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Review: Moonlight Shaken, Sandi Stromberg

Review: Moonlight Shaken, Sandi Stromberg

Sandi is a frequent and welcome contributor to fws and press mate of mine. I delighted in reading her second collection, Moonlight, Shaken (Kelsay Books, 2026). I cried. I laughed out loud. I sighed. And I applauded as I read. I don’t know how many collections of poetry you have read (I have read many), […]

Writer’s Idea Box: Ode de Plume

Writer’s Idea Box: Ode de Plume

So that would be a poem of praise for a pen, one with a feather. Though that’s possible and could be a great poem, that’s not exactly what I’m getting to here. This prompt is about writing the ode: a poem of praise, about anything really. You could even go anti-praise here by beginning with […]

little mercies, d. ellis phelps

little mercies, d. ellis phelps

Have you submitted your poem on the theme of “pockets” to the Rod Carlos Rodriguez poetry contest? Deadline Aug. 1. Here’s a sample “pocket” poem for your consideration. little mercies ~d. ellis phelps a pocket lined with wool for a cold cold hand a pocket full of change for the hungry traveler a pocket turned […]

Salt and Bone by Sherri Harvey

Salt and Bone by Sherri Harvey

I traveled through Benin and Togo, West Africa to learn about the enduring legacies of the transatlantic slave trade, the spiritual traditions of Vodoo, and the complicated history of colonization. I stood at the Door of No Return in Ouidah, walked the roads where enslaved people once took their final steps toward the sea, and […]

solo trip, d. ellis phelps

solo trip, d. ellis phelps

Have you submitted your poem on the theme of “pockets” to the Rod Carlos Rodriguez poetry contest? Deadline Aug. 1. Here’s a sample “pocket” poem for your consideration. solo trip at the airporti pat my pocketbefore i stand—arms in the airin front of the x-raymachine that will seethrough me i must consent to thisintrusion or […]

Writer’s Idea Box: beliefs

When you hear that voice in your head saying “Do this!” or “Don’t do that,” who’s speaking? Usually, for me, it’s one of my parents or maybe a teacher, maybe a guru. Sometimes, it’s my inner child, still trying to run the show. Navigating the thought-world can be complex, especially when it comes to deciding […]

Writer’s Idea Box: trimerics

If you like playing with words just for fun, this is the exercise for you! Trimerics are verses written in a certain form and using the repetition of lines within the poem to create a kind of litany or song poem (my definition). In this writing exercise, I ask writers to think of a relationship […]

Writer’s Idea Box: when i think of…

Writer’s Idea Box: when i think of…

You know how it happens. When you think of a certain person, say your mom for example, there are memories that surface that are particular to her. In the case of my mom, I think of the way she used to rub her back on the door jamb after a long day at her desk […]

New poem on TPA Quarterly

New poem on TPA Quarterly

How to write camouflaged poems of dissent was the topic of a recent workshop I attended with Editor, Laurence Musgrove of Texas Poetry Assignment Quarterly. I chose to use what he calls an “environmental shell” as my camouflage so that the poem reads at first like a nature poem. But, read metaphorically, is indeed a […]

Rod Carlos Rodriguez Prize for Poetry: pockets!

Rod Carlos Rodriguez Prize for Poetry: pockets!

Celebrating National Poetry Month 2026 fws offers its inaugural poetry contest, the Rod Carlos Rodriguez Prize for Poetry! Deadline: August 1, 2026. Judge Rod Carlos Rodriguez, renowned San Antonio poet and Assistant Professor in the Writing Program at the University of Texas, San Antonio, will award three prizes for the best poems on the theme […]

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