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November ’25: New Staff, Issue Archive & Donations
by Aiden Hunt
Read a note from Editor Aiden Hunt about our new Poetry Readers, the additions of an Issue Archive and a Contributor Fund, Fall poetry submissions, and Gaza.
Book Excerpt: American Girl: Fort Hood, 2023 by Thea Matthews
by Philly Poetry Chapbook Review
“[W]eaving in and juxtaposing the lyrics of Tom Petty’s ‘American Girl.’ The song’s themes of desperation, wanderlust, and longing are subverted by Ana’s life and tragedy at Fort Cavazos, previously known as Fort Hood, Texas.” 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.
Chapbook Poem: When I Was Straight by Dustin Brookshire
by Philly Poetry Chapbook Review
“‘When I Was Straight’ prompted me to think about a common queer experience—how most parents assume their children are ‘straight’ and expect their children to live a ‘straight’ life.” 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.
by Bryana Fern
“It seems such a shame that a beautiful location is just gathering dust and overgrowth, and I wanted to lean into the juxtaposition of that.” 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.”
Bodies in Transition: Sacred & Perishable by Carissa Natalia Baconguis
by Gray Davidson Carroll
“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.
by Gerald Yelle
“In ‘No Breaks’ I was writing about something I hope I never have to experience. … I tried to keep despair at bay and show some defiance and resilience.” Read two poems by Gerald Yelle along with a few words about “No Breaks.”
Book Excerpt: Rondo by Yamini Pathak
by Philly Poetry Chapbook Review
“I wrote this poem in response to the sculpture Rondo VI by Bruce Beasley … The poem is a conversation between sculpture, land, and its human and more-than-human inhabitants.” 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.
Chapbook Poem: Two egrets at the edge of a tidal marsh by Rebekah Wolman
by Philly Poetry Chapbook Review
“Settling on the mirror form opened the way into the parallels between the original image of the egrets, their reflection, and their ambiguous relationship and the shifting, even reversing, roles of an adult daughter and her aging mother…” 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.
by Alexandra Burack
“Subsequent drafts enabled me to … uncover the metaphor of exile, whose meanings are intended to move readers from an experience of alienation to one of discernment of the liberating qualities of outsiderhood.” Read three poems by Alexandra Burack, along with a few words about “To Know Blue From the Color of Snow at Dusk.”
New Books
New Poetry Titles (10/7/25)
New Poetry Titles (10/14/25)
Poetry Chapbooks (September 2025)
New Poetry Titles (10/21/25)
New Poetry Titles (10/28/25)
New Poetry Titles (11/4/25)
Meet Our Contributors
Meet Our Contributor: Gerald Yelle
