Poem of the Week

This week we present “Something Like Grace,” a new poem by Matthew Gellman. Matthew Gellman’s poems are featured or forthcoming in Poetry Northwest, Narrative, The Common, Passages North, Ninth Letter,…    read more

This week we are delighted to present “Blue Heron,” a new poem by Sjohnna McCray. Sjohnna McCray is the author of Rapture, winner of the 2015 Walt Whitman Award of…    read more

This week’s Poem of the Week is “Prom Queen(s)” by Alicia Elkort and Jennifer Givhan! Alicia Elkort’s poetry has appeared in AGNI, Black Lawrence Press, Califragile, Georgia Review, Heron Tree,…    read more

This week’s Poem of the Week is “Saltville” by Hannah Perrin King. King was recently a finalist for our 2019 Editors’ Prize contest. Hannah Perrin King’s work has appeared in…    read more

This week we present “Re-Reading Jerry Stern,” an excerpt from Toi Derricotte’s new collection I: New & Selected Poems which releases this week. Toi Derricotte’s most recent book is The…    read more

This week’s Poem of the Week is “Different Kinds of Sadness” by Jenny Molberg! Jenny Molberg is the author of Marvels of the Invisible (winner of the 2014 Berkshire Prize,…    read more

This week’s Poem of the Week is “Another Last Day,” an excerpt from Alex Lemon’s upcoming collection. Alex Lemon’s Another Last Day will be published this spring by Milkweed Editions.…    read more

This week we present “Anti-Ode to the Man-O-War,” a new poem by Benjamin Garcia. Benjamin Garcia works in HIV/HCV/STD and opioid overdose prevention in the Finger Lakes region of New…    read more

This week, we are delighted to share a new poem by Tiana Clark “Indeed Hotter For Me Are the Joys of the Lord.” Tiana Clark is the author of the…    read more

This week’s Poem of the Week is “G.A.P: You Dropped a Bomb on Me” by Clemonce Heard. Heard was a finalist for Missouri Review’s 2019 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize.…    read more