Distance

A description of distance that’s truly compelling.

Katie Ford’s “[I Failed Him and He Failed Me]”

Grace

This has such measured grace, such freedom to it.

W.F. Lantry’s “Quatorze Juillet”

Mesmerised

We are mesmerised and continue to be. We don’t know why. But here it is.

John Sibley Williams'”Abandoned”

Strange Hold

Some poems have a strange hold on you. They neither chase you nor follow you but let you remember them by their sheer memorable light.

Matthew Siegel’s “Overlooking the City”

Caught

Some poems open up to the metaphor so quietly, so beautifully, the reader catches at the meaning.

Rose McLarney’s “Gather”

Vivid

This poem is so vivid and meaningful, so full of lyricism.

Josh Booton’s “Cache”

Ominous

Some poems disturb with their very unflinchingness. This is such a poem.

Tayve Neese’s “Because my daughters are growing,”

Beauty

A poem filled with transparent beauty is rare. We can see the world in it.

Laressa Dickey’s excerpts from “A Pictorial History of Wilderness”

Grief

A poem about grief and the inadequacies of objects and memories. This is good stuff.

Bruce Bond’s “My Mother’s Closet”

Dark

Dark, surreal, and perfect. A poem that’s dreamy and substantial at the same time.

John Swain’s “Promise of Rivers”