Denise Provost, “Threads of Distant Music: A Garland of Sonnets”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize selected by Lloyd Schwartz
Samuel Washington Allen Prize
Moira Linehan,”Accounting”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Accounting Beyond the Border Wall: The Migrant Quilt Project, Tucson Sector New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA Moira Linehan is … Read more
Jennifer L Freed, “Cerebral Hemorrhage”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Cerebral Hemorrhage 1.In the room with the drawn curtains, my mother wakesenough to ask what’s happened to her,but You hurt your headis … Read more
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
Patricia Sheppard, The Running of the Brides
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Marilyn Nelson The Running of the Brides Were I to marry you today, as it says in the Song of Songs, I will … Read more
Cindy Veach, “Witch Kitsch”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Co-Winner, selected by Marilyn Nelson Witch Kitsch Salem is a harbor of kitsch built on the ruins of history. —Christopher CF Lappin Park On Essex Street … Read more