Undercover
The skies were pretty much blue those years,Quiet streets lined with burnished maple trees,The horizon lay where it was supposed […]
Audio, Poems
Poems
Poems, Tributes, Visual Poetry
I Am Anything
RUTH BAVETTA: “I’ve been a visual artist longer than I’ve been a poet. For years I tried to find a
To Be Alive
These paintings were generated in response to an invitation to collaborate with my husband, the poet Gregory Orr, for an exhibit entitled ‘Love Letter Invitational’ at the Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Awards, Poems, Pushcart Prize
How to Write an Erotic Letter
You must empty yourself first. Erase everything you’ve written. If you’re naked, revise all your clothes back on. Anyway, they’re
Awards, Poems, Pushcart Prize, Tributes, Visual Poetry
The Johari Window
DENISE DUHAMEL: “I wrote a series of prose poems based on the principle of the ‘Johari Window,’ a psychological model
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Shame Is the Dress I Wear
On the first day of school, my mother slips a dark blue dress over my head, ties the starched sash.