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Dear Anne

Dear Anne

My contributor copy of Raleigh Review arrived yesterday, & with it a poem I’ve been waiting ages to share with you—a sort of love letter to one of my favorite Victorian women:...

Dear Anne

My contributor copy of Raleigh Review arrived yesterday, & with it a poem I’ve been waiting ages to share with you—a sort of love letter to one of my favorite Victorian women:...

On the 20th Anniversary of 9/11  a Lot of People are Saying Never Forget

On the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 a Lot of Peopl...

To this day, I think about those children very, very often. The memory of them has kept me time and again from making an enemy of The Other. The memory...

On the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 a Lot of Peopl...

To this day, I think about those children very, very often. The memory of them has kept me time and again from making an enemy of The Other. The memory...

A 5-Step Checklist For Revising Your Poems

A 5-Step Checklist For Revising Your Poems

So, you’ve just written a poem. You’ve crammed it with emotion, love, and artistry. You really believe in it. But if you’re being honest, you know it needs some work—maybe...

A 5-Step Checklist For Revising Your Poems

So, you’ve just written a poem. You’ve crammed it with emotion, love, and artistry. You really believe in it. But if you’re being honest, you know it needs some work—maybe...

5 Poetry Prompts to Help You Start Telling Your Stories

5 Poetry Prompts to Help You Start Telling Your...

Inspiration and Time To Write don't always get off at the same station. Do you frequently find yourself all out of ideas the minute you settle down to write⁠—even though...

5 Poetry Prompts to Help You Start Telling Your...

Inspiration and Time To Write don't always get off at the same station. Do you frequently find yourself all out of ideas the minute you settle down to write⁠—even though...

Interview With Iron Horse Literary Review

Interview With Iron Horse Literary Review

I certainly wanted the poem to reflect the strong personal attachment I felt to this pair of birds whose ardent connection to one another aroused all my sympathies at a...

Interview With Iron Horse Literary Review

I certainly wanted the poem to reflect the strong personal attachment I felt to this pair of birds whose ardent connection to one another aroused all my sympathies at a...

Joy Too Can Be An Act of Resistance

Joy Too Can Be An Act of Resistance

I’ve watched fear bloom in my heart like a Venus flytrap, snapping at any beautiful thing that dares to flutter too close. And I’ve decided: this joy thing is not...

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Joy Too Can Be An Act of Resistance

I’ve watched fear bloom in my heart like a Venus flytrap, snapping at any beautiful thing that dares to flutter too close. And I’ve decided: this joy thing is not...

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