Gianluca D’Elia is a talented young writer from New Jersey. He writes poetry and short stories and he’s currently at work on a novella. He also sings and acts. To read more of his poetry, visit his blog. As he prepares to enter eighth grade, he gives us this look over the edge of the […]
It's just poetry, it won't bite
Picture Book
Picture Book By Annmarie Lockhart All this about a picture being worth a thousand words, I don’t know. I can usually tell that story in far less than a thousand words. But every now and then I come across a photo (or two) that screams the hidden aloud and imprints it on skin like a […]
Under an August Moon
Michigan boy Ray Sharp has given us some wonderful reading [see ( ), Clavicle, and Sternwheeler, and also see his blog The Bard of Liminga] and the trend continues. Today we read a toasted marshmallow of a setting poem, layered with fable imagery and universal identity. In Ray’s own words: “Coyote (like Raven in the […]
Eclipse
Mariah Boone is a mother, writer, social worker, and teacher. She lives with her husband, two daughters, four guinea pigs, and two mice in Corpus Christi, TX. Her work has appeared in CommunityLinks, Poetry Forum, New Beginnings, VegNews, Fertile Ground, Mamaphiles, Hirkani’s Daughters (anthology published by La Leche League International), and on numerous parenting Web […]
Happy Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes!
Born on August 29, 1809, Oliver Wendell Holmes epitomized duality. He was an influential physician and a well-regarded poet. A medical reformer, he was one of the first to identify puerperal fever as a communicable disease. He also spoke out against astrology and homeopathy as not being sciences. Perhaps as a bridge between his two […]
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