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July 6, 2018

The Nation of Aphasia | Xiao Yue Shan

New Millennium Award for Poetry
Xiao Yue Shan of Tokyo, Japan for “the nation of aphasia”
With transportive imagery and longing descriptions of a nation’s rich traditions, Xiao Yue fingers the pulse of the writing life in Hong Kong. Read “the nation of aphasia” and bear witness to the tyrannous shadows encroaching on the Celestial Empire. — NMW

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February 13, 2018

The Cripple Makes a Wish | Terri Trespicio

It didn’t happen in the way that other folks will have you think: a flash of light, a giant earthquake rumbling through your bones. I simply did what I was told…

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February 13, 2018

40 | Kathryn Gahl

The day after I visit my daughter in prison I think of how she is…

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February 1, 2018

Beginnings | Keith Mark Gaboury

Can I travel back to the womb,
back to the female zygote
of my conception
when…

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January 13, 2018

Whatever Gets You Through the Night | Sally Lipton Derringer

What words do you need when you’re trying not to drop the house on your back, your shoulders bruised, a hard rain falling? Neil Young was on…

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January 13, 2018

SALT: A Homecoming | Susan Maeder

MONTHLY MUSE WRITINGS & AWARDS WINNER: “SALT: A Homecoming” by Susan Maeder of Mendocino, California TOPIC: Home STORY/ESSAY/POEM: Poem MONTH: December 2017

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December 1, 2017

The Wolf in Me | Ginny Lowe Connors

MONTHLY MUSE WRITINGS & AWARDS WINNER: “The Wolf in Me” by Ginny Lowe Connors of West Hartford, Connecticut TOPIC: Fear STORY/ESSAY/POEM: Poem MONTH: October 2017

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November 29, 2017

Doldrums Near the End of Empire | Mary Makofske

Let’s say you have been paying attention, and you are outraged…might you still revel in an unseasonably warm autumn afternoon? For anyone informed enough to panic, but romantic enough to appreciate this beautiful world while we still can, this poem is for you. –NMW

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April 25, 2017

Shorn | Katie Bickham

Equal parts ode and lament, this poem explores the power of women’s hair, its ubiquitous influence on art and society, and the awe, fear, and possessiveness it too often inspires in others. An evocative and compelling work. –NMW

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November 28, 2016

Bougainvillea | Kerry Tepperman Campbell

Our Editor Emeritus, Don Williams, was moved nearly to tears the first time he read this fine poem. Its lines evoke the lushness and possibility of youth and remind the reader that eventually the garden within each of us must return to the earth. –NMW

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