our fifth nominee, from issue 10.2
Tag: Poetry
Pushcart nominee: Seven Lessons from the Book of Sharks, by Rob Carney
our second nominee, from issue 10.1 Seven Lessons from the Book of Sharks Before mountains rose from the ocean so clouds had somewhere to arrive, before ice carved canyons and brought the valleys soil, before seeds taught Color to everything and Color turned Quiet into birds, before people and singing and feathers ornamenting dancers there … Continue reading Pushcart nominee: Seven Lessons from the Book of Sharks, by Rob Carney
Pushcart nominee: In Eastern Medicine, by Erin Rodoni
our first nominee, from issue 10.1: In Eastern Medicine milk is an extension of blood which we suckle with the tiny gulping mouth of heart. We covet iron rich leaves, crushed roses. We pull up carrots like teabags, steeped in earth, tilt back our heads to eat the rain. We want to be fortified with … Continue reading Pushcart nominee: In Eastern Medicine, by Erin Rodoni
“The Heart Dies of This Sweetness”: On Endings
by Leah Silvieus In Xoxocotlán Cemetery tonight, the night before El Día De Los Muertos, life and death sit vigil together: families picnic while setting up shrines for their loved ones, grandmothers hold babies while parents arrange flowers on the headstones. The night is still beneath the nearly full moon, and the air blooms with … Continue reading “The Heart Dies of This Sweetness”: On Endings
Ongoing Poetry, God, and the Natural World
by Ann Huston The first poem I remember writing happened in the middle of church on a Sunday morning. I was in elementary school, and the poem was about sitting by a fire, feeling the warmth emanating from it. That I wrote it in church speaks to my comfort in that setting. Writing can be … Continue reading Ongoing Poetry, God, and the Natural World
Midnight Orchard
by Nathan Hauke I’m given to write poems. I cannot anticipate their occasion —R Creeley, A Quick Graph It’s December already and the windows are dark. The reflection of a lamp on our bedside table throws the living room through itself like a shipwreck. An orchestra pulsing at my natural frequency begins to harmonize with … Continue reading Midnight Orchard
Coleridge and the Greater Romantic Fatherhood
Joshua Robbins For nine months I daydreamed about what it would be like to write with a little one in the house, about how a baby’s presence would affect the poems: me cartoonishly churning out pages of newly inspired poems as the baby coos and gurgles peacefully in her crib beside me, me scooping up … Continue reading Coleridge and the Greater Romantic Fatherhood
Pushcart Prize nominations
Rock & Sling is pleased to announce its nominations for the 2011 Pushcart Prize "To the Reverend Arnold Kenseth" by Ray Amorosi (issue 6.1) "Day After Christmas" by Cathy Bobb (issue 6.1) "Horoscope with a Perimeter of Concertina" by Jeffrey G. Dodd (issue 6.1) "Psalm 42" by Kent Leathem (issue 6.2) "There Are Always Pieces … Continue reading Pushcart Prize nominations
Anagnorisis
Jeremiah Webster - noun ( /ˌænəɡˈnɒrɨsɨs/; Ancient Greek: ἀναγνώρισις) the moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. "What is the single greatest line of poetry?" the doctor asked. I was on butcher paper with hypertension and a persistent eye twitch. Stabbing chest pains on the bus had prompted me … Continue reading Anagnorisis
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