Poetry: Fly-Infested Houseplant by Tarik Dobbs
In “Fly-infested Houseplant,” the speaker relates to a rotting houseplant after experiencing trauma; “don’t touch me,” they’re just wanting to be left alone, “ready/ to be knocked off the shelf.”
Category: Poetry
2021 OPEN Finalists: Part 3 of 3
Thank you for joining us on the journey through the OPEN winners! You can find Chaun Ballard’s winning poem here, and Part 1 of the finalists here, and Part 2 of the finalists here. For Part 3, we’re sharing work by…
2021 OPEN Finalists: Part 2 of 3
Thank you for joining us on the journey through the OPEN winners! You can find Chaun Ballard’s winning poem here, and Part 1 of the finalists here. For Part 2, we’re sharing work by Kimberly Nguyễn, Emma De Lisle, and…
2021 OPEN Finalists: Part 1 of 3
First, a sincere thank you to all the finalists for partnering with us. All of these poems deserve high praise. For Part 1, we’re sharing work by Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Christiane Jacox, and Kelly Weber. The pieces are diverse, arresting,…
2021 Frontier OPEN Winner: Fireworks by Chaun Ballard
Chaun Ballard has won the 2021 Frontier OPEN! A wrenching performance of the political lyric, read from right to left, “Fireworks” is the latest addition to our winners of the Frontier OPEN and the $5000 prize. Please stay tuned as…
The 2021 Frontier OPEN — Winner and Finalists!
Congratulations to the winners of Frontier Poetry’s 2021 OPEN and an enormous thanks to everyone who submitted. Thank you, also, for your patience while we reviewed all the extraordinary work. A BIG round of applause to Chaun Ballard, the winner…
Poetry: Song by Ernest Ògúnyẹmí
In “song,” the speaker examines, through a vibrant musicality, the most profound and enigmatic moments in life, ultimately settling for and preferring to be “damned to beauty.” song & what did we become by all our cunning, all our…
Poetry: My Father by Ollie Schminkey
The speaker here celebrates the unbreakable bond of a child and father and then just as quickly mourns their sudden passing. A touching tribute piece to a father gone too soon. My Father a contrapuntal: a poem where each…
Poetry: North Coast Chorus by Bethan Tyler
In “North Coast Chorus,” the speaker empathizes with the rampant imperfections of nature; like the poet’s flailing body, nature, waves and wind, crash and yet manage to resemble rebirth. North Coast Chorus Somewhere near Trinidad on the coast road…
Poetry: Camellia by Elane Kim
In “Camellia,” a mother teaches a daughter the quiet mysteries of womanhood; the speaker is taught to hold on to Seoul, to sing without a mouth, to listen to the mournful river. Camellia The first thing a mother teaches…
