David P. Miller, “Add One Father to Earth”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Robert Pinsky Add One Father to Earth I. Shelved where his shoes had been, his unrested ashes waited in a black … Read more
Dzvinia Orlowsky, “The (Dis)enchanted Desna”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Co-Winner, selected by Robert Pinsky The (Dis)enchanted Desna—after Alexander Dovzhenko (1894-1956)1 in a time of Putin 1. Desolate He had no soul, only steam, no eyes, … Read more
Susan Donnelly, “The Maureen Papers”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Co-Winner, selected by Robert Pinsky The Maureen Papers I. You sign up for a massage at the retreat center and make the mistake of saying … Read more
Lee Varon, “Billy’s Valentine”
Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Martha Collins Billy’s Valentine I sent her a valentine everything is red red red wavy lines nervous tics it sicks not sucks … Read more
D.M. Aderibigbe, selections from How the End First Showed
Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize Honorable Mention, selected by the New England Poetry Club Board Love Story Here’s the tale of a woman who spent many years on the … Read more
María Luisa Arroyo, “Moving Landscape”
Diana Der Hovanessian Prize, selected by Alan Smith Soto Moving Landscape You should be able to leave and yet be like a tree: as if rooted to the ground … Read more