Karen Schindler has given us sensuous and visual poetry before (Nature’s Parade, undiscovered, Coming Home), but today’s selection contains a different kind of puzzle. Hint: follow the asterisks, but not in the intuitive direction! This might just be the perfect poem for a stormy night when people apart can hear the same thunder across the […]
It's just poetry, it won't bite
Synesthesia
Ray Sharp has contributed his varied poetry to these pages, but this one is very unlike the others. To be reminded of his ranging talents, read Sternwheeler, Clavicle, ( ), Under an August Moon, and Threnody for the Survivors of September 11, 2009 and his blog, The Bard of Liminga. To get your head in […]
Dear Diane
Bobbie Troy is a freelance technical writer and editor who lives in rural Virginia (yes, poetry nirvana!). Her real passion is writing short fiction, poetry, and fairy tales. She is currently working on a collection of fairy tales titled Fairy Tales for the 21st Century. Her poetry has been published in the premier edition of […]
A Gentle Good-bye
Manny Beltran, writer and visual artist, is known here and elsewhere for his strong, dramatic imagery (Bygone, A Contemporary Sonnet and The Coming Dawn). Manny’s work exorcises the demons of emotion and seeks to put order to the universe. Dwell on the images here as Manny takes us for a pendulum swing ride in search […]
Hymn for the Innocent
Linda Ardison’s poetry has appeared in a variety of literary journals such as Concerning Poetry and Poet Lore, as well as the anthology Essential Love: Poetry about Mothers and Fathers, Daughters and Sons. Last year she won the First Place Award in Poetry at Christopher Newport University’s annual Writing Conference. After years of working as […]
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