BEST OF THE NET 2023; Essay in THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2018;
(cited in BAE 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022); PUSHCART poetry finalist

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National Poetry Month 2020

Dear Readers,

NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual poetry project where participating poets write a poem a day for the month of April in celebration of National Poetry Month. Some may follow prompts, pick a theme/topic, or let the day speak to what piece they write.

Each day in April, we will try to post a new poem from one of our staff members, local poets, and associates as a way of participating in the project. Make sure to check back every day for a new poem.

The goal is 30 poems for the month of April and we take on the challenge!

– Olivia Thomes, Managing Editor

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Poetry

  • Ovotestes
    by Jendi Reiter
  • Spin
    by Judith Terzi
  • The Physician
    by David O'Connell
  • Black Girl Catholic
    by Jae Nichelle
  • Say Her Name
    by Gary Percesepe
  • Hints of Not Letting Go
    by Denise Bergman
  • Adaptation to Extremes
    by Marilyn McCabe
  • The Harvesters
    by Valerie Duff
  • and i say yes to the way the grass
    by Wendy Drexler
  • If Bach Kept Bees*
    by Vasyl Makhno
  • Hospice Voices in the Age of Corona
    by Eileen Cleary
  • B Sharp
    Blues
    by Sean Singer
  • “Kill Me Again, Or Take Me As I Am”
    by Emily Van Duyne
  • Self-Portrait as a Cattle Trail
    by Diane Glancy
  • Vernal Scrooge
    by Paul Hostovsky
  • Veterans
    by Aaron Wallace
  • Movement of a Germ
    by Barbara Siegel Carlson
  • April, Merciless
    by Frances Donovan
  • Hope Is Not Canceled
    by Jennifer Jean
  • LITTLE MUSHROOM
    by Stuart Friebert
  • ON BECOMING VIRTUAL
    by Barbara de la Cuesta
  • YOU THINK IT’S LOVE, BUT IT’S CANNIBALISM
    by Vanesa Pacheco
  • Moonstruck – m4w (Downtown Boston, MA)
    by Olivia Thomes
  • COVID-19 Order No. 13: An Erasure
    by Robbie Gamble

Poetry in translation

  • Take from my open hands
    By Osip Emilievich Mandelstam, 1920
    by Dzvinia Orlowsky


Contributors

Aaron WallaceAaron Wallace
Barbara de la CuestaBarbara de la Cuesta
Avatar photoBarbara Siegel Carlson
Avatar photoDavid O'Connell
Avatar photoDenise Bergman
Avatar photoDiane Glancy
Avatar photoDzvinia Orlowsky
Avatar photoEileen Cleary
Avatar photoEmily Van Duyne
Avatar photoFrances Donovan
Avatar photoGary Percesepe
Avatar photoJae Nichelle
Avatar photoJendi Reiter
Avatar photoJennifer Jean
Avatar photoJudith Terzi
Avatar photoMarilyn McCabe
avatar for Olivia ThomesOlivia Thomes
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Avatar photoPaul Hostovsky
Avatar photoRobbie Gamble
Avatar photoSean Singer
Avatar photoStuart Friebert
Avatar photoValerie Duff
Avatar photoVanesa Pacheco
Avatar photoVasyl Makhno
Avatar photoWendy Drexler

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