“There are nights when across the bay we can see
Lights pressing the form of a certain small town.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Poetry
Scoring a Poem: Q & A with Emily Sun
I allowed myself to write without compartmentalizing the Chinese from the English, the Cantonese from the Mandarin, and let the sounds from other places dance and mix into the poems. Continue reading
Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Kate Meyer-Currey
Spring has shifted the year’s
Uneven balance and the light
Spreads even as dawn adjusts… Continue reading
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
