They’ve nominated us for a big prize. I appreciate both the nomination and telling the world about it (AND making it easy for others to do the same—a shameless hint to all our readers). You really do need to check out the brothers’ site, which includes not only a blog but birthdays and book reviews. There’s nowhere better to go for incisive reviews of the best on the web. I would go on to praise them more, but that would also be pretty shameless, given how much attention they’ve given my work over the years.
Lift My Chin, Lord
Lift my chin, Lord,Say to me,“You are not whoYou feared to be,Not Hecate, quite,With howling sound,Torch held…
Letters
Two delightful essays in the March issue, by Nikolas Prassas (“Large Language Poetry,” March 2025) and Gary…
Spring Twilight After Penance
Let’s say you’ve just comeFrom confession. Late sunPours through the budding treesThat mark the brown creek washing Itself…