Category Archives: 30 for 30 Poetry Celebration

The Jabberwocky and the Magpies Lewis Caroll meets Dennis Glover ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The … Continue reading →

Falling into and apart Grab for edge, reach for control time, standing still, does astound as into rabbit hole, descend further and further into it free-floating over ground. SCAD diving, Dallas-bound carabiner-tethered tightly trick of memory, wide-open shut hard-drive found, … Continue reading →

This poem is available as a PDF to preserve formatting. Please click on the link: Writing © 2017 Lynn Gilbert Lynn Gilbert has had poems in Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Concho River Review, Exquisite Corpse, Kansas Quarterly, Southwestern American Literature, … Continue reading →

How to Become a Skeleton “The bones will then be scrubbed with toothbrushes . . .” Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, April 10, 2017 (imo Christopher Gray) So what’s left besides words? Words that came out of mouths onto stone … Continue reading →

Corybantic The wildebeest beast grabs my hand for a feast Fighting its flesh for a piece of the meat As I dance on the forest floor in bare feet Liquored up and delirious Hiking the AT The wiles of imagination … Continue reading →

RIGBY Admire my pet badger Rigby, raised from a whelp on milk, lettuce, carrots, and then gophers, rabbits, and cats which he knows how to find for himself. Go ahead, scratch his bull neck. He’s good natured with me and … Continue reading →

This poem is available as a PDF to preserve formatting. Please click on the link: In The Wilds: A Word Square Calligramme © 2017 Derek Kannemeyer Derek Kannemeyer is the editor of the Poetry Virginia Review: Annual Contest Winners, 2016, … Continue reading →

This poem is available as a PDF to preserve formatting. Please click on the link: Nude Descending in All Directions ©Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (Originally published in Contrary Visions (Scripta Humanistica, 1988) Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda served as Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2006-2008.  … Continue reading →

This poem is available as a PDF to preserve formatting. Please click on the link: Wing Prayer © 2017 JT Williams JT Williams is a poet, storyteller, and teacher in Norfolk, Virginia. He has featured at Venue On 35th Street and … Continue reading →

This poem is available as a PDF to preserve formatting. Please click on the link: Breakthrough.doc © 2017 Robert P. Arthur Robert P. Arthur is the current President of The Poetry Society of Virginia. He has published over twenty books … Continue reading →