Matriarch in White
This poem by Sam Morris was a response to an older call for submissions featuring a wintry painting by one of our museum partners. … Continue readingMatriarch in White
Category: Poetry
Señora Valerio Lays an Adobe Floor
This poem by Susan J. Erickson highlights the artistry of laying an earthen floor. … Continue readingSeñora Valerio Lays an Adobe Floor
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
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
View of New Bedford from Fairhaven, 1853
Poem by Joanie DiMartino … Continue readingView of New Bedford from Fairhaven, 1853
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