellen Glasser, our fourth of six biweekly poets of the Spring 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “How to Befriend Animals.”
Read three poems by poet Christa Fairbrother, our third of six biweekly poets of the Spring 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “Nursing Moms Group”.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for May 2025, “What I Did This Summer” from Analogous Annum by Elinor Serumgard, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for May 2025, “Challenger” from The Light Becomes Us by Colleen S. Harris, along with a few words from the poet.
Read four poems by poet Sarah E N Kohrs, our second of six biweekly poets of the Spring 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “What We Create Together.”
Read three poems by poet Jonathan Fletcher, our first of six biweekly poets of the Spring 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “When Easter Fell on the Same Date as Transgender Day of Visibility”.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for April 2025, “This Is How They Teach Us How to Want It . . .” from This Is How They Teach You How to Want It . . . The Slaughter by Shanta Lee, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for April 2025, “The Prize of Québec” from On the Way to the Paintings of Forest Robberies by Jennifer Nelson, along with a few words from the poet.
Read three poems by poet Jeanne Bamforth, our seventh and final biweekly poet of the Winter 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “New Course”.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for March 2025, “The Self-Combed Woman” from Apprentice to a Breathing Hand by Laynie Browne, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for February 2025, “Slow Chalk” from Out of the Blank by Elaine Equi, along with a few words from the poet.
Read three poems by poet Shelli Rottschafer, our second biweekly poet of the Winter 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “Because We Remember.”
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for January 2025, “The Poem as an Act of Betrayal” from As Are Right Fit by Benjamin S. Grossberg, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for January 2025, “Further Thought” from Go Figure by Rae Armantrout, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for October 2024, “After the Hurricane Stole My Hammock” from When the Ocean Comes to Me by Alex Gurtis, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for September 2024, “Frank’s Shoebox” from The Concrete Jungle and the Surrounding Areas by Daniel Damiano, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for August 2024, “It’s okay to say the hurricane has an eye” from Resin in the Milky Way by Amanda Rabadeux, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for July 2024, “Whenua” from Māori Maid Difficult by Nicola Andrews, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for May 2024, “Disguise” from Dumb Luck & other poems by Christine Kitano, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for April 2024, “Study of Daylight” from Love Letters from a Burning Planet by MJ Gomez, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the Contributor Poem of the Month for March 2024, “The Plan” by C.M. Crockford, along with a few words from the poet.
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Read three poems by Veronica Tucker, our fifth biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about “You Left the Fridge Open Again.”
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for December 2025, “Red Tide” from Red Tide at Sandy Bend, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for December 2025, “The Samadhi of Words” from Stone Nest by Richard Collins, along with a few words from the poet.
Read two poems by Yasmin Mariam Kloth, our fourth biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about “Before.”
Read three poems by Alexandra Burack, our third biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about “To Know Blue From the Color of Snow at Dusk.”
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for November 2025, “Two egrets at the edge of a tidal marsh” from What the Hollow Held, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for November 2025, “Rondo” from Her Mouth a Palace of Lamps by Yamini Pathak, along with a few words from the poet.
Read two poems by Gerald Yelle, our second biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about “No Breaks.”
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.”
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.
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.
Read three poems by Makena Metz, our seventh and final biweekly poet of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about “Charlatan.”
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.”
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.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for September 2025, “The Seventh Age of Shakespeare’s Father” from The Edited Tongue: A Family’s Year with ALS, along with a few words from the poet.
Read three poems by Kristiane Weeks-Rogers, our fifth of seven biweekly poets of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about “Aerating Techniques.”
Read five poems by Alexandra Meyer, our fourth of seven biweekly poets of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about his poetry.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for August 2025, “Cheesecake Factory” from Python with a Dog Inside It by Max McDonough, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for August 2025, “August Peaches” from Paper Money, along with a few words from the poet.
Read four poems by allison whittenberg, our third of seven biweekly poets of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about these poems.
Read five poems by William Doreski, our second of seven biweekly poets of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about his poetry.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for July 2025, “Creating Space” from Flood Plain by Lisa Sewell, along with a few words from the poet.
Read five poems by Laynie Browne, our first of seven biweekly poets of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “2 December 2024.”
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for July 2025, “The Blessed Knot” from I Ask My Mother to Sing: Mother Poems of Li-Young Lee, along with a few words from the poet.
Read four poems by poet Victoria Korth, our last of six biweekly poets of the Spring 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “The Great Array.”
Read three poems by poet Bart Edelman, our fifth of six biweekly poets of the Spring 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “Irma.”
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for June 2025, “Ars Poetica” from FREELAND by Leigh Sugar, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for June 2025, “I Worry” from The Pronunciation Part by Flavian Mark Lupinetti, along with a few words from the poet.
“In my fantasy world, I would be able to communicate with the animals I see every day.” Read five poems by poet Jane Ellen Glasser, our fourth of six biweekly poets of the Spring 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “How to Befriend Animals.”
Read three poems by poet Christa Fairbrother, our third of six biweekly poets of the Spring 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “Nursing Moms Group”.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for May 2025, “What I Did This Summer” from Analogous Annum by Elinor Serumgard, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for May 2025, “Challenger” from The Light Becomes Us by Colleen S. Harris, along with a few words from the poet.
Read four poems by poet Sarah E N Kohrs, our second of six biweekly poets of the Spring 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “What We Create Together.”
Read three poems by poet Jonathan Fletcher, our first of six biweekly poets of the Spring 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “When Easter Fell on the Same Date as Transgender Day of Visibility”.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for April 2025, “This Is How They Teach Us How to Want It . . .” from This Is How They Teach You How to Want It . . . The Slaughter by Shanta Lee, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for April 2025, “The Prize of Québec” from On the Way to the Paintings of Forest Robberies by Jennifer Nelson, along with a few words from the poet.
Read three poems by poet Jeanne Bamforth, our seventh and final biweekly poet of the Winter 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “New Course”.
Read four poems by poet Sarena Tien, our sixth biweekly poet of the Winter 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “Mother Tongue”.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for March 2025, “To Let Go” from Fallen Love by Deirdre Garr Johns, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for March 2025, “The Self-Combed Woman” from Apprentice to a Breathing Hand by Laynie Browne, along with a few words from the poet.
Read three poems by poet Adele Ross, our fifth biweekly poet of the Winter 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “Heavy Water”.
Read four poems by poet Natalie Marino, our fourth biweekly poet of the Winter 2025 issue.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for February 2025, “Caro M.” from Coming Home by Angela Siew, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for February 2025, “Slow Chalk” from Out of the Blank by Elaine Equi, along with a few words from the poet.
Read three poems by poet Wendell Hawken, our third biweekly poet of the Winter 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “First Hurt”.
Read three poems by poet Shelli Rottschafer, our second biweekly poet of the Winter 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “Because We Remember.”
Read five poems by poet A.L. Nielsen, our first biweekly poet of the Winter 2025 issue, along with a few words about the poem “When We Walked”.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for January 2025, “The Poem as an Act of Betrayal” from As Are Right Fit by Benjamin S. Grossberg, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for January 2025, “Further Thought” from Go Figure by Rae Armantrout, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for December 2024, “After Tragedy” from Yoke by Caiti Quatmann, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for November 2024, “copper” from salt box by nat raum, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for October 2024, “After the Hurricane Stole My Hammock” from When the Ocean Comes to Me by Alex Gurtis, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for September 2024, “Frank’s Shoebox” from The Concrete Jungle and the Surrounding Areas by Daniel Damiano, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for August 2024, “It’s okay to say the hurricane has an eye” from Resin in the Milky Way by Amanda Rabadeux, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for July 2024, “Whenua” from Māori Maid Difficult by Nicola Andrews, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for June 2024, “Like a Honeypot” from Fruitful by Stefanie Kirby, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for May 2024, “Disguise” from Dumb Luck & other poems by Christine Kitano, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for April 2024, “Study of Daylight” from Love Letters from a Burning Planet by MJ Gomez, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the Contributor Poem of the Month for April 2024, “Self Portrait” by Mike Bagwell, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for March 2024, “Collection” from Dreamsoak by Will Russo, along with a few words from the poet.
Read the Contributor Poem of the Month for March 2024, “The Plan” by C.M. Crockford, along with a few words from the poet.