Emily Adams-Aucoin’s “Bedtime Aubade,” is brimming with intimacy as we peek into the terror and beauty of new motherhood. There’s something scary about the way that Adams-Aucoin describes the love she feels for her child, but there’s also something magical,…
Hello, everyone! And happy early Halloween. When this is published, I’ll probably be traveling already –– I have two back-to-back academic conferences from the end of this month to the beginning of November, and am particularly excited to have the…
Hello, everyone! Cavar here, to bring you my second entry into the Exceptional Poetry archives (find the first one here, in case you missed it) I’m here to bring you four more poems (well…in this case, more than four; you’ll…
Hello, everyone! I’m Cavar, Frontier’s new associate editor. I’m excited to be taking over Frontier’s Exceptional Poetry column, and can’t wait to share some of my favorite poem-finds with you. For the last few years, I’ve published a Substack with…
March, and spring in the midwest is more of an idea than a reality until months down the line. With weather that swerves between snow and almost-t shirt-wearing levels of warmth within the span of a week, it has a…
I always crave poems that surprise me. But entering into a new year and in the midst of some life transitions, I’ve found this to be extra true. I want to spend time with poems that shock me out of…
Hello poets and poetry lovers! It’s August already! It’s the last full month of summer. So much change is in the air. Friends are moving, starting new jobs, figuring out life post-graduation, post-program, making space for newness. As I’m moving…
Hello fellow poets and poetry lovers. Happy summer aka the best season of the year! When you read this, my birthday will be 10 days away. I’m not good at asking for things like gifts, so in lieu of that…
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever you are in the world when this finds you. This is I.S. Jones, Frontier’s Editor-in-Chief and I’m back. I hope you will pardon my being gone for all of May (Covid got me…
Dearies! Hello (again)! This is I.S. Jones, Frontier’s Editor-in-Chief and I’m back sooner than expected. I said at the end of my last post that I would be back in May, but the truth is there are too many good…
