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…
In “Maintenance Request Hotline,” the speaker lists a number of “non-emergencies” from the perspective of a contemporary woman living in the city. As the poem implies, they are not emergencies, after all, because women have no choice but to casually…
Congratulations to Abby Johnson, winner of the 2021 Frontier Digital Chapbook Contest, selected by Kazim Ali, and a sincere thanks to everyone who submitted. Thank you, also, for your patience while we reviewed all the extraordinary work this year. We’ll…
Here’s a short selection, from our own Jose, of some of the best new poems that hit the web this July. These five poets, both established and emerging, deserve your attention and support—featuring work from Neha Maqsood in The Kenyon…
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…
In “Ithaca,” the breaking of the body, like the breaking of the line, signifies more than just physical fracture: memory, possibility, the void; all weigh heavily. Ithaca
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, Heidi Seaborn—author of An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe (available now from PANK)—shares insight into…
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 “Violin with Nipple Grafts,” the speaker compares their human body to the configuration of a violin; similarly, the intricacies of their composition are always on display for a skeptical audience. Violin with Nipple Grafts The significance of inheriting a…
