It is National Poetry Month and I can think of no better way to think of this art than the simple and elegant way Jenny Billings Beaver describes it here. Take her words to heart. And read her most recent poem to appear here, food of angels, which was published as part of Contributor Series 8: […]

Nick Hawkins is from Brighton England. He and his wife Anita have 3 children and 2 grandchildren. He’s been writing poetry for several years and he feels that his poetry is born rather than created. His work has appeared at the prompts page and has been included in the prompts page anthologies Inspirations: images & words.  […]

Abigale Louise LeCavalier did not receive her name, she chose it: her last name to be the same as her two boys, Louise for the grandmother she dearly loved, and Abigale because it was as different from her birth name as she could get and she has always loved it. Abigale has seen The Breakfast Club around […]

At age 6, Bob McNeil was profoundly affected by A Child’s Garden of Verses. Now he is poetry editor at BLACFAX and the author of Secular Sacraments and The Nubian Gallery, A Poetry Anthology. Bob lists Whitman, the Imagists, and the Negritude Movement as being his primary influences. He has been featured as a reader at many events throughout the New […]

Amanda England lives and writes in Hagerstown MD. Amanda’s work has appeared in The Foundling Review,Joyful!, and The New Plains Review. About this poem Amanda says: “This poem was a response to a live performance of a Pearl Jam song.” It just goes to show you: You can find inspiration for poetry everywhere! Release Me By Amanda […]