Campbell McGrath is one of our established fine American poets. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, including his most recent, "In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys" (Ecco, 2012). He will ...

As the editor of a magazine that includes a poetry column, I routinely read poems because I have to. But I also delve into ...

Basking Shark To stub an oar on a rock where none should be, To have it rise with a slounge out of the sea Is a thing that happened once (too often) to me. But not too often – though enough. I count ...

There’s a joy in finding a Billy Collins poem nestled among the pompous, arcane stuff that clogs the typical anthology of contemporary verse. Poem after poem about … Well, what are they about? After ...

In her Foley poetry contest submission, “Myself, the Almost Infinite (A ghazal),” Rainey Sierra writes about “My mother’s eyes—bloodshot boondocks—Chicago sprouting from Tennessee soil, everything ...

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