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
One of the best poems I’ve read in my life. The music, the scope… Brilliant! —G.A.
Her vivid imagining of her father returned from death as a hummingbird, hovering above his daughters. –NMW
Noah Stetzer of Washington, D.C. has won the 39th New Millennium Poetry Prize for “Intruder.” He will receive $1,000 and publication both online and in print. “It begins with the …
Claire Bateman of Greenville, South Carolina has won the 40th New Millennium Poetry Prize for “Meanwhile, We Called Ourselves Human,”. She will $1,000 and publication both online and in print. …
Meanwhile, We Called Ourselves Human | Claire Bateman Read More »
— Author’s First Published Poem — Lee R. Jines (1941-2014) – Born in Baton Rouge, LA, Lee was an Army veteran and was active in the ceramic and …
American Book Award winner, Pamela Uschuk graduated with honors with a MFA in Poetry and Fiction from the University of Montana. Called by The Bloomsbury Review, “one of …
Barbara Knott of Atlanta, GA has won the 28th New Millennium Poetry Prize for “Boxwood.” She will receive $1,000 and publication both online and in print.
Frances Payne Adler has won the special New Millennium “Obama” Poetry Prize for “In the White House.” She will receive $1,000 and publication both online and in print. ABOUT …
Poetry Writing Contest #24 (2009)
First Place
For me, the most rewarding writing often starts out as one thing and morphs into something else entirely. When I began this piece, I was light-heartedly pondering the question of what goes on (or doesn’t) in the minds of cats, but then the poem grabbed my pen and the rest of The Visible Spectrum wrote itself. The desire to return to that state of altered consciousness and emotional openness is what keeps me writing. — Ellen Sullins
POETRY | FICTION | FLASH FICTION | NONFICTION
