Poem of the Week
Poem of the Week
Oct 23 2012
Ruth Awad: "Sūrat al-Qiyāma: My Father Talks to God When Syria Invades Tripoli, 1976"
This week we’re featuring a new poem by Ruth Awad. Awad holds an MFA in poetry from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The New… read more
Poem of the Week
Oct 16 2012
Brenda Hillman: "The Goats"
This week we’ve dug up a TMR classic by Brenda Hillman. We published this poem back in ’88, issue 11.1. Hillman has described her work as “interested in the presence of spirit… read more
Poem of the Week
Oct 09 2012
Philip White: "Underwing"
This week we’re featuring a new poem by Philip White. White’s poems have won a Pushcart Prize and have recently appeared or are forthcoming in The Yale Review, Cincinnati Review,… read more
Poem of the Week
Oct 02 2012
Edward Hirsch: "The Skokie Theatre"
This week we’ve dug up a gem by Edward Hirsch, which we first published back in 1985 (issue 8.3). This poem appears in his award-winning ’86 collection Wild Gratitude and… read more
Poem of the Week
Sep 25 2012
Jeff Hardin: "Infinity Getting Fainter on All the Radar Screens"
This week we’re publishing a new poem by Jeff Hardin. Hardin teaches at Columbia State Community College in Columbia, Tennessee. He is the author of two chapbooks and one collection, Fall Sanctuary,… read more
Poem of the Week
Sep 18 2012
Kimberly Johnson: "The Trumpetvine Clarions to the Honeybees"
This week we’re featuring another poem from our new Summer issue, 35.2. Kimberly Johnson is the author of two collections of poetry, Leviathan with a Hook and A Metaphorical God,… read more
Poem of the Week
Sep 11 2012
David Bottoms: "Recording the Spirit Voices"
This week we dove deep in the archives (Summer, 1980, TMR 3.3) and came up with this doozy by Georgia’s best, David Bottoms. Bottoms has served as Georgia’s Poet Laureate… read more
Poem of the Week
Sep 04 2012
Dan O'Brien: "The Poet and the War Reporter Paul Watson Go For a Sled Ride"
This week we’re featuring a poem from our brand-new newspaper-man summer issue, 35.2. Dan O’Brien’s poetry and fiction have appeared in 32 Poems, Alaska Quarterly Review, Crab Orchard Review, and… read more
Poem of the Week
Aug 27 2012
Ann Keniston: "Dreamed Beloved: you"
This week we have a new poem from Ann Keniston. Keniston’s first poetry collection, The Caution of Human Gestures, was published in 2005 by David Robert Books. She is completing… read more
Poem of the Week
Aug 18 2012
Andrea O'Rourke: "Would It Surprise You I Don't Like Mornings?"
This week we’re kicking off fall semester with a poem from our brand new issue (Summer: 35.2). Andrea O’Rourke is from Rijeka, Croatia. During the day she attends the MFA… read more