Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
Poetry: “What My Grandmother Nestles in the Earth” by Courtney DuChene
Courtney DuChene’s poem, “What My Grandmother Nestles in the Earth,” evokes a tension between the bursts of color that she evokes in the poem using floral imagery, and the fragility of human bodies and minds, focusing in particular on memory.…
Poetry: “I squeezed the world like a tangerine” by Ruby Maghoney
Ruby Maghoney invites us into a suddenly visceral space with the image of squeezing the tangerine, but then quickly pivots, pressing us as readers to juxtapose this deeply physical and intimate image with an immediate pivot to implications of loss…
Ruby Maghoney invites us into a suddenly visceral space with the image of squeezing the tangerine, but then quickly pivots, pressing us as readers to juxtapose this deeply physical and intimate image with an immediate pivot to implications of loss…
2024 Nature & Place Third Place Winner: “The Pond, Early Spring” By Rebekah A. Sankey
It’s time to congratulate the Third Place Winner of Frontier Poetry‘s 2024 Nature & Place Contest, Rebekah A. Sankey. Read their arresting poem, selected by Flower Conroy, “The Pond, Early Spring.” Become enthralled with the earth as Sankey depicts nature…
It’s time to congratulate the Third Place Winner of Frontier Poetry‘s 2024 Nature & Place Contest, Rebekah A. Sankey. Read their arresting poem, selected by Flower Conroy, “The Pond, Early Spring.” Become enthralled with the earth as Sankey depicts nature…
LINE LEVEL #10
Welcome to LINE LEVEL: Craft Lessons from Poets of Color, a monthly column in which writer, editor, and educator Joanna Acevedo zooms in on an element of craft from the work of BIPOC poets. LINE LEVEL unfolds in three parts:…
Welcome to LINE LEVEL: Craft Lessons from Poets of Color, a monthly column in which writer, editor, and educator Joanna Acevedo zooms in on an element of craft from the work of BIPOC poets. LINE LEVEL unfolds in three parts:…
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