Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
Poetry: “Last Date” by Sharon Zhang
In Sharon Zhang’s “Last Date,” her speaker encounters love from all angles, in a sly merging of pregaming and praxis. The writing is quick and energetic, but Zhang’s fresh voice isn’t flip or glib; rather this speaker is quite rigorous…
Poetry: “What Words Do I Not Yet Have?” by Ben Cooper
“The moon has no need for your poetry,” Ben Cooper says, and he’s right. Sometimes we have to hear difficult truths, difficult versions of the truth. But in his poem, “What Words Do I Not Yet Have,” Cooper doesn’t look…
“The moon has no need for your poetry,” Ben Cooper says, and he’s right. Sometimes we have to hear difficult truths, difficult versions of the truth. But in his poem, “What Words Do I Not Yet Have,” Cooper doesn’t look…
The 2024 Nature & Place Prize Winners & Finalists!
It’s time to give a big congratulations to the winner of Frontier Poetry‘s Nature & Place Prize, Zachary Scalzo. Their riveting poem, “Sometimes—there’s God—so quickly”, was selected by our guest judge Flower Conroy. As always, the Frontier Poetry reading and…
It’s time to give a big congratulations to the winner of Frontier Poetry‘s Nature & Place Prize, Zachary Scalzo. Their riveting poem, “Sometimes—there’s God—so quickly”, was selected by our guest judge Flower Conroy. As always, the Frontier Poetry reading and…
Poetry: “I Was Reading a Scientific Article” by Mark Hernberg
Mark Hernberg knows how to tug on the heartstrings. Literally. In his poem, “I Was Reading a Scientific Article,” he moves from the metaphor into the metaphysical in just a few lines, his speaker deftly illustrating to the reader the…
Mark Hernberg knows how to tug on the heartstrings. Literally. In his poem, “I Was Reading a Scientific Article,” he moves from the metaphor into the metaphysical in just a few lines, his speaker deftly illustrating to the reader the…
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