Happy New Year and thank you all for writing with us last June! Jon Thrower and Arwen Careaga chose the best poems from last June. Together they will be co-editing the 2023 anthology. Scroll down to see which of your poems will be published! And if you’d like to help us publish our next anthology, head over to our Patreon!

First NameMiddle NameLast Last NamePoem
A.J.Rorschach Test
A.R.KoehlerIt’s Easy to Lie
AaronRedingAutophagy
AbbyKaneJigsaw
AbraMcCurryOde to Summer
AdysonReiszStage Makeup
AlisonHrubyTwenty-Seven and Folded Under
AlissaSammarcothis thing I’m afraid to say
AllenBlairEven Days for Odd Times
AlveraLisabethThe Masterpiece of Friendship
AmandaAmandauntitled
amanikajtazovicMy Sister
AmyCunninghammec 600 jr
AmyFiggsTourist
AmyLe AnnRichardsonEmpress of These Woods
AndreaLawlerEpiphany
AnEnbyWriterAnEnbyWriterWhy Pride is Important
AngelaBariEfflorescence
AngelaKnightJune 1
AnnHaneyI Caught a Dragonfly in my Throat
AnnieGriggsYOLO, I suppose.
ArabellaLeeThings To Ask Yourself At The Time Of Your Father’s Untimely Death.
ArianaAlvaradoPoem redacted from a text
ArwenArwen5 a.m.
atmospheriqueatmospheriqueanamorphosis at the synthetic water store
AustenAustenVigilance
AustinRathboneThe Algorithm’s Last Stand
AutumnColemana plea to mother earth
B.SweetPlayground
beckbeckkey to a coffee shop
BernardDevillePains of Sleep
BethanyRobinsonHe loves me. He loves me not.
BillBrymerRoad Kill
BillVerbleYou want breakfast?
BronsonO’QuinnVideo Game Haiku #18: Picross
C.RWelkerFiling Down
CallieBudrickwe still live in an RV
CaroleJohnstonlines found on my desk; I don’t remember writing
carolynpenningtonDeranged?
CarrieCarlsonHandkerchiefs
CarrieElamSpillmanShort Story
catherineperkinsThe Red Light
CharlieBillA Slip ‘Twixt Cup And Lip
CharlieKennedyThe ramblings of a love-struck nihilist
ChelsieKreitzmanI’ll Even Make You Meatballs
ChristinaJoyPlein Air
ChristopherMcCurryLove Me Like
ClaudiaLoveMairafter everyone was gone.
ColemanDavisCivil Twilight
ColetteCrownMorning Musings
CourtneyMusicCar Dates
CreodaWessexAlchemical Dissonance
D.D.R.G.D.D.R.G.the ledge
DanaWangsgardA Prayer to the Voting Booth
DangerfieldYellacutter
DeannaMascleWo-man in Three Acts
DebbieAdamsCooperDes Bisous Partout*
DebraGlennthat time between
DelmarReffettJune
DennisPrestonfrom my veranda
DianaWorthingtonLet it ride
DillyDillyPizza
DouglasSelfA Marine Who Doesn’t Own a Gun
dustincecildustincecilcarry over time
DwightMyfeltToday’s State of Mind
EEMoratorium (English Translation)
ElizabethBeckHe writes
EllenAustin-LiFireball
EmilyWithenburyWhat If We Called It “Best Buds”
EricWWillisA Four and a Forty-Four-Year-Old Making Sandcastles in a Giant Green Plastic Turtle
ErinMathewsSand Queen
EthanSalinasHunger
FrankieMellorRequiem for a Dream
FrannyFrancineSpirit.
GabeGabeWhisky Warriors
GabyBedettiReprieve
GenevieveRayThese dreams we sing for
GoldieGoldieHer orrery, winch-worked porcelain dancer, combing the grace from Georgie Shaw
GregFriedmanthe name of my god is blue
GregorSamsa95
GwynethStewartWhy Cats Like Poets
H.A.H.A.An Ode to My Working Class Teeth
HaleyBiddlehungover
HannahHannahInherency
HAROLDSHERMANWHAT IF?
HatHatCuda Wuda
HBHB ElamDear,
huntere.westenhoferPerennial
IanBrenneri want my love don’t speak i haven’t
IsabelUrsoCurtains
JMcCoyA Music Festival in Kentucky
j.shaver iiisleep
j.ltaylorthe afterlife of a plastic spoon
JasmineJasmineBreaking Camp
JasonWilliamsA broken record
JazzyJazzyOur 33rd Wedding Anniversary
JenniferBarricklowEight ways not to start a poem
JenniferBeckettMore
JenniferElamSo Broken
JennyDaughertyNesting Doll
JerielleHanlonWhere it all leads
JessicaStumpStillwater
JessicaSwaffordA Chasm in…
JimLallyThe Exam
JKEliasmuseum
JonelSalleeTime Travel i
JordanQuinnWhen You No Longer Call
JosephNicholsRead Receipts
JoseyBryantA Fever Racing a Dream
JosieAngelThe Same Story Three Ways
jstpoetryjstpoetryStacy’s letter to Andrew
JulesUnselSimplicities of Need
JuliaJuliamany hands
KKa`imilaniNeither Do They Toil
K.NicoleWilsonThe Executioner’s Axe Is Neither Swift Nor Sure
KarenGeorgeYou’re gone 16 years now,
KatCodyEnvy’s Ashes
KateDoctorThe Price of Depression
KaterinaStoykovaerasure June 2
KathleenBauerwildfire season
KatieHassallSearching
KatrinaRolfsenAn Undocumented Farewell
KendallBrookeyearning
KevinNanceTenancies
KiitanAdedejiMarmalade
KimKayneShaverCompliments
KitMyersMemories
KJKJPrayer
KrisGillisSometimes Any Decision Is the Best Decision
KWKWMultiples
laneylaneyi wore these leggings because you said you like how they feel under your palm and you didn’t touch my thigh at all
LauraFoleyKings Mountain
LaurenMyfeltWork Ethic
LavanyaSthe past makes us who we are
LaverneZabielskiMy Daughter’s Poppies
LeeChottinerCuban Mortar
LenLundhEaster Wednesday
LennieHayMy Appetite
LesMessFinches
lhmlhmWrinkled Women (a haibun)
LibbyFalkJonesThrough
LindaAngeloReality
LindaBryantGreat Mother
LindaFreudenbergerKindness List
LisaM.Miller56th birthday poem
LittleBirdLittleBirdFor B. Parts 1 and 2
LizPratherWhy Are You So Intent on Becoming An Artesian Well
LoriTaylorReflections
LouiseTallenSweet Liberation
LUBRINABURTONDick-Swinging Contest
LucyJamesIt Rained Today
LukeBrannonmojave river night
M RHeltzelam anfang
M. O.ShadeGlamour
M.WellsWe Talk of Water and Death
MaddeConnDiagnoses
MaddieColemanMy Thoughts Overflow:
MadonnaFechterHappy Mother’s Day
MaggieRuthBasilica of the Agony
MagnoliaMagnoliaFather
MairaFaisalIntrinsically
MakiaAdkinsI Can’t Sit Still
mannygrimaldiA taste of my soul’s ruin with my lover’s affluence at my feet
MartaEDortonhaiku 11
MaryAllenBasis of Belief
MaryPottsSturdy Floors
MattF.In Living There is Succumbing
MayaPemblenot ultra feeling
MelissaOlsonoveractive imagination
MelvaSuePriddyBlood Lily Stands Tall and Stout In Back Porch’s Wind
MeredithDillIn Praise of June 2
MichaelMoloneyChild’s Drawing of Some Guy Surrounded by All of His Flaws
MichaylaGatsoslove & grief
MikeWilsonCanary
MilesRedingLove poem #3
MistySkaggsLuxury Bones
MorganEvansA Hug From June
MyaSophiaJuneteenth
NancyGourdeAn Art Sale
NancyJentschThe Pasture’s Surprise
NaomiClewettHaibun for Cadence
NatalieP.Monetize, Manipulate, & Monitor
NatashaNatasha CollierOn overthinking
nelnelbrittle, used
NettieFarrisLUCY
NoelCagneyVermilion
NolliePalmerHungry
OndineOndineWhere are you FROM From?
PamCampbellAn American Sentence XXIII
PamelaDaeThe Dog
PatOwenMid-Summer
PatrickJohnsonDentist Visit
PatrickMaloneyGenesis
PaulettaHanselLesson
PBSartistPBSartistzero
PhilipCorleyEmissions
QuesoQuesoFamily call
R.Radgraduation
RachelBollmanRain Day
RaynyPalmerentry #33
ReganStrehlIf Only For A Year
ReidGoinsI am not (thank god) Bukowski
ReneeRigdonCradle
RiverAlsalihian ask
RobertaSchultzPluck
RyanConnorIt’s time to change the locks
RyanEbythe real
S. J.DeanSorry I’m late
SaikrishKolliLifeless
SamArthursAnxiety
SamanthaR.R.Something Small
SamarJohnsonUnwrite
SamuelCollinsFarmer’s Funeral
SawyerMustopohName of the Game: Shame
ScottWilsonMantis
SeanCorbinRalph Eugene Meatyard
ShaunTurnerArs Poetica to the Blank Page
SheenaRollerWounded Healers
SheldaHaleMOM 3 AM IN HOSPICE CARE
SonyaPavonaask me how i’ve been
SophieWatsonAbundance of Things
SpitfireSpitfireWhitelash
StefaniHellerPier 84
SteveCummingsThe dead flower
SteveMeadowsThe Call
SueLeathersDear Mr. Whitman,
SusieSlusherDo You Really Want to Know What Grief Does To Somebody?
SylviaAhrensBecoming the Daughter
t.landrycutter
t.m.thomsonIf I live to be eighty
TabithaDialNot Cut Down
TaniaHorneQuelled
tejatejahiraeth
the bluegrass warblerthe bluegrass warblermay flowers be june this year
TomC.HunleyTwo Foot Tall Poem
TonyWhearyFloating on swollen feet
VVcan we choose who we love?
VictoriaGrossCut (An Exploration of BPD)
VictoriaWoolfBaileySelf-Cento
wendyjettwendyjettCongratulations, It’s a Girl
Z.Z.Van TappanGetting the Message
zraloszralosTHIS IS IMPORTANT
ТомашВитяMecha