poetry

In April, during a graduate nonfiction class at the University of South Florida, you instructed your students to bring a copy of their final essays to class. Towards the end of the session, after we read the drafts of our essays excruciatingly slowly to each other in pairs, you instructed us to slice and dice our work — to cross out words, phrases, and even paragraphs that didn’t move our pieces forward. I bring this up to say that it is clear Women in Tampa Talking About Alligators has been painstakingly edited. It is concise. Its words and the arrangement of them matter. You practice what you preach, which is beyond admirable.

SWEET POETRY CONTEST 2026 RESULTS “A Duplex for Nerve Root Signature”—Sarah Carey So much skill in this beautiful poem! The duplex form is difficult to master,...

A Rotary Phone It’s strange to buy machinerythat will last longer than you live, discomfiting. Your mother has a chairlift that takes her fromthe living room to...

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name:...

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name:...

Throughout Bloodstream, you explore grief and nostalgia for humans (those unborn and those present) and pet dogs alike. You write want. Want to have a few more moments with those passing. Want to have experienced motherhood. Want to make it through these wantings unscathed.

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name:...

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name:...

Powerhouse, award-winning author in various genres, Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh, discusses the publication of her poetry collection “tsunami vs. the fukushima 50” which was named...

We are thrilled to announce the winners and finalists of the 2025 Sweet Poetry Contest. Ninefinalists (one potential finalist had been withdrawn) were selected...