Nate Spears’ poem I Believe appeared here in November 2010. His book Inspiration 2 Smile was released in December 2010 and will be released as an audio book in the spring of 2011. Hear what he has to say about his inspiration on 15 Minutes of Poetry. I’m Gone By Nate Spears Warm and hydrated As I Twist and turn […]

Joanna C Valente was born and bred in New York, where she still currently resides. She is a writer and artist who has been featured in various publications. She is the founder and editor of the online literary publication Yes, Poetry. In the future she would like to live by the ocean and own too many […]

Mike Perkins’ poem One Afternoonappeared here last August. These are both love poems that paint beautiful pictures. My Mom By Mike Perkins was born in a log cabin nestled in a long valley on a Missouri homestead and still lives less than five miles away never finished high school but finished everything else like a family […]

Kenneth Karrer’s most recent poem here was New Year’s Kiss, published in January, 8th Runner-up in the First Ever vox poetica Poetry Contest. I had no idea when I scheduled this poem that it would be after a day on which some lawns (and left-out-to-be-recycled Christmas trees!) returned to sight now that some snow has melted. […]

Ellenelizabeth Cernek-Kashk is a resident of North Bergen NJ. She first started to love writing in sixth grade. Her teacher gave an assignment to write a poem and after reading Ellenelizabeth’s poem gave her a blank book and a new pen and told her never to stop writing. Ellenelizabeth is also a painter and photographer […]