Poem of the Day
“Lessons for Daughters (and others)” by Dr. Jennifer deBie Inaugural Winner of the William Cory Wickware Memorial Prize for First Chapbook
Dr. Jennifer deBie has been awarded the William Cory Wickware Memorial Prize for First Chapbook with her debut collection of poetry, Lessons for Daughters (and others). Begun in 2015, some of the poems in Lessons for Daughters (and others) are true, pulled from memory, experience, pain and hope, some of them are myth – pulled from legend, literature, what might have been and what could yet be.
“The poems in this manuscript weave together generations of lessons passed from one woman to another. Grandmother to mother to daughter, friend to friend, poet to reader. This is stand out collection which is gentle in its admonishments to ‘Get./Home./Safe.’” writes one of the contest judges. This is a collection built out of love and fury and lessons. Lessons that have been learned, lessons that have been taught, and lessons that have been planned for future days.
Dr. Jennifer deBie is a native Texan, born and raised in Texarkana, who spent most of her twenties Cork, Ireland earning an MA in Creative Writing and a PhD in Romantic literature. Her poetry has been widely published, with works appearing in anthologies by Raven Chronicles Press, PactPress, and Kallisto Gaia Press, something that neither impresses her cat nor pays her rent. Her second novel, Heretic, was published by Wild Wolf Press in 2022. When not reading, writing, or teaching, Jennifer enjoys typical millennial pastimes like eating brunch and neglecting her blog at jenniferdebie.com
new releases
Lounging with Strange is a poetry collection about recognizing how bizarre the denizens of the universe could be and kicking back with those folks, not treating them as either monsters or saviors. Sometimes we might hang out, other times we might have to keep our distance. It’s about mutual respect. As a species steeped in speciest rhetoric and intraspecies hatred, these poems are also about how much humans need to evolve spiritually and socially before we can wrap our heads and hearts around exoplanetarians.
In This Moment contains verbal snapshots written in response to the injustices faced and ongoing that Black Americans continue to deal with in America. It also contemplates the varying degrees of temperance in personal relationships within spotlighted moments, and ponders as to what could be or what might have been.
Insightful and inspired, Whitney Vale’s Sermon of Swallows: memoir of fragments, excavates the heart of a woman’s journey through life. Lyrical imagery and stunning phrasing make this chapbook sing. A book that “breaks into a thousand vessels of light,” and leaves the reader with “a residue of grace.”
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forthcoming books
Tamara Kaye Sellman
Trust Fall
A Not Very Magical Fairy Tale About the F-Word - This avant garde contemporary fairy tale details a budding feminist’s coming of age during the twin ascent of feminism and ultraconservatism in 1970s America. Required reading for those needing a quick civil rights history lesson from the mouths of the babes who lived through it.
James Bryant
All the Dead Long Night
Where brevity collides with the darkness. This chapbook reinforces the disciplined structure of dark haiku. Each strict 5-7-5 haiku form in this haunting collection is like a stab in the dark. Sudden and unexpected. You don't see it coming. Brief. Brutal. Unforgettable.
nat raum
journal of various worries
In this hybrid collection of linked prose poems, nat raum pulls back the curtain on their queerness, disabilities, past trauma, and overarching psyche. As an exploration of the human condition, journal of various worries also serves as a ritual of sorts for raum, with each piece anchored in their distinct confessional voice.
Ana Marie Boyd
Tiny Altars
Centered around experiences of grief and loss– in both pandemic spaces, and beyond, these poems are deeply interested in the grief experience, the way in which it asks to be witnessed and beheld, and the internal conflicts that are presented when we have no witness for our grief.
Enjoy an interactive experience like no other. Christian Garduno’s Twin Opposites features 18 previously published and 18 new pieces, along with a host of extras. This is best viewed on a desktop/laptop computer.
As you explore his poetry and art, you can click to discover more content. This melding of poetry, art, and music will be available for a limited time.
You’ll want to bookmark the page and keep coming back to explore Twin Opposites.
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