Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Ultimately, spring
It's finally May. Yes, it's still 43˚ here in Portland, Maine, but there are flowers along the sidewalks. Also blooming is the next issue. Keep an eye out! It'll be around in no time.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Open Submissions
Submissions for TNP 2 are now being accepted. Please send your three most changed and charged poems for consideration.
To submit, visit this link.
To submit, visit this link.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The New Poet: 1
I'm reading Daniel Johnson's How to Catch a Falling Knife (Alice James, 2010), and I've marked two lines in the poem "Flight":
I struck a match and left.
It's how I go.
There's an exploratory detail imbedded in the words that soaks down into the later lines. And there's an unspoken danger in the brief length; what, other than a world of possibilities, can we imagine from the speaker as to how he or she goes?
With The New Poet, gathering ten poets on an island of a website, there's a similar attention to detail–the detail of possibility. The strength of the poems in this debut issue rest on the corner of unbound outcomes. The imagery is swift, concrete–the anticipation unchecked.
The New Poet was started to find poems that would inspire readers to create more, to create anew. Every submission contained this essence of possibility, and I believe the contents of this first issue hold their ground individually and as a whole.
I hope you enjoy reading the work of these ten poets. It's been a pleasure to compile this issue, and I look forward to what the future holds for each New Poet. To continue reading, follow this link to The New Poet: 1.
David Svenson
Editor
I struck a match and left.
It's how I go.
There's an exploratory detail imbedded in the words that soaks down into the later lines. And there's an unspoken danger in the brief length; what, other than a world of possibilities, can we imagine from the speaker as to how he or she goes?
With The New Poet, gathering ten poets on an island of a website, there's a similar attention to detail–the detail of possibility. The strength of the poems in this debut issue rest on the corner of unbound outcomes. The imagery is swift, concrete–the anticipation unchecked.
The New Poet was started to find poems that would inspire readers to create more, to create anew. Every submission contained this essence of possibility, and I believe the contents of this first issue hold their ground individually and as a whole.
I hope you enjoy reading the work of these ten poets. It's been a pleasure to compile this issue, and I look forward to what the future holds for each New Poet. To continue reading, follow this link to The New Poet: 1.
David Svenson
Editor
Friday, December 30, 2011
In with the new…
It's taken a little longer than expected, but the first issue of The New Poet will be live in time for 2012!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Hunker Down–Winter's Coming
Winter is on its way, but so is the first issue of The New Poet. Where will you be when the images start falling?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
On an Eve…
As the hours approach the first of December, we're also creeping toward another marker: The submission period for the debut issue of The New Poet will end on December 6.
Note: submissions not read for this first issue will be held and considered for an upcoming issue.
Note: submissions not read for this first issue will be held and considered for an upcoming issue.
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