April 17, 2009
“Milonga for a Blind Man” by Lois P. Jones (poem)
“Borges’ blindness lives in a dappled corner of this labyrinth.”
December 1, 2008
“You’re Dead Joe” by Jadon Rempel (poem)
“Joe is dead and the dynamic between mentor and apprentice takes on a new form in his passing.”
October 26, 2008
“Cruise Control Memory on I-65″ by Megan Roth (poem)
A poem that embraces visual fragments of youth, a mashup of images that fly by like highway scenery when one looks back on the devastatingly gorgeous span of time called childhood.
R&T Best of the Net (Sundress Publications) nominee for 2008.
October 3, 2008
“The Obituaries” by Tim Mayo (poem)
“What dark reasons lurk behind the habit of reading the obituaries?”
R&T Best of the Net (Sundress Publications) nominee for 2008.
October 2, 2008
“Owl” by Chris Crittenden (poem)
The raw dark majesty of the owl devoured me, making this perhaps the best I’ve written.
R&T Best of the Net (Sundress Publications) nominee for 2008
August 4, 2008
“Survey Crew” by M. Frost (poem)
“Calculate where some poems begin—”
The Rose & Thorn Pushcart nominee for 2006. Read the poem at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Fall06/SurveyCrew.html
July 20, 2008
“Draeger’s” by Michael J. Vaughn (poem)
The Rose & Thorn Pushcart nominee for 2005. Read the poem at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Winter04/Draegers.html
July 14, 2008
“Portrait” by Nicholas Manning (poem)
“…there are flowers (hidden) in your regard: there are centuries”
The Rose & Thorn Pushcart nominee for 2005. Read the poem at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Fall05/portrait.htm
July 13, 2008
“Lakeside” by Jacqueline West (poem)
This short lyric poem braids the themes of place, time, and memory.
The Rose & Thorn Pushcart Nominee for 2005. Read the poem at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Winter05/Lakeside.htm
