Poetry | Wednesday, December 30,2009

l’envoi: poem for carol

our loved friend carol manleytwo days before her sudden deathemailed me about the poems inillinois times she wrote do youneed material maybe you cando something with this from zay:“the girls wer

Poetry | Thursday, December 17,2009

beautypoem #4

By Jacqueline Jackson

when we were kids the magazinesat review asked famous folk theirmost beautiful words or phrases inthe english tongue franklin p adamsheaded his list with “cellar door”many years later auth

Poetry | Wednesday, December 2,2009

politicopoem (local) # 11

By Jacqueline Jackson

what shall we do with the homeless-owhat shall we do with the homeless-owhat shall we do with the homeless-oturn them out into the snowwhat shall we do with our dollars-owhat shall we do with our doll

Poetry | Monday, November 30,2009

Intense

By Courtney Enlow

This was sent in by DuBois Elementary teacher Timothy Niemeyer. His fifth graders took a one-week poetry study and he wanted to present one of exceptional note by Tyann P. Intense There

Poetry | Thursday, November 19,2009

musicpoem #11

By Jacqueline Jackson

my father sat on my sister’s first fiddleleft on the couch she was seven he wasso mad he grabbed it by the neck smashedit to the floor where it finished dyingwith a doleful twang the good thing

Poetry | Thursday, October 8,2009

kidquotepoem #11

By Jacqueline Jackson

don’t get any more of that limeade brand it reminds me of gas station bathrooms

Poetry | Thursday, October 1,2009

couldbeworse poem # 1

By Jacqueline Jackson

david visiting his folks with histwo small children in tow tookthem to the barn horses he’d knownall his life he patted badger’s nosebadger bit him bit off the end ofhis ring finger right

Poetry | Thursday, September 24,2009

valueofbooks poem #2

By Jacqueline Jackson

a librarian told me this got itfrom her friend at west branchso it’s true I can supply namesan elderly woman reported alost book wanted to pay for itthe librarian said why don’t youjust wa

Poetry | Thursday, September 17,2009

countyfairpoem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

behind as I sit on the foot-weary’s bench at wisconsin’s walworth county fair is SPIN-OUT before me the WHEEL OF FIRE beyond is ORBITER then ZIPPER where my grandkid’s terrified scre

Poetry | Thursday, September 10,2009

insectappreciation poem #5

By Jacqueline Jackson

insectappreciation poem #5 here at the cottage we don’t use thebathtub the primitive septic systemcouldn’t take it anyway there’s thelake but the faucet drips and little