“Sweet Wolf: Selected & New Poems” demonstrates the power of a good story, and Robert McDowell’s ability to tell one.
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Marjorie Maddox Hafer: Poetry, Art, and Spelling
In two new poetry collections, Marjorie Maddox Hafer explores the relationship between poetry and art, and poetry and spelling.
Bruce Lawder: Prose Poems, (Very) Short Fiction, or Both?
“Dwarf Stories” by Bruce Lawder is a collection of prose poems that are creative, perceptive, thought-provoking, and wry.
A Year-of-the-Monarch Confession: I am a Milkweed Eraser
Tweetspeak Poetry’s Year of the Monarch called for planting milkweed. No one knew that I was secretly the Milkweed Eraser.
Poet Laura: Message in a Bottle
Michelle Rinaldi Ortega drops a message in a bottle for Random Acts of Poetry Day and passes the feather to our new Poet Laura.
Poets and Poems: Tina Barry and “I Tell Henrietta”
“I Tell Henrietta” by Tina Barry combines free verse, prose poems, and artwork by Kristin Flynn to create something striking and inventive.
Poetic Voices: Ian Seed and Stephen Pollock
Poets Ian Seed and Stephen Pollock poetically consider what becomes more important as you move or inch into later life.
Honeybees, Death, Grief, and Life: “The Honey Field” by Laura Boggess
“The Honey Field” by Laura Boggess is a story of death and grief, healing and recovery, life and love — and honeybees, of course.
A Taste of Honey, Poetry & Love—An Interview with Laura Boggess
Author Laura Boggess tells us the secret of where her story of honey, poetry, and love came from. She also shares her thoughts on “Why love?”
A Poetic Masterwork: “The Shield of Achilles” by W.H. Auden
In “The Shield of Achilles,” W.H. Auden created a masterwork in poetry, integrating his views of the spiritual and natural worlds.
Herman Melville, a Poet of the Civil War
Herman Melville turned from fiction to poetry, and his first collection aimed at memorializing and making sense of the Civil War.
Poets and Poems: Anna Lewis and “Memory’s Abacus”
“Memory’s Abacus,” the first poetry collection by Anna Lewis, captures the essence of family life lived well.
Poets and Poems: Jen Karetnick and “Inheritance with a High Error Rate”
“Inheritance with a High Error Rate,” the new poetry collection byJen Karetnick, is full of vivid imagery and the enjoyment of life .
Poets and Poems: Angela Alaimo O’Donnell and “Dear Dante”
“Dear Dante” by Angela Alaimo O’Donnell is both a conversation with and a tribute to “The Divine Comedy,” the great poetic work by Dante.
“New Orleans Poems in Creole and French” by Jules Choppin
In “New Orleans Poems in Creole and French,” Jules Choppin takes us into regional culture, language, and that sometimes seems strange.
Memoir Notebook: A Tune Beyond the River
One traveler goes searching for Chinese poetry in modern Shanghai, and it seems to elude. Until a visit to Du Fu’s cottage.
The Poetry Chapbooks of Red Ceilings Press
Red Ceilings Press publishes small, beautiful poetry chapbooks by UK-resident authors and free eBook chapbooks by others.
“Thunderclap” by Laura Cumming: A Memoir of Art and Life
Art critic Laura Cumming layers Dutch history, family memoir and a little known explosion in her book on a single painting, “Thunderclap.”
Poet Laura: Trees, Seasons, and Planting
Michelle Ortega, Tweetspeak’s incoming Poet Laura, reflects on the changing seasons, a walking homecoming, and trees dying and planted.
British Poet Laureate Simon Armitage Writes Song Lyrics
In “Never Good with Horses,” British Poet Laureate Simon Armitage publishes a collection of song lyrics that blur the difference between poem and song.