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…
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…
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…
We’re so proud to share some insight into the lives and hearts of today’s poets with our Poet In The Mirror series. This week, Esther Vincent Xueming— author of Red Earth (available now from Blue Cactus Press)— shares insight into…
Here’s a short selection, from our own Jose, of some of the best new poems that hit the web this August. These five poets, both established and emerging, deserve your attention and support—featuring work from Todd Dillard in HAD, Wendy…
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…
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 “HEMINGWAY COUNTRY,” the speaker describes the difficulties of growing up Latinx, or non-white, in a world of whiteness and suspicion. Always a target, the speaker learns to navigate a world where love seems foreign or violent and the only…
We’re so proud to share some insight into the lives and hearts of today’s poets with our Poet In The Mirror series. This week, Shara McCallum— author of No Ruined Stone (available now from Alice James Books)— shares insight into…
In “Smokescreens,” the speaker skillfully juxtaposes harsh realities from around the world; “we are all animals” the speaker announces, capable of being both “broken, bruised,” but also capable of song, like the deer in the mist. Smokescreens In this…
