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October 10, 2013
  1. Margaret Coats on ‘Pumpkin Spice’: A Poem by Michael PendragonMarch 12, 2025

    A new-fashioned sonnet in a creative form that passes from a contemporary taste in a present place to a remembered…

  2. Margaret Coats on ‘Nishijin Weaving’: A Poem by Margaret CoatsMarch 12, 2025

    Thank you, Laura. The beauty of this kind of weaving has attracted me for a long while. It was quite…

  3. Mary Jane Myers on Three Poems on War, by Susan Jarvis BryantMarch 12, 2025

    Susan An accomplished trio (with brio!) Your three poems display the full power of formal traditional forms. The poems are…

  4. Gigi Ryan on ‘Cherry Tree’ and Other Poetry by Shindy CaiMarch 12, 2025

    Dear Shindy, I love these. Thank you. The Cherry Tree is a beautiful and sad story reminding us that we…

  5. Russel Winick on ‘Cherry Tree’ and Other Poetry by Shindy CaiMarch 12, 2025

    Nice sentiments. I especially liked this line in Nothing to Lose: “So be that soldier on the field that hums…

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