In “Schizo Reads a Tombstone on the Set of a Western,” the speaker experiments with language, imagery, and juxtaposition to create a collage-like poetics. The result of such experiments, behind a beautiful Western backdrop, is avant-garde art, in the lineage…
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 “Mackerel,” teenage girls become theologists of the body—transforming a “sweet communion of burning” into their own vivid and direct meaning. We’re excited to publish this new electric work from Khalisa Rae, and to announce as well that she will…
Dear writer, Chapbooks are a huge milestone for poets, and we’re always looking forward to the Frontier Digital Chapbook Contest—where we get to find that one electric bundle of poems that rocks our world in less than 30 pages. We…
We were so excited when Heather reached out to us to let us know that Chanchala Srivastava wanted to share a translation of her poem into Hindi. We’ve included audio files of the author and translator reading their respective pieces.…
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, S. Brook Corfman—author of the New York Times Best Poetry of 2020 My Daily Actions, or…
In “Toni Morrison Speaks Posthumously on The Oprah Winfrey Show After an Audience Views When They See Us,” Yolanda J. Franklin recalls the history and prevalence of racism in America, specifically The Central Park 5 Case. Written with an alarming…
In “Spectacle,” a routine yet invasive medical procedure symbolizes the surveillance we have on women, women of color, and their bodies. With references to the Bible, the speaker in “Spectacle” contemplates a puzzling dilemma of rigidness or modernity: “who consoled…
First, a sincere thank you to all the finalists for partnering with us. All of these poems deserve high praise. For the final Part 3, we’re sharing work by Joshua Nguyen, Remi Recchia, and Sabrina San Miguel. You can read…
First, a sincere thank you to all the finalists for partnering with us. All of these poems deserve high praise. For Part 2, we’re sharing work by Taylor Byas, Taneum Bambrick, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach. Part 3 arrives tomorrow! You can…
