Welcome to “The Life of a Poem,” a monthly column at Frontier dedicated to uplifting our previous contributors’ new poems. For this piece, we’ve reached out to a previous contributor of our Poet in the Mirror series, Robert Krut. THE…
As a platform for emerging poets, our mission is to provide practical help for serious writers. The community lifts itself up together or not at all. In that light, we’ve been asking some great editors from around the literary community…
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.”
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Welcome to “The Life of a Poem,” a monthly column at Frontier dedicated to uplifting our previous contributors’ new poems. We love to see how our writers continue to thrive after publishing at Frontier, and we are excited to share…
