Author: Eliza Gilbert

Hurt & Healing, 1st Place Winner: My Father Postpones His Appearance on Wheel of Fortune While I’m in Rehab by Eliza Gilbert

By Eliza Gilbert | June 6, 2023

It’s a true delight to share this poem by the 2023 Hurt & Healing Prize winner, Eliza Gilbert! About Eliza’s poem, the judge Andrés Cerpa writes, “Each cutting line of “My Father Postpones His Appearance on Wheel of Fortune While…

Poetry: Astral Projection by Eliza Gilbert

By Eliza Gilbert | May 19, 2023

In a poem that immediately draws into question the nature of truth and the power of language, Eliza Gilbert wields naming, the very action being interrogated, with grace and precision, piling image after image into an abundant, incisive reflection on…