For struggles, from APR, November/December 2014. More here:
http://www.elizabethtreadwell.com/
from Bear Flag Anthem / by Elizabeth Treadwell
pressed by wave & peak
the bitter halls of anthropology
21-Century American Poetry
DPF / Goff
For weddings, from Thrush Poetry Journal: an anthology of the first two years, edited by Helen Vitoria. The rest of the poem may be found here:
http://www.thrushpoetryjournal.com/july-2012-cindy-goff.html
from Snapdragons / by Cindy Goff
Everyone had to go back to work
down the mine
DPF / McMullen
Another for the children of October, from An Eyeball in My Garden.
http://www.eyeballinmygarden.com/2012/10/spotlight-interview-angela-mcmullen.html
from The Witching Hour / by Angela McMullen
On moonless nights she lies in bed,
With sleepless eyelids twitching.
DPF / Weise
For electromagnetism, from her Isabella Gardner Poetry Award Winner (2013) which is also her Academy of American Poets James Laughlin Award Winner (2013), The Book of Goodbyes.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/jillian-weise
from Semi Semi Dash / by Jillian Weise
The last time I saw Big Logos he was walking
to the Quantum Physics Store to buy magnets.
DPF / Hillman
For bats, from her book, Loose Sugar. More about the poet here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/brenda-hillman
from The Bat / by Brenda Hillman b. 1951
Briefly, the beyond comes to us —
DPF / Sullivan
Another for the children of October, from An Eyeball in My Garden, from our own M. Sullivan. More about the poet-nurse here:
http://msullivantales.wordpress.com/
from The Giant’s Pocket / by M. Sullivan
I’m stuck inside the pocket
Of a giant, dreadful beast —
DPF / Judd
For goblins, from our own Jen, one of the two editors of An Eyeball in My Garden: And Other Spine-Tingling Poems. The book is also illustrated by Johan Olander. More about the poet here:
http://jennifercolejudd.com/?page_id=2
from The Goblin Parade / by Jennifer Cole Judd
In the inky black street
Their fat, knobbly feet
Stomp a rhythm that makes the earth shake.
DPF / Wyncoop
Double poems today, because this one’s especially for my eerily-talented critique group of yore. This one’s from our own Laura, who is also one of the editors of the book in which the poem appears. The book is An Eyeball in My Garden, (2010), recently out in paperback, appropriate for brave 5th graders to adult, and edited by two amazing women, Laura Wyncoop and Jennifer Cole Judd.
from Halloween Night / by Laura Wyncoop
As dangling ghosts untie their strings
To float among the trees
DPF / Fairchild
For basketball, from Poetry 180, edited by Billy Collins.
from Old Men Playing Basketball / by B.H. Fairchild b. 1942
A glass wand
of autumn light breaks over the backboard.
DPF / Cooley
For beauty sleep, from Poetry 180, edited by Billy Collins.
from The History of Poetry / by Peter Cooley
Centuries yawned and fell back, stuporous,
eons stretched out
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