(Click on links to poems, essays & reviews below.)
Editors' Note
Poems & Visual Poetry in Form
Online Features
Interview with Philip Dacey, by Karla Huston
Some Notes on the Art of Uncovering the Art of the Prose Poem or, Confessions of a Prose Poetry Writer, by CX Dillhunt
Why I Write Poems in Form, by Charles Hughes
Small Thoughts: Writing and Submitting Haiku, by Michael Kriesel
On a Double Reverse Sonnet, by Bruce Taylor
Interview with Marilyn L. Taylor, by Wendy Vardaman
Tradition & the Individual Sonnet, or Listen! Iambic Verse Has Variation,
by Wendy Vardaman
Wisconsin Poetry News
- Wisconsin's Poet Laureate: Promoting Reading Series at Libraries
- The State of the State Poet Laureate Position
- The Village Poet Offers Alternative Model for Publishing Poetry
- New WI Poetry Publishers: Rescue Press & Stoneboat
Book Reviews
- Ned Balbo, The Trials of Edgar Poe and Other Poems, Story Line Press, 2010 by Estella Lauter
- David R. Clowers, Shedding My Three Piece Birthday Suit, Birchwinds Press, 2010 by Richard Swanson
- Philip Dacey, Mosquito Operas: New and Selected Short Poems, Rain Mountain Press, 2010 by Lisa Vihos
- Alixa Doom, Cedar Crossings, Blue Light Press, 2010 by Judith Barisonzi
- R. Virgil Ellis, Recess, Woodhenge Productions, 2009 by Judith Swann
- Ed Galing, Sunrise, Sunset, Peerless Press, 2010 by Lou Roach
- Brent Goodman, The Brother Swimming Beneath Me, Black Lawrence Press, 2009 by Noel Sloboda
- David Gross, Pilgrimage, Finishing Line Press, 2009 by Judith Barisonzi
- Linda Lee, Celebrating the Heart-land, Jericho Productions, 2009 by Linda Aschbrenner
- Diane Lockward, Temptation by Water, Wind Publications, 2010 by Moira Richards
- Ralph Murre, The Price of Gravity, Auk Ward Editions, 2010 by Lou Roach
- Elizabeth Oakes, The Luminescence of All Things Emily, Wind Publications, 2010 by Moira Richards
- Patrick T. Randolph, Empty Shoes: Poems on the Hungry and the Homeless, Popcorn Press, 2010 by Paul Julien
- Robert Schuler, The Book of Jeweled Visions, MWPH Books, 2010 by Linda Aschbrenner
- Seems (Issues 41, 42, 43-44), Karl Elder (ed. ), Lakeland College, 2009-10 by Linda Aschbrenner
- Sandy Stark, Counting on Birds, Fireweed Press, 2010 by Richard Swanson
- Katerina Stoykova, The Air Around the Butterfly, Fakel Express, 2009 by Judith Swann
- Katrin Talbot, St. Cecilia’s Daze, Parallel Press, 2010 by Bobbi Altreuter
- Lesley Wheeler, Heterotopia, Barrow Street Press, 2010 by Kathleen Eull
- Lesley Wheeler, Heterotopia, Barrow Street Press, 2010 by Julie L. Moore
- Gail White, Easy Marks, David Robert Books, 2008 by Judith Swann
NEW Books Noted Page—Brief Reviews of Oren Wagner, Kaveh Akbar, Steve Henn, David J. Thompson, Showstoppers: 20 Poems from the Midwest Poetry All-Stars; Richard Kovac, Untitled; Joan Wiese Johannes, Sensible Shoes; Rosebud (Issue 45, Summer/Fall, 2009); Lester Smith (ed.), Vampyr Verse.
