Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
2024 Frontier OPEN Winner: “To the Man who Hugged Me after I Rear-ended Him,” By Marianne Kunkel
Join us in celebrating Marianne Kunkel, the winner of our 2024 Frontier OPEN. Read her poem, “To the Man who Hugged Me after I Rear-ended Him,” selected by our editors, below. This year, Kunkel’s poem stood out against a field…
Poetry: “She Introduces Herself As Katie” by Sheree La Puma
Sheree La Puma’s poem, “She Introduces Herself As Katie,” has a physicality to its weird music, a kind of pulsing rhythm that immediately evokes the body and its sometimes conflicting desires. Ambiguity and tension are hard at work in this…
Sheree La Puma’s poem, “She Introduces Herself As Katie,” has a physicality to its weird music, a kind of pulsing rhythm that immediately evokes the body and its sometimes conflicting desires. Ambiguity and tension are hard at work in this…
The 2024 Frontier OPEN Prize Winners & Finalists!
The moment you’ve all been waiting for: we’re announcing the winners and finalists for the 2024 Frontier OPEN. We’re excited to welcome Marianne Kunkel into the Frontier community with her winning poem, “To the Man who Hugged Me after I…
The moment you’ve all been waiting for: we’re announcing the winners and finalists for the 2024 Frontier OPEN. We’re excited to welcome Marianne Kunkel into the Frontier community with her winning poem, “To the Man who Hugged Me after I…
Poetry: “Object Permanence” by Zephyr Zhang
There’s a surreal element to Zephyr Zhang’s “Object Permanence.” The poem begins somewhat innocuously with, “I am a lock,” but quickly it escalates to, “I am an insecure lock.” Zhang drags us into their emotional world without permission, and while…
There’s a surreal element to Zephyr Zhang’s “Object Permanence.” The poem begins somewhat innocuously with, “I am a lock,” but quickly it escalates to, “I am an insecure lock.” Zhang drags us into their emotional world without permission, and while…
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Opportunity Cost
read and download our 2021 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Kazim Ali
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR MAKING & UNMAKING
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selected by Carl Phillips
// by Frederick Speers //
Shadow Black
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selected by Jericho Brown
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How Often I Have Chosen Love
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