Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
Poetry: “Trying to Describe My Mother’s Relationship to Me” by Anna Abraham Gasaway
Anna Gasaway is clearly exasperated and frustrated with the dynamic she presents in this poem; the brilliance is in the accessibility of the examples she provides. Since a wide audience can have a varied level of exposure to all kinds…
2025 Frontier OPEN Finalists Part One: John Carpentier, Vuong Pham, and S Asher Sund
In “ice cream for the apostles,” the poet elevates a simple post-church ritual into a sacred act through meticulous imagery and pacing. The tone oscillates between quiet devotion and understated yearning, transforming the ordinary into something like sacrament. “Pulau Bidong”…
In “ice cream for the apostles,” the poet elevates a simple post-church ritual into a sacred act through meticulous imagery and pacing. The tone oscillates between quiet devotion and understated yearning, transforming the ordinary into something like sacrament. “Pulau Bidong”…
The 2025 Frontier OPEN Winner and Finalists
We’re thrilled to congratulate Anna Flores, the winner of Frontier Poetry’s 2025 Frontier OPEN! Her poem “Poem Wedged into the Brittlebush or Poem that Eats What Happened,” was selected by our editorial team as the first place winner. Our readers…
We’re thrilled to congratulate Anna Flores, the winner of Frontier Poetry’s 2025 Frontier OPEN! Her poem “Poem Wedged into the Brittlebush or Poem that Eats What Happened,” was selected by our editorial team as the first place winner. Our readers…
October 2025 Deadlines: 10 Contests and Magazines with Deadlines This Month
Have you been leafing through your poems, thinking some of them are ready to be published? Consider sending your poems out to these contests and publications. Several of them come with added bonuses for submitting your work, like a free…
Have you been leafing through your poems, thinking some of them are ready to be published? Consider sending your poems out to these contests and publications. Several of them come with added bonuses for submitting your work, like a free…
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