Mariruth Pyatt is a wife, mother, grandmother, and assistant marketing manager. She has been writing poems, songs, and short stories for years, inspired mainly by her family. She arrives at vox poetica following in the footsteps of her sister (Bettie Coffin!). Her poem pokes fun at the concept of time and how our human nature […]

Kay Brownlow is one of the Albright Poets based in Virginia. You will not find that surprising when you read her work. We should all spend some time in one of their workshops! Kay is not content to let humans bear the sufferings of summer heat alone. In this poem she spreads the experience out […]

Mike Perkins gives us a lovely poem about a lovely moment of simple elegance. The last line of this is a confession we could all own and a reminder to actively seek out the magic moments where they wait for us to notice them.  One Afternoon By Mike Perkins On the porch we sat in […]

You have enjoyed reading the poetry of Robert CJ Graves as much as I have enjoyed publishing it. His most recent poem here was New Song. Robert spoke about his writing on 15 Minutes of Poetry, listen again or listen for the first time and let this writer inspire you! Our Sky By Robert CJ Graves was […]

If you read Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae (and I’m sure you did), you will remember Karen Schindler’s poem Wonder. You might not know that she has a poem in Fag/Hag, the second title of Sibling Rivalry Press. Karen writes succinct poems that say a lot but use few words. Leap By Karen Schindler The pain of a […]