Maxwell Baumbach’s most recent work to publish at vox poetica was Lightning Poetry, part of Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words. His poem today is a gift not only to readers, but to his girlfriend, marking their anniversary on November 5. Love poems are as ancient as love itself! Chemistry Like This By Maxwell Baumbach […]
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Night Vigil
Nicole Yurcaba’s poem Blue appeared here as part of Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words in September. This poem opens upon a scene lush in detail and focused in scope. Nicole takes the reader into the deep part of night step by step and makes her space feel familiar. Night Vigil By Nicole Yurcaba “… but […]
Fall Makes Me a La La Girl
Cherryl Garner manages a small law office in South Carolina. Her deepest roots (and inspiration for her poetry) are in Alabama and the South. Her poetic interests lie in exploring family, landscape, the common, and the divine. Her work has been widely published and she recently finished writing her first full-length book of poems. In […]
Those Three Words
Jasper Ballard’s last poem to appear here was Solitude. He reports that he will be returning to his beloved Haiti on mission over the holidays. In his words, “I wrote this poem when I was recovering from a parasitic infection following my first mission. The illness did not in any way dampen my love for that […]
Butchers Against the War
Doug Holder is the founder, publisher, and co-editor of The Ibbetson Street Press. This poem appeared first at Sketchbook (July/August 2010, volume 5, issue 4). Butchers Against the War (based on a comment from Billy Collins) By Doug Holder No I am not another weak-wristed poet, a weeping willow against the unjust war, the kind who says […]
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