Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry

2023 Frontier OPEN Finalist: Today, while reading the definition of OCD by Zachariah Claypole White

Join us in celebrating this poem by Zachariah Claypole White, one of our finalists of the 2023 Frontier OPEN! Please stay tuned as we publish the rest of the finalists throughout the month of December. Today, while reading the definition…

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2023 Frontier OPEN Finalist: Pecola Breedlove Watches Zora Tether in Jordan Peele’s US then Nina Simone Sings in the Background by Yolanda J. Franklin

Join us in celebrating this poem by Yolanda J. Franklin, one of our finalists of the 2023 Frontier OPEN! Please stay tuned as we publish the rest of the finalists throughout the month of December. Pecola Breedlove Watches Zora Tether…

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Poetry: Ars Poetica by Divyasri Krishnan

Divyasri Krishnan’s “Ars Poetica” perfectly balances the pastoral image of a flighty canary with the urban one of languishing on a train. These two central scenes build a sense of tension, an ode to liminal life spaces– to the “beauty…

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