You’ve read poetry by the remarkable Dee Thompson before (Swimming in Darkness). Not only does she write with spectacular love and understanding, but her site (The Crab Chronicles) is a treasure trove of resources for those who are anywhere at all in the process of adopting a special needs child. Let’s dedicate this inward-reaching poem […]
It's just poetry, it won't bite
Laundry 101
Marla Deschenes has been writing poetry since she was 7 years old. Now 34, the topics have changed but her love of poetry still remains. Marla lives in Enfield, CT, with her husband, her stepkids, and her two beloved dogs, writing poetry whenever she can. The rest of her time is spent trying to hide […]
Endless River
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 […]
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 […]
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