Brandon Copeland is a 29-year-old justice activist and writer originally from Kentucky. To learn more about him, visit his web site. Ariadne By Brandon Copeland The pilgrimage out, Of one’s labyrinth is a journey, A legend, Littered with lightfooted leaps We all need our Ariadne, with her skeins of gold iridescent guide through our nights. With […]

KJ Hannah Greenberg brought us Lake Wyola’s Mile High Farm: Sociology in America back in August. Today’s poem is a bit different, but every bit as chewy. Deviating Under Starlight: Whispers of Divestment By KJ Hannah Greenberg I’m deviating left and right, In the sun, plus twice at night. Might as well feign like Clytie: When running […]

Maxwell Baumbach’s most recent work to publish at vox poetica was Lightning Poetry, part of Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words. His poem today is a gift not only to readers, but to his girlfriend, marking their anniversary on November 5. Love poems are as ancient as love itself! Chemistry Like This By Maxwell Baumbach […]

Cherryl Garner manages a small law office in South Carolina. Her deepest roots (and inspiration for her poetry) are in Alabama and the South. Her poetic interests lie in exploring family, landscape, the common, and the divine. Her work has been widely published and she recently finished writing her first full-length book of poems. In […]

Jasper Ballard’s last poem to appear here was Solitude. He reports that he will be returning to his beloved Haiti on mission over the holidays. In his words, “I wrote this poem when I was recovering from a parasitic infection following my first mission. The illness did not in any way dampen my love for that […]