Annmarie Lockhart is the executive editor of vox poetica. Nathan Gunter is the site’s managing editor. The Gift By Annmarie Lockhart & Nathan Gunter You are the wrapping paper and the bow the Christmas-morning smiles and leftovers revisited the ham glaze of Dr. Pepper, the popping of champagne corks, and the anticipation, the joyful wait for […]
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Siren Song
Claire Scott’s most recent poem to appear here was “God on Prozac” (July 2018). Siren Song By Claire Scott come closer I stride by Crown Liquor, past BevMo without so much as a sideways glance let me soothe you with my song I stop for a moment at Crogan’s to check in with my friends […]
No freedom
Sravani Singampalli’s most recent poem to appear here was “Power of a ‘No’” (July 2018). No freedom By Sravani Singampalli Yesterday I saw countless Number of stars In the night sky. I thought the sky Had its own life and celebrations. But today the sky Was much clearer With a very few stars. I started […]
Homework
Jesse Wolfe is an English Professor at CSU Stanislaus. His book Bloomsbury, Modernism, and the Reinvention of Intimacy is a scholarly work about love and avant-garde writing in the early twentieth century. Homework By Jesse Wolfe The flag in the parking lot hung At half-mast. I was at the same McDonalds window-table Across the street from […]
Ashes to Ashes
Frank Adams’ most recent poem to appear here was “In Remembrance” (August 2018). Ashes to Ashes By Frank Adams Today—I scatter your ashes in the woods behind the house we shared. Today—you are the wind, the bleeding hearts, planted by your hands, ten years ago, the stream, the pines, walnuts and oaks—the blackberries in summer’s […]
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