Kit Johnston is a freelance science and medical health policy and research writer and editor who lives in an old farmhouse in Piedmont VA overlooking the eastern Blue Ridge Mountains. She has been writing poetry for many years but has rarely submitted for publication (something we at vox poetica would like to see change). To […]

This is the fourth Jasper Ballard poem to make an appearance at vox poetica. The last one we saw was She Thinks back in May. The struggle he writes about today is relatable in some way to just about anyone who has ever written. At a certain point many would say compulsion overtakes inhibition and we stop […]

Priyanka Bhowmick is a housewife from India, an amateur blogger, and an online freelance writer of poetry. She is focused on improving her poetry and finding publication for her works (she sounds like someone most writers can relate to!). To see more of her work, check out her blogs at blogspot and wordpress. Today she speaks of the […]

You read Silence by Mike Berger back in April of 2010, and you will remember it as an exploration of sound with equal elements of complaint and humor added to the mix. Today Mike’s poem isn’t leavened with humor; instead, it is an evocative exploration of grief.  Darkest Hour By Mike Berger The evening slams shut; no […]

You will remember Joseph Murphy’s poetry as being elegant, powerful, and connected. His most recent poem, The DeSoto, was included in Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae. His poem today will elicit strong memories of summer storms in all readers. His take on that storm is imbued with much that is unwritten though. Read this, write a […]