Plastic Texas
A poem by Jason Morphew about the state-sized islands of garbage in the oceans. Sometimes the things of which we rid ourselves take on lives of their own. … Continue readingPlastic Texas
Category: Archived
A Lunar June
A creative nonfiction piece by Brandon Hansen styled as an email to a lost love, with a bit of Russian space history thrown in. … Continue readingA Lunar June
Visiting the Skull Tower of Niš
A poem by Jake Sheff inspired by a grotesque 200-year-old monument in Serbia. … Continue readingVisiting the Skull Tower of Niš
The Late Unpleasantness
A poem about the war and remembrance. … Continue readingThe Late Unpleasantness
Why Marjorie? by Laura B. Hayden
The roundabout road that led me to start digging deep at the Woody Guthrie Archives began well over forty years before the site opened… … Continue readingWhy Marjorie? by Laura B. Hayden
Silent Conversation with John Berryman by Melissa Gordon
An author visits the John Berryman Papers and feels the presence of the poet. … Continue readingSilent Conversation with John Berryman by Melissa Gordon
Mrs. Tinkham’s Cabin by Joanie DiMartino
A captain’s wife struggles with seasickness. … Continue readingMrs. Tinkham’s Cabin by Joanie DiMartino
Angelus Novus
Holly Iglesias’s ekphrastic poem about Angelus Novus: “To ease the pain, he frees the Klee caged in his mind…” … Continue readingAngelus Novus
Rumors at the Blackstone Canal by Lea Graham
A poem about Worcester’s storied past and hidden canal. … Continue readingRumors at the Blackstone Canal by Lea Graham