American Poet

Jacob R. Moses  “Touching the Sky” Sunrises on Saturday mornings before networks had 24-hour programming are vast memories. Sense of light and colour…

Alissa Sammarco I Used to Save Things  The hotel key fob when hotels still had locks, pencils with the name and city  pressed along the yellow or blu…

Linda Scott Palestine  Palestine Oh Palestine My tears are non-stop Palestine beautiful and tragic I wish to end all the tears When will the torture …

Matt Jasper  published a series of poems in Grand Street decades ago and then started an odd restaurant called The Friendly Toast in New Hampshire. H…

Charles Barriere  HARD TEXAS RAIN (ERIN’S SONG) Good writers have gone, But the crowd stays the same— Like that girl down in Pecos, Recallin’ my name…

Myrtle Thomas Into the Mystic Realms Unseen 1. the moonlight streams within a memory like breath falls into a glass of wine a mystic dream drifts awa…

C.C. Arshagra’s poetry is bold, experimental, and deeply introspective. His work often challenges traditional poetic forms, blending rhythm, sound, …

Eric Robert Nolan “Ode to a New Black Ballpoint Pen” Black liquid silk, bleed out from onyx talon-tip: like spilled obsidian liquor indelibly defacin…

Ronnie M Lane SMELL OF EMOTIONS The smell of emotions fills the night,  a strange taste on the lips of the wind;  a mystery leaves footprints  on a h…

Tom Daley’s poetry is deeply emotional, reflective, and rooted in personal history. His work often explores themes of family, memory, loss, and ident…

Tim Mayo As if in Heaven                                                            For Amelia X. My lover has taken my picture:  I am standing next …

Joy Ladin  (born March 24, 1961, in Rochester, New York) is an American poet, literary scholar, and the former David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in Engl…

Sheila Lowe Burke Open Your Eyes Yes, yes, open the curtains Let the brilliance of the sunlight Bathe the threshold of our souls Let us return to the…

Beat Poet Laureate of Maine 2024-2026 , Claire Conroy has self published two books of poetry (“Listen” in 2018 and “Silent” in 2022) and a chapbook (…