Maggie Cleveland, “Before mid-morning slides to early afternoon”
Honorable Mention, E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by Carolyn Oliver
E.E. Cummings Prize
Stephan Delbos, “Juneteenth—A Poem in Progress”
Honorable Mention, E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by Carolyn Oliver
Carolyn Oliver, “Salt Marsh”
E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by C. Prudence Arceneaux
Alice Kociemba, “watch the stars that tremble with love and with hope”
E.E. Cummings Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Susan Donnelly watch the stars that tremble with love and with hope “All you need…two wooden spoons and a pan.” Though some had … Read more
Barbara Boches, “Carolina Silverbell”
E.E. Cummings Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Susan Donnelly Carolina Silverbell The first was for my first. The arboristwarned me against that rocky ledge, but I wanted the newbiewhere I … Read more
Monica Raymond, “After the Fire”
E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by Susan Donnelly After the Fire I have been down in the cellar after the firewhere the sheets of stained glass—bottle green, blue, mottled rose—meant to … Read more
James K. Zimmerman, “This Is the End of Winter, This Is the Beginning”
E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by Nicole Terez Dutton This Is the End of Winter, This Is the Beginning I know I should not pick up by hand this mess … Read more
Don Hogle, “Monet vs. the International Pop Art Exhibit”
E.E. Cummings Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Regie Gibson Monet vs. the International Pop Art Exhibit after Sir Thomas Wyatt The plastic crucifix mounted on a model U.S. fighter-bomber … Read more