The good way home
Tim Murphy reviews Popular Song by Harry Man (Nine Arches Press, 2024)
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Not my children, not my rats
by Natalie Shaw — I have revised my views on the thought police: / actually, they are perfectly lovable guys, // perfectly lovable guys just trying / to do their best ...
Looking for something, something, something
Castaway poet Katherine Towers chooses poems by Wallace Stevens, Alice Oswald and Elizabeth Bishop
Learning about loss
Annie Fisher reviews The Wind and the Rain by Anthony Wilson (Blue Diode Press, 2023)
While driving to Ikea for a laundry basket
by Heidi Beck — we debate the universe. You offer a theory / of infinite multitudes, of other earths / almost like ours...
The point-blankness of space
Christian Wethered reviews American Anthem by Kelly Michels (Gallery Press, 2024)
STRIKE is a fist beating fast
Matthew Paul reviews STRIKE by Sarah Wimbush (Stairwell Books, 2024)
Lessons in The Method, #23
by Martin Jago — The day you stop me on campus, Benjamin, / Bible in hand, asking if I believe and I respond, // pointing to the building I’m walking towards ...
What belongs outside, and what comes in
Isabelle Thompson reviews May Swim by Katie Donovan (Bloodaxe, 2024)
Poetry for the people
Bruno Cooke investigates Million's Poet, a reality television show in the UAE with massive cash prizes
“Party” as Both Verb and Moral Imperative
by Katherine Meehan — This is a peace my lovelies, you are a goddess / and you are a goddess and YOU are a goddess— / I love you ...
The Manuscripts of Emily Dickinson
Mike Kelly explores highlights from the Amherst College Emily Dickinson collection