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Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Apr 3, 2020

WINTER LANDSCAPE, WITH ROOKS Water in the millrace, through a sluice of stone, plunges headlong into that black pond where, absurd and out-of-season, a single swan floats chaste as snow, taunting the clouded mind which hungers to haul the white reflection down. The...

New Poem: In The Morning, Where I Walk (after Sylvia Plath)

Apr 1, 2020

Where Sylvia Plath's "Blackberrying" and social distancing meet . . . IN THE MORNING, WHERE I WALK Out to the street where cars have been parked for days, I know little of what brings the birds out of their hiding, what has come of the neighbors who leave their trash...

Happy National Poetry Month! Poem of the Day: Angela Voras-Hills

Apr 1, 2020

Happy Wednesday, friends! I hope you're all enjoying your week. For those of you who may not be aware, and for those who are too overwhelmed with other things right now to be focused on this (know that I feel you and am here for you), April is National Poetry Month....

Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Mar 30, 2020

BLACKBERRYING Nobody in the lane, and nothing, nothing but blackberries,   Blackberries on either side, though on the right mainly,A blackberry alley, going down in hooks, and a seaSomewhere at the end of it, heaving. BlackberriesBig as the ball of my thumb, and dumb...

Poems of the Day: Allan Peterson

Mar 27, 2020

THIS LUMINOUS Turn off the light The hemming begins at once You hear the engine of the sewing heart stitching into sleep so you won't come loose Out the window light is still moving that sees through your bonesI hold a flashlight to the fire in my hands How can I see...

Poem of the Day: Vievee Francis

Mar 26, 2020

ANOTHER ANTIPASTORAL I want to put down what the mountain has awakened. My mouthful of grass. My curious tale. I want to stand still but find myself moved patch by patch.There's a bleat in my throat. Words fail me here. Can you understand? I sink to my knees tired or...

Poem of the Day: Rebecca Pelky

Mar 25, 2020

RADIUM GIRL Once the boys were goldfish and all the girls were rings, tossed and bouncing from bowl to bowl. If not for the clink of plastic on glass,we'd never have known the frenzy,how it sorted itself to tinny song. The funhouse mirrors tripped us up, caught our...

Literary Scene

Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Apr 3, 2020

Happy Friday, everyone! For our Poem of the Day, here is another poem by Sylvia Plath, “Winter Landscape, with Rooks.” Enjoy!

Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Mar 30, 2020

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. To start our week, here is a poem by Sylvia Plath, “Blackberrying,” which seems particularly fitting right now. Enjoy!

Poems of the Day: Allan Peterson

Mar 27, 2020

Happy Friday, friends! To carry us into the weekend, here are several short poems by Allan Peterson, from his latest collection, THIS LUMINOUS. Enjoy!

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Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Apr 3, 2020

Happy Friday, everyone! For our Poem of the Day, here is another poem by Sylvia Plath, “Winter Landscape, with Rooks.” Enjoy!

Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Mar 30, 2020

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. To start our week, here is a poem by Sylvia Plath, “Blackberrying,” which seems particularly fitting right now. Enjoy!

Poems of the Day: Allan Peterson

Mar 27, 2020

Happy Friday, friends! To carry us into the weekend, here are several short poems by Allan Peterson, from his latest collection, THIS LUMINOUS. Enjoy!

Reading and Poem of The Day

Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Apr 3, 2020

Happy Friday, everyone! For our Poem of the Day, here is another poem by Sylvia Plath, “Winter Landscape, with Rooks.” Enjoy!

Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Mar 30, 2020

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. To start our week, here is a poem by Sylvia Plath, “Blackberrying,” which seems particularly fitting right now. Enjoy!

Poems of the Day: Allan Peterson

Mar 27, 2020

Happy Friday, friends! To carry us into the weekend, here are several short poems by Allan Peterson, from his latest collection, THIS LUMINOUS. Enjoy!

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Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Apr 3, 2020

Happy Friday, everyone! For our Poem of the Day, here is another poem by Sylvia Plath, “Winter Landscape, with Rooks.” Enjoy!

Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Mar 30, 2020

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. To start our week, here is a poem by Sylvia Plath, “Blackberrying,” which seems particularly fitting right now. Enjoy!

Poems of the Day: Allan Peterson

Mar 27, 2020

Happy Friday, friends! To carry us into the weekend, here are several short poems by Allan Peterson, from his latest collection, THIS LUMINOUS. Enjoy!

Writing, Publishing, and Marketing Tips

Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Apr 3, 2020

Happy Friday, everyone! For our Poem of the Day, here is another poem by Sylvia Plath, “Winter Landscape, with Rooks.” Enjoy!

Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

Mar 30, 2020

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. To start our week, here is a poem by Sylvia Plath, “Blackberrying,” which seems particularly fitting right now. Enjoy!

Poems of the Day: Allan Peterson

Mar 27, 2020

Happy Friday, friends! To carry us into the weekend, here are several short poems by Allan Peterson, from his latest collection, THIS LUMINOUS. Enjoy!