Poem by Saara Myrene Raappana
. Photo by Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Photography Canticle of Waitresses, Waiting This is how we herded by the waitress station, waiting, as the town, turned down to one by snow, settled like a gown...
View ArticleFrances Justine Post Discusses "Self Portrait in the Body of a Whale" on...
Photo by Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Photography BEAST author Frances Justine Post tells the Poetry Society of America the backstory behind “Self Portrait in the Body of a Whale.” We walked down the...
View ArticleAugury’s Reading Period Opens May 1 – July 31 for Poetry and Prose MSs
Photo by Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Photography It’s almost time to start polishing up your full-length manuscripts to submit to Augury Books for publication in 2015. This year, we will be accepting...
View ArticleCleaver Magazine Reviews Maureen Alsop’s MANTIC
Photo by Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Photography Cleaver Magazine‘s Matthew Girolami reviews MANTIC (Augury Books, 2013) by Maureen Alsop, wherein, according to Girolami, “both the divine and the worldly...
View ArticleWendy Merry Debuts New Poem with Augury Books
Photo by Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Photography Some minor confusion over the Boy Scout reincarnation badge Loki was an imp god and a shape-shifter. He could be reborn but never die. This suits me at my...
View ArticleKate Angus Writes on Poetry Readership and Keeping Poetry Sales Alive
“Ripple Effect on Water” courtesy of Sergiu Bacioiu, Wikimedia Commons Augury editor Kate Angus’s article on The Millions today discusses the audience for poetry (wider than people often think!) and...
View ArticleFrances Justine Post to Read at Poets House on Wed, July 23
Frances Justine Post On Wednesday evening, Frances Justine Post (BEAST, 2014) will be reading at Poets House in NYC as part of the Showcase Reading Series. Joining Post are poets Brett Fletcher Lauer,...
View Article"Pick-Your-Price" Sale at Brooklyn Arts Press
From Snowflakes: a Chapter from the Book of Nature (1863), courtesy of the Public Domain Review Effective until March 7th, Brooklyn Arts Press is holding a “Pick-Your-Price” sale on Noah Eli Gordon‘s...
View ArticleJoe Pan To Lead Brooklyn Poets’ Yawp
From Shin-Bijutsukai (1901-1902), courtesy of the Public Domain Review Augury author Joe Pan will be leading Brooklyn Poets‘ Yawp on March 9th. A monthly event, Yawp consists of a writing workshop at 7...
View ArticleA Poem by Geer Austin
Tatiana Larina’s Dream (1891), by Ivan Volkov courtesy of the Public Domain Review Are All the Boyfriends in Your Poems Real? (after Aimee Nezhukumatathil) As real as a subway train stalled in the...
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