Mother: Time by Claire Elise Baker
2024-11-06
Anymore, the bearded faces that smothered my cheeks with burns and kisses have been shaved. Some buried. The dresses now are too small, the laced edges ripped . . . Continue Reading
The Indignity of Knowing by Amber Albritton Debut Collection Review
2024-10-02
Albritton’s poems take no prisoners. They’re raw, sensate, fierce—unapologetically so. She ferrets out the shadowy interstices lurking in . . . Continue Reading
“A Day in the Garden” by Kaitlyn Brown
2024-09-18
Most of all, I watch her
Wander about her garden,
Near-waltzing through rows of
Tomatoes and lilies,
Through okra, peppers, and fig trees,
And I see . . . Continue Reading
“Mountain Edging” by Megan Krupa
2024-08-28
When you’re on the edge,
you’d expect a century to look
a little less like itself.
Full of newness and breath,
but maybe it’s . . . Continue Reading
“First Generation” by Leigh Ann Roman
2024-08-14
Love that churned butter
stirred soup beans,
fried fruit pies,
Love that could read your fortune
in . . . Continue Reading
“Pinky Swear” by William R. Stoddart
2024-07-24
Make me the promise
that you’ll never leave
this coal slurry town.
Sing . . . Continue Reading
“Two Walking Sticks” by Lee Blevins
2024-07-10
I think it is a snake, see how it bends.
Kate says it is a hound, sleek for the chase,
but whether hound or snake, swift it was not,
for old men who use canes . . . Continue Reading
Present and Connected – Danita Dodson An Interview with the Poet
2024-06-26
Her deep connection with these Appalachian Mountains is evident in her poetry. Her words encapsulate the very essence of this region – from ancestors to the natural world and in between. Her own mountain spirit and philosophy of interconnectedness flow through her poetry . . .Continue Reading
“Attentive” by Becky Parker
2024-06-05
It was early springtime, where down by the sleepy willows,
brilliantly flocked buttercups were . . . Continue Reading
“Powell Valley Scenic Overlook” and “Revelation” by Neva Bryan
2024-05-15
Clouds pinwheel
atop mountain-pleated land,
celebrating . . . Continue Reading