John Lavan sends us poems from across the pond (most recently Photograph), and we love them for their elegant layers, their inspirations, and their straightforward look at the world.  There is a love By John Lavan There is a love that’s only locked inside my little trouser pocket and covered by my fist and luck it […]

Tapeshwar Amef had two other poems accepted and scheduled to post at vox poetica when he submitted this. Yes, the schedule got a little reordered. The World Cup may be over for now, but the magic lives on, as captured in this poem. Reading this should take you back to the games or maybe introduce […]

How do you solve a problem like Maria? And how do you describe someone like Elizabeth? Hailing from Texas, transplanted to New Jersey by way of St. Louis, she is a force of nature. She is a chef, a writer, an organizer, an activist, and an insomniac. She could make someone manic feel slothful. Her […]

It will not surprise you to learn that Rachel Lim lives and writes in Virginia. She says this poem: “is an exercise in ekphrasis, not to a specific piece, but to the form of the haiku. I attempted to capture the excitement, brevity, and commitment to nature found in a haiku, while moving out of […]

Gianluca D’Elia (whose recent poem I saw a light appeared here in June), in the summer before his freshman year of high school, gives us a delightful poem about season and transition. What do you think he’ll be writing as he heads off to college in four years? Stardust By Gianluca D’Elia In the backyard You still […]