Poet of the MonthrbdIsobel O'Hare, poet of the month, poetry

Isobel O'Hare: September 2017 Poet of the Month

Poet of the MonthrbdIsobel O'Hare, poet of the month, poetry
Isobel O'Hare: September 2017 Poet of the Month
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My Third Day in the Desert

I hear a buzzing from the electric cables above. It seems to follow me
throughout my walk, almost in response to my movements. I wonder if this is
the sound of a distant neighbor writing a facebook status, or someone on the mesa
posting an angry comment on the latest news article about our nightmare president.
Whatever it is, it unsettles me. I haven't been unsettled by the silence until now. It's the sounds
that interrupt the silence
the maybes of human hands that place one’s aloneness into relief.

I become a collector of feelings. They speak from the surface of every plant, each weed a witness
to someone’s murder. The bruising of the earth like the surface of an apple. I thumb the soft spots,
sniff for rot, roll the dusty flesh against my cheeks before I toss it to the hawks.

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Isobel O'Hare is a poet and essayist. She is the author of the chapbooks Wild Materials (Zoo Cake Press, 2015) and The Garden Inside Her (Ladybox Books, 2016). Poems of hers have appeared and/or are forthcoming in anthologies from Civil Coping Mechanisms Press and Black Lawrence Press. O'Hare received her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and she has received awards from Split This Rock and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. Find her @isobelohare and isobelohare.com

Poet of the MonthrbdAlexandra Smyth, poet of the month, poetry

Alexandra Smyth: July 2016 Poet of the Month

Alexandra Smyth lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is a graduate of the City College of New York MFA Creative Writing Program. She was a finalist for the 2015 Cobalt Review Gabriela Mistral Poetry Prize and a recipient of the 2014 Poets and Writers Amy Award. Her work has appeared in Cobalt Review, Gravel, and TAB, among others. 

Poet of the MonthrbdAlexandra Smyth, poet of the month, poetry
Alexandra Smyth: July 2016 Poet of the Month
Poet of the MonthrbdSergio A. Ortiz, poet of the month, poetry

Sergio A. Ortiz: July 2017 Poet of the Month

Sergio A. Ortiz is a two-time Pushcart nominee, a four-time Best of the Web nominee, and 2016 Best of the Net nominee. 2nd place in the 2016 Ramón Ataz annual poetry competition, sponsored by Alaire Publishing House. He is currently working on his first full-length collection of poems, Elephant Graveyard.

Poet of the MonthrbdSergio A. Ortiz, poet of the month, poetry
Sergio A. Ortiz: July 2017 Poet of the Month
Poet of the MonthrbdJared Joseph, poet of the month, poetry

Jared Joseph: October 2017 Poet of the Month

Jared Joseph is a recent graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop MFA program, and os now pursuing my PhD in Literature at the University of California – Santa Cruz. Recent work has been published in Fence and Entropy Journal; 'Drowsy. Drowsy Baby' is forthcoming from Civil Coping Mechanisms press in September 2017. His book collaboration with Sara Peck, 'here you are,' is available from Horse Less Press.
 

Poet of the MonthrbdJared Joseph, poet of the month, poetry
Jared Joseph: October 2017 Poet of the Month
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Darren C. Demaree: January 2016 Poet of the Month

Darren C. Demaree is the author of "As We Refer To Our Bodies" (2013, 8th House), "Temporary Champions" (2014, Main Street Rag), "The Pony Governor" (2015, After the Pause Press), and "Not For Art Nor Prayer" (2015, 8th House).  He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology.

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Darren C. Demaree: January 2016 Poet of the Month
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Christina M. Rau: February 2016 Poet of the Month

Christina M. Rau is the author of the poetry chapbooks WakeBreatheMove (Finishing Line Press, 2015) and For The Girls, I (Dancing Girl Press, 2014). Founder of Poets In Nassau, a reading circuit on Long Island, NY, her poetry has appeared on gallery walls in The Ekphrastic Poster Show, on car magnets for The Living Poetry Project, most recently in the journals The Main Street Rag and Parenthetical. In her non-writing life, she practices yoga occasionally and line dances on other occasions. Find her links on http://alifeofwe.blogspot.com

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Christina M. Rau: February 2016 Poet of the Month