National Poetry Month

Guest Blogger Julie LeMay | Recommended Reads for National Poetry Month

Happy National Poetry Month! In honor of the occasion, I want to share a few books that I’ve read that you may have missed. These three collections stood out for me because of their surprising use of language. The first is Revising the Storm by Geffrey Davis (BOA Editions, 2014). This collection is the winner

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Jeremy Pataky | “I learn by going where I have to go…”

I laid down in bed early on Saturday, exhausted after a busy but memorable week without enough sleep. Instead of passing right out, though, my mind wouldn’t turn off. There’s plenty on it, lately, but I was surprised when the mental autopilot eventually swiveled to Roethke’s poem “The Waking”. It’s a villanelle that I love

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How One Alaskan Started Writing Poems: A Guest Post by Ken Waldman

Early August 1985, soon to turn thirty, I arrived in Fairbanks to begin the MFA program in Creative Writing at UAF. I didn’t know anyone in Fairbanks, knew virtually nothing about the program. But earlier that year, in Seattle, amidst a failing relationship, I’d written a short story which seemed so much better than anything

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