Substitute Teacher An almost empty hallway smelling faintly of crayons and whatever they use on the gym floor. Classroom, dark and quiet, lesson plans laid on the desk. I write my name on the board…

ONE ART's April 2026 Reading for National Poetry Month! Date: Sunday, April 12 Time: 2pm Eastern Featured Poets: Barbara Crooker, Molly Fisk, Donna Hilbert, Erin Murphy Tickets are FREE! (donations ap...

The Nature of SunlightI want to give in again the way I did when we were newly married.In My Life, was your wedding song.I was pregnant, and we were happy for three months. Then you got sick. I rem…

Explore New Poetic Territory ~ Find New Meaning & Connections Using Found Poetry Techniques – Zoom, Tue Feb 10, 2026 - Explore New Poetic Territory ~ Find New Meaning & Connections Using Found Poe...

My Favorite Book, by Michael Bazzett

By Elizabeth Gracen:The Flapper Press Poetry Café features the work of poets from around the globe. It is an honor to share their work and learn more about their lives, influences, and love of poetry....

by Jennifer Mills Kerr Here, take these berries on your tongue, taste their tang as a sentinel of grief,and with the sun’s red glare, come intomy meadow to sip the morning air. See my mother, the c…

Fisher of Women, by Krista Cox

Visibility and Book Sales: Marketing Your Small Press Book Instructor: John Sibley Williams Date: Thursday, August 14, 2025 Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025 Time: 3:30-6:00pm Eastern >>> Ti…

I think I'm tiring of auditioning. / I'm not dancing for bread anymore.

Why I Write Because yesterday, I saw a flock of birds, circling silver-white, wings a sparkling platinum ring, a proposal that can’t be denied. Because I want to thread their music into lines…

Kwame Dawes & Rita Dove jazz their muse

Lost         post-election, 2024 This is where I live now: clutching a nest of thorns and spent blooms. Last night, an intruder opened every window of my hom…