Spring has shifted the year’s
Uneven balance and the light
Spreads even as dawn adjusts… Continue reading
Category Archives: Poetry
Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Tracy Youngblom
by Tracy Youngblom
“He won me once—twice if you must know.
Each time, forced to silence, I watched
his strength prevail, other suitors bloodied,
beaten. This was one kind of love.” Continue reading
Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Lisa Braxton
With this selection of three poems by Lisa Braxton, we continue our new series of original fiction or poetry by writers who either published their first book at 40 or after, or who have yet to publish a book. Writers interested in submitting work should see our guidelines. The Basement Family Room You skipped down the … Continue reading
Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by David Ruekberg
“. . . while outside the living room window
bags of gold blazed yellow in the windowbox
and azaleas blared through pink trumpets . . .” Continue reading
Mr. Fing Goes to Hell: Q&A with Y.S. Fing, son of D. Selby Fing
by Tyler Gore
“Multiple layer allegory was Dante’s great gift to me, but I mixed it up with my experience, my particular philosophical tendency/preference — irony with love…” Continue reading
Features / Fiction / Interviews / Nonfiction / Poetry
The Work of Love: A Conversation with Kristin Kovacic
by Nancy Koerbel
“The engine of an essay is doubt. The engine of an essay is doubt and self-reflection and humility, and once you get in that territory I think women are better at it.” Continue reading
Authors / Debut Authors / Fiction / Go Figure / Interviews / Nonfiction / Poetry
GO FIGURE: Intersections with Poet Alice Major
By Susan Sechrist
“…numbers have this interesting quality—they are abstractions, used for a fairly narrow purpose: to signify quantities. But they’re also words, patterns of sound. And words make linkages all through our brains. That capacity for making long-distance connections is at the heart of metaphor.” Continue reading
