Poetry Offerings
“Athazagoraphobia” and “Erosion”
“Athazagoraphobia” was selected by Jericho Brown as the winner of the 2024 Lit/South Award for Poetry.
“‘Athazagoraphobia’ is beautiful in its self-consciousness, a reflective awareness that allows every line to contain something of the lines before it. This makes for a lovely accumulation of energy and music based in vulnerability.”—Jericho Brown
“Magician’s Assistant”
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“Birds Speak to the Women in My Family” and “Queens and Kin”
“Alligator Fight,” runner-up for the Beacon Street Prize judged by Benjamin Garcia
“Heirlooms,” finalist for the Pink Poetry Prize judged by Adrian Matejka
“Each line in ‘Heirlooms’ is surprising in imagery and intent, worthy of being saved for posterity in a secret place the way we keep things that are most vital to us safe. At the same time, the poem is full of the kind of difficult history that announces who we are, on the page and in the world. And through that history and the litany of its manifestations that this stunning poem becomes a beautifully imaginative enactment of its title.”—Adrian Matejka
“Black Nightgowns” and “My mother rarely sings,”
“Ugliest Orchid in the World” and “Backyard Universe”
“For Protection”
“The Year of Snakes”
“For Not Letting Go”
“Portrait of Penelope at the Loom”
Split Rock Review
“Mary in the Glass”
Read more about this poem’s origins in this Contributor Spotlight.
Fantastic Floridas/ Burrow Press
“We Go To the Beach During Her Withdrawals”
“Cher”
“Cadaver Tooth: A Haunting”
3Elements requires writers to use 3 words in their poetry or prose. "Cadaver Tooth: A Haunting" features the 3 elements GLAZE, THREAD, and MURMUR.