Recent Publications

1st Place in Poetry, “Exquisite Corpse as Cootie Catcher” selected by Ananda Lima

From the playful use of “Cootie Catcher” in the title to the graphically suggestive shape of the folding lines, I love how fully and intelligently this poem uses its cootie catcher form. The text of the poem transforms the cootie catcher, beginning with the word “pink,” and building up to a crescendo to “places where I bury you in my mouth,” making me interpret the shape of this once familiar object anew. It is a visual poem that works beautifully in two dimensions, but it is a procedural poem (in that the reader can perform the known actions of folding it and using it), and a potentially sculptural poem (in three dimensions, once folded). It is lovely if read flat, using the usual reading conventions (beginning on the top right, ending on the bottom left). But it is also wonderful as a functioning cootie-catcher, with the lines being delivered in isolation and out of order. “

-ANANDA LIMA

“Fae/Faer” Selected by Laurie Ann Guerrero

“In a 1926 Suburban Backyard, The Older Sister Explains How the Charleston Became Known as the Dance of Death” Selected by Morgan Parker

I love the expert handling of language, playful word and syntax choices--the poem is so controlled and sharp. Just some delicious lines throughout.

-MORGAN PARKER