North American Time: With Felicia McCarthy
North American Time: With Felicia McCarthy
3 Poems by Michael Igoe
Poems from Michael Igoe that appear to go down easy but challenge you to read again.
North American Time: With Felicia McCarthy
3 Poems by Michael H. Brownstein
Poet Michael H Brownstein sends messages out from Dante’s circles of hellish
loss of physical and mental well being while transcending both.
North American Time: With Felicia McCarthy
3 Poems by Barry Peters
Barry Peters’ social commentary on tech’s effect on a generation of writers is sometimes wry, often laugh out loud funny. Enjoy the work of this poet from North Carolina.
Issue 43 | September 2020 |
Poetry by Carolyn Martin
Writing poetry since her twenties, Carolyn’s first project was to rewrite the Bible. ‘My poems attempt to be simple in words as they grapple with the complexity of being on earth right now.’
North American Time: With Felicia McCarthy
2 poems by Martina Reisz Newberry
Martina Reisz Newberry, of Upland, California, daughter of a steel worker, storyteller father and a talented, artistic mother, uses words that jostle and ripple in responding to the environment.
North American Time: With Felicia McCarthy
Poetry by Kathryn de Leon
Kathryn de Leon, longtime poet arriving into world of publishing, writes her discovery of poetry,
of Sylvia Plath, and the fires of '67, subjects familiar to our time
North American Time: With Felicia McCarthy
Poetry by Cameron Morse
Cameron Morse’s first collection, 'Fall Risk', won Glass Lyre Press’s 2018 Best Book Award.
North American Time: With Felicia McCarthy
3 Poems by KB Ballentine
KB Ballentine is an award winning, well established poet and teacher of lit, theatre and writing.
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