Editor’s Note: The poet, through many fine and surprising images, describes the miniature miracle of her newborn grandchild. Week One She sleeps and eats, and

Editor’s Note: Amazing how the poet has used the small container of a cell phone to convey so much sadness and longing. Bus Stop Stubborn

Editor’s Note: The mother in this poem is working very hard to connect with her daughter at this important juncture in both their lives. Her

Editor’s Note: When there is no evidence for hope and when all seems chaos, that is the time we must fill the darkness with song.

Editor’s Note: This is one of my all-time favorite poems, so tender and wistful, so filled with “mono no aware,”  a Japanese aesthetic term meaning

Editor’s Note: This is such an evocative description of the pleasures of a summer morning, its sights, sounds, and smells, described in extrasensory detail. All

Editor’s Note: Ahhh, the languid days of summer with its cookouts, coolers, colorful effusion of flowers, and the possibility of happiness despite our failings. Advance

Soaking up Sun Editor’s Note: The evocative details of Hennen’s poetry steep us in the special sights and smells of farm life, the blessings of

Spy Poetry: Work by Sally Bliumis-Dunn Editor’s Note: When two people work intimately together over time, their work takes on the quality of a carefully