Ellen Kline McLeod lives in South Carolina with her husband and 3 children. She stirs together a childhood in rural Georgia, past careers in advertising and teaching, marriage, motherhood, and a deep love of words to cook up poetry. Her poem After Praise for the Leaving appeared here as part of Contributor Series 9: If Men Had […]
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Fog
Steve De France, MFA, has traveled widely in the United States. On more than one occasion he hitchhiked across America. He rode rails on freight trains, worked as a laborer with pick-up gangs in Arizona, dug swimming pools in Texas, did 33 days in the Pecos city jail as a vagrant, fought bulls in Mexico, […]
Dear Diane (Letter 2)
Bobbie Troy’s most recent poem to appear here was A Shadow of Myself, written for Murray Dunlap. This poem returns us to Dear Diane, for which Bobbie Troy received a Pushcart Prize nomination. Dear Diane (Letter 2)By Bobbie Troy you gave me a rose in that hour remembering old times, old thoughts, old feelings what are the […]
Wild Flower
Nate Spears’ most recent poem here was Miracle Whip (September 2011). Wild FlowerBy Nate Spears Rescue this sunflower that’s capable of being a ray of light. Nurture it. Its petals are in need of the best kind of love. A wild flower it is, but delicate too. The facts of its species remain unknown, How it came […]
Women of Alaska Speak
In June 2011, I was honored to be part of a creativity workshop in Anchorage Alaska hosted by The Black Feather Poets. One of the amazing highlights was experiencing the creative energy in the room as some 13 different women writing together created this poem. Have I told you lately that vox loves collaboration? Women […]
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