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The final issue of Crosswinds Poetry Journal contains my poem “Division”

The final issue of Crosswinds Poetry Journal contains my poem “Division”

The final issue of Crosswinds Poetry Journal contains my poem “Division.” They have regularly published my poetry for which I am grateful. Crosswinds will be much missed. Thank you Editor In-Chief David Dragone and colleagues. Purchase a copy here: https://crosswindspoetry.com/product/cwpj-vol-x-2024/

The first 5 who mention this post as they visit me at the Barnes and Noble store in Fredericksburg VA on this Saturday, April 27 beginning at 1 p.m. will receive a free gift book.

The first 5 who mention this post as they visit me at the Barnes and Noble store in Fredericksburg VA on this Saturday, April 27 beginning at 1 p.m. will receive a free gift book.

The first 5 who mention this post as they visit me at the Barnes and Noble store in Fredericksburg VA on this Saturday, April 27 beginning at 1 p.m. will receive a free gift book.

David Orr on contemporary poetry

David Orr on contemporary poetry

“Contemporary poetry isn’t witty. That’s not to say it isn’t funny; on the contrary, it can be extremely amusing, sometimes even intentionally. But for the most part, the art form today vacillates between, on one hand, decrying social and/or personal injustices and, on the other, aiming at a kind of conspicuously literary self-portraiture. This leaves little breathing room for wit, which skates above both approaches like a water strider passing over a couple of submerged hippos.”