Poetry Anthology

Cynthia Cruz

The Going Home Song/1
Breaking Glass/3
California/4

Herbert Scott

Mime/6
Wolf/7
And the Sleet Cometh Down/8

Nancy Botkin

Friday Afternoon, Turning/9
From Dust and Ashes/10
This Lifetime/12

Charmi Keranen

Late Cretaceous/14
And What Of The Moss/16
A New Mythology/17

David Dodd Lee

Stone Effigy/18
Gardening and Government/20
Dry Creek Bed/22

Allan Peterson

No Spare Time/23
Medusas/25
Moon Missing/26

Clayton Michaels

Hurricane Season/27
Watermark/28
Like A Neil Young Song/29

Patrick Lawler

Jacque Cousteau After Becoming a Fish Visits Melville Who Has Become the Sea/30
Blake Watches Mr. Milton’s Angels Burning in Madame Curie’s Hair/31
H.D. Imagiste and Edward Lorenz Discover a Butterfly in Brazil/33

Louise Mathias

Subterranean/35
Blind Alley/36
Wingspan/37

Elizabeth Skurnick

Angel Eyes/38
Wild Kingdom/39

J.C. Todd

Scald/41

Mary Ruefle

Sweet Morning/42
Statement/44

Kevin Prufer

Air Disaster Over Kansas/45
Loneliness/46

David Rivard

To Danae/47

Christopher Kennedy

Fancy Dinosaur/49
Narcissus/50
Proverbial Zero/51

Lydia Melvin

The Dirthills/52
Suit Me/53

Jim Daniels

Demondtration/54
Love Weed/.55

Bob Hicok

Limited Resources/.56
Suggested Modifications/58
The Ethics of Self-Serve/60

Kevin Clark

The Crossing/.62

Paige Ackerson-Kiely

Onward, Hoe/64

Jennifer Edwards

More Fun Than A Dinner Party/65

Albert Goldbarth

Different Speeds/67

Robert VanderMolen

Late August/69
A City/70

Franz Wright

Mass of One/71
In Lieu of Rent/72
Don’t Leave Your Elegy To Somebody Else/74

Norman Dubie

In Iceland/76
Tibet/77
The Arbor/78

Ralph Angel

But Not in Life/79

James Harms

It’s OK If He’s a Girl/80

Sarah O’Brian

[Picking up the envelope, you can almost]/82
[No one would take down the lightning rod on the old house.]/83

Deborah Anne Roth

Take the Meat Away/84

Stan Sanvel Rubin

White/86

Pablo Tanguay

The Television Screens/87

Jarod White

Tales of the Cubists/88

Jaimee Kuperman

Somebody Else’s Funeral/90

Gretchen Mattox

Consensual Silence/91

Thomas Swiss

Closed for the Season/92
Rings True/93
In Church/94

Michael Burkard

Untitled/96

Forrest Hamer

Poem/97

Pablo Medina

            Purpose and Extravagance/98

Cynie Cory

Paris Lure/99

Ted Kooser

A Death/100

Hugh Seidmam

5 Poems/101
High School/103

Jesss Seldess

From The Offers/104

Joeseph Bathanti

Wheeling/106

Rebecca Morgan Frank

Casket is an American Euphemism/108

Stacey Waite

Composition/110

Dara Wier

Big Belt Buckles/111

Harryette Mullen

From Tanka Diary/113

Anne Sexton

The Fury of Cocks/115

Jim Behrle

I Move the Clocks Ahead Every Weekend/116
Thank You For Your Concern/117

Piotr Gwiazda

Daylight Saving/119

Dylan Fettig

The Future of Our Malls/121
Unclear on the Concept/122

Charles D. Tarlton

Simple Artistry/123

Russel Swensen

Erik/124

Jay Deshpande

This Still Life Will Self-Destruct in Thirty Seconds/125

Jennifer MacKenzie

Confessional Poem/126

Chrissy Wright

Inside these Windows/128

Josh Bauer

Sarasota, FL/129

Derrick Tyson

Poem/132

Kelin Loe

Biblicality/134

Christopher Barnes

Capital Punishment/136
Death Warrant/137
Son/138

Eric Baus

The Devoted Cloud/139
The Eagle’s Doubles/140
The Exposed Storm/141

Bill Cassidy

Slow Down, Nowhere Near the Lavender/142
Silver Dolma/144

Kathryn Donohue

Hymns/146

Raud Kennedy

On the Corner of Vista and Minton/148

Ethan Fugate

Startling Clues on the Album Cover/149
The Last Drawing Has A Walrus in It/150

Meg Ronan

Reading/151

Trey Moody

Chatter/153
From a Patio/154
That Color Should Be Given Choice/155

           

Better late than never.... (Journal Reviews)

The first journal I decided to check out was “Tin House.” The first thing I noticed was the layout of the site. Overall, it is very user friendly and approachable, which is a nice touch. The site is also very easy to navigate and seems to be well thought out. I was also fond of the cover of the current issue. It appears to have a very dramatic picture of a rhino surrounded by crows. I’m honestly not sure why this appeals to me, but I certainly find it interesting. Unfortunately, the site offers very little to read from the current issue. I believe only one poem is accessible via the website. Though I do understand that places like this want to encourage you to buy their journal, I feel like they could at least post more than one poem. Also, I was not a fan of the poem that is posted (“I Declare War” by Evie Shockley.) I think the poem itself is an interesting concept, but the format is annoying. Though, I do understand her reasons for choosing this layout.

The next journal I looked at was “Shampoo.” The website for “Shampoo” was very visually pleasing and also extremely easy to navigate. Once I got into the current issue (issue 40), I was surprised to find that I could actually view all of the poetry.  This definitely makes the journal easier to review, and allows the reader to actually have an idea of what the journal is all about without having to pay. I was very fond of the first two poems by Jim Behrle. Behrle provided some nice opening humor, as well as good writing. I also loved the hand written poem by Paolo Javier and Del Ray Cross. This was wonderful, visually pleasing, and actually a great poem. I was also fond of Charles D. Tarlton’s submission (his leaping around was fantastic), and also Chrissy Wright’s work. Overall, “Shampoo” was a much better journal for me. The site was easier to navigate, the poetry was available for anyone to see, and the poems themselves were great.