SALT: A Homecoming | Susan Maeder
It was Penelope’s job to wait. And weave. Or so we think…
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Poetry
The Wolf in Me | Ginny Lowe Connors
This madness.
This wolf that won’t let go
won’t absolve me or…
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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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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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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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Love Poem for Carl Sagan | Robin Myers
One of the best poems I’ve read in my life. The music, the scope… Brilliant! —G.A.
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Father | Rosa Lane
Her vivid imagining of her father returned from death as a hummingbird, hovering above his daughters. –NMW
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Intruder | Noah Stetzer
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 mystery of a few missing pills…or is it a few too many? A clever take on the unreliable narrator, this poem broods over what to do when
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Meanwhile, We Called Ourselves Human | Claire Bateman
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. Maureen McLane, celebrated poet and 2014 National Book Award Finalist, served as our guest judge for this contest. McLane had these words of praise for Bateman’s poem: “A
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Parental Love | Lee Jines
— 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 sculpture art community, little theater, commercial modeling, and has appeared in a few movies. Read his poem…
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