Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
LINE LEVEL #2
Welcome to LINE LEVEL: Craft Lessons from Poets of Color, a monthly column in which writer, editor, and educator Joanna Acevedo zooms in on an element of craft from the work of BIPOC poets. LINE LEVEL unfolds in three parts:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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