Joanie DiMartino is a Jersey Girl who is living elsewhere (currently in Mystic CT). She has just released her first full-length poetry collection, Strange Girls (Little Red Tree Publishing). Her work has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies and has been featured in numerous collaborations incorporating music and visual art. Don’t miss her interview on 15 […]
It's just poetry, it won't bite
vox poetica New Year publication contest!
I am happy to announce the first ever vox poetica contest! Enter to win publication of your poem for the night of December 31, 2010 or the night of January 1, 2011. Runners-up will have their poetry publish during the first week of January 2011. Officially this is the vox poetica New Year publication contest, […]
Gratitude to the Trees
For the past several years, Max Reif has had his mornings free for literary exploration. He starts by reading and then begins to journal, as deeply and honestly as he can. In this way “a scent or a full-blown trail often emerges, resulting in a poem, a story, an essay, or a memoir piece.” In […]
Samoyed Summer
Melissa Lamb is an English professor who lives in Nashville TN and teaches literature, composition, and critical thinking. Her passions are family, freedom, all forms of art, animals, and teaching. She has three dogs: Garbo (a miniature Pinscher), Willie (a Coon Hound mutt), and Moon Pearl (a Samoyed, of course). In Melissa’s own words this […]
Solitude
In July, Jasper Ballard put words to a writer’s struggle with the craft in his poem Writing … Today he speaks to another feeling we all know quite well. Something to wonder about: does writing help us bridge the gaps? Solitude By Jasper Ballard Alone Everyday The hypnotic trance of life Rushing by Images flashing Never connecting […]
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