Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
Poetry: With My Prayer Beads I Pray for Bad Sushi by Nardine Taleb
In “with my prayer beads I pray for bad sushi,” the speaker contemplates the unshakeable impulse of longing: “the same space I seek poetry/ is where I also seek god. I’m not even/ sure what I’m praying for.” with…
Exceptional Poetry From Around the Web: October 2021
Here’s a short selection, from our own Jose, of some of the best new poems that hit the web this October. These five poets, both established and emerging, deserve your attention and support—featuring work from Chloe Martinez in Radar Poetry,…
Here’s a short selection, from our own Jose, of some of the best new poems that hit the web this October. These five poets, both established and emerging, deserve your attention and support—featuring work from Chloe Martinez in Radar Poetry,…
In Class with Professor Dr. Raina J. León
A primary mission of Frontier is to provide high quality resources and practical help for serious poets—so we’ve been reaching out to poetry professors to help give clarity to this strange journey and stranger craft. This month, we got the…
A primary mission of Frontier is to provide high quality resources and practical help for serious poets—so we’ve been reaching out to poetry professors to help give clarity to this strange journey and stranger craft. This month, we got the…
Poetry: Constellation by Tyler Dettloff
The speaker in “Constellation” aims for the stars through an attempt at street graffiti. Flustered, the speaker elaborates on their transformation in the city: “I became smoke & stars & heart / all wonder and permanent pleiades.” Constellation I…
The speaker in “Constellation” aims for the stars through an attempt at street graffiti. Flustered, the speaker elaborates on their transformation in the city: “I became smoke & stars & heart / all wonder and permanent pleiades.” Constellation I…
Read Our Award Winning Chapbooks
IN THE YEAR OF OUR MAKING & UNMAKING
read and download our 2020 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Carl Phillips
// by Frederick Speers //
Shadow Black
read and download our 2019 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Jericho Brown
// by Naima Tokunow //
How Often I Have Chosen Love
read and download our 2018 Chapbook Contest winner
// by Xiao Yue Shan //
