Nancy Naigle is an aspiring novelist from … wait for it … southern Virginia, where she and her husband live on their 80-acre meat goat farm. This poem was written as part of her most recent manuscript, A Real Find. In this novel, Jill Clemmons is going through her late grandmother Pearl’s belongings and she […]

Howie Good is a journalism professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He is the author of 11 poetry chapbooks (4 released in 2009!). He has been nominated 4 times for a Pushcart Prize and 4 times for the Best of the Net anthology (could 4 be his lucky number?). His […]

Joan McNerney’s poetry has been included in numerous literary magazines such as Boston Review of the Arts, Kalliope, Mudfish, Spectrum, and Word Thursdays. Four of her books have been published by literary presses. She has performed at the National Arts Club, State University of New York, Oneonta, McNay Art Institute, and other distinguished venues. A […]

Clay Carpenter is a newspaper copy editor in Corpus Christi, TX. He has two young daughters who provide plenty of inspiration for his poetry. Read this poem for its reality check perspective and remember it the next time you lose it over something much less sweet than a strawberry. Strawberry By Clay Carpenter The girls […]

Jeanette Gallagher moved to Virginia Beach, VA (oh yes, you can tell, can’t you? They are all really that good!) when she was 10 and grew up in an ocean-front family-operated hotel. She is a retired psychotherapist, having been affiliated with The Center for Behavioral Medicine at Tidewater Psychiatric Institute. In addition to facilitating a […]