Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

A Shock of Sky

A poem by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz that describes a non-eyewitness response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

Cate Whetzel

A Review of Katie Ford’s Colosseum

Cate Whetzel reviews Katie Ford’s “Colosseum,” a book of poems that “record [the] anxiety, trauma, and stunned sense of coping” of “the loss of New Orleans” and “the destruction and devastation of the classical world.”

Brian G. Phipps

On Awakening

A poem by Brian G. Phipps that dwells between waking and sleeping, life and death.

Christina Cook

Tomatoes of Kobarid

A poem by Christina Cook meditates on death and rebirth during wartime.

Scott Cairns

Pure Enough

A poem about seeking inner peace amid the cacophony of public discourse.

Scott Cairns

Pure Enough

A poem about seeking inner peace amid the cacophony of public discourse.

Matthew Brouwer

Blues President

In this spoken-word poem, Matthew Brouwer riffs on his ideal presidential candidate, a leader who knows the blues.

Marjorie Maddox

A House Divided

In this poem, Marjorie Maddox considers the potential for salvation in catastrophe when we open our eyes to change.