We love seeing Gunpowder poems out in the world! Thank you, Verse Daily, for sharing a poem from Joshua McKinney’s Sad Animal. The book is the winner of our inaugural John Ridland Poetry Prize. Congratulations, Josh!
Catherine Abbey Hodges on Verse Daily
Thank you, Verse Daily, for sharing Catherine Abbey Hodges’ “How It Goes” from Empty Me Full—and thank you, Catherine, for your luscious poems: “What else don’t we know? Almosteverything.” Empty Me Full is available directly from Gunpowder Press, or anywhere you purchase poetry books.
Susan Kelly-DeWitt on Vox Populi
A poem from Frangible Operas was featured on Vox Populi on one of the last days of the year. Thank you, Susan Kelly-DeWitt and Vox Populi! Read it here. Frangible Operas is available from Gunpowder Press and elsewhere.
Jim Peterson’s “Second Sight” receives Special Mention for Poetry in 2017 Pushcart Prize anthology
Congratulations to Jim Peterson! His poem “Second Sight” (below) was selected for Special Mention in Poetry in the 2016 Pushcart Prize anthology. “Second Sight” is included in Original Face (Gunpowder Press, 2015) and originally appeared in The Greensboro Review. Second Sight Into this walking I retired a year ago. A fist of cumulus gathers up […]
Solving the Problem
Blossoms do their pretty thing: stones stone, bugs bug, trees testify. But somehow we tend to serve two masters. So which wears the mask that hides the other? * To teach “Already it is Perfect” the Master simply moves his teacup. His students understand: breath out, breath in. * Many, in plenty, die of hunger; […]
Featured Poem: “Riddle” by Glenna Luschei
Riddle What is the purpose of a fence?