(Click on links to poems, essays & reviews below.)
Editors' Notes
Tribute to Hummingbird, Magazine of the Short Poem,
Founded & Edited by Phyllis Walsh
Notes by CX Dillhunt
Poems 1990-1995, Guest Edited by CX Dillhunt
Poems by Phyllis Walsh
Prose About Hummingbird & Phyllis Walsh
Tribute to Ellen Kort, Guest Edited by Fabu
Distilled from Nature: Poetry and the Works of Ellsworth Kelly at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Guest Edited by Gillian Nevers
Notes by Gillian Nevers
Verse Drama
To Be Someone Who Would Impress You, by Lynley Shimat Lys
Poetry Forthcoming from Cowfeather Press
- Poems from Sister Satellite, by Cathryn Cofell
- Poems from Luz de Todos los Tiempos /Light of All Times, by Moisés Villavicencio Barras
Prose Features
- Small Press Poetry Publishing: I Ask Myself What’s It All About—
The History of Free Verse & Marsh River Editions, by Linda Aschbrenner - A Means to Open to the World: A Conversation Around Blogging, with Sarah Busse, Jennifer Morales, Margaret Rozga, Margaret Swedish & Linda Vihos
- EveryMom: How—and Why—to Support Wisconsin Writers, by Wendy Vardaman & Sarah Busse
More on Women & Poetry Publishing—in previous issues of VW
- A Newly Discovered Poem by Lorine Niedecker, “marriage,” by Sarah Busse (VW 103)
- Fireweed Press, by Jeri McCormick (VW 109)
- Jessica Nelson North: Recalling The Reaches Of Silence And Sound, by LaMoine MacLaughlin (VW 106)
- Threaded Metaphors: Connecting to Community, by CJ Muchhala (VW 109)
- Poems for Politicians, by Gillian Nevers (VW 110)
- Beyond Ekphrasis: Collaboration as a Journey, by Sara Parrell (VW 104)
- Poetry Jumps off the Shelf, by Shoshauna Shy (VW 101)
- poetical economy/exchange: kitchens, coffee shops, cluttered tables, communities, by Wendy Vardaman (VW 109)
Wisconsin Poetry News
- Max Garland, Wisconsin Poet Laureate, 2013-15
- Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf Madison B-Cycle Poems
- Midwest Small Press Fest, May 31-June 2, Milwaukee
- Poetry Out Loud Winners
- Contemporary Haiku: Where Do We Go From Here?
(Haiku Society of America Meeting Chicago, September 27-29) - Wormfarm Institute Pass Words & Farm Art DTour
- Furrow Write-In
- New Reading Series: Crossroads Poetry
- Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets "Triad Winners"
Book Reviews
- Stephen Anderson, Chris Austin, Paul Enea, Elliot O. Lipchik and Steve Pump, Portals and Piers, Sunday Morning Press, 2012, by Kathleen Serley
- Tiel Aisha Ansari, High Voltage Lines, Barefoot Muse Press, 2012, by Susan Delaney Spear
- Mary Jo Balistreri, gathering the harvest, Bellowing Ark Press, 2012, by Charles Portolano
- Catherine Barnett, The Game of Boxes, Graywolf Press, 2012, by Linda Aschbrenner
- Ellen Wade Beals, Ed., Solace, in So Many Words, Weighed Words, 2011, by Kathleen Eull
- Mark Belair, While We’re Waiting, Aldrich Press, 2013, by Tim McLafferty
- Gary C. Busha, On the Dock, Wolfsong Publications, 2012, by Richard Swanson
- Lisa Cihlar, The Insomniac’s House, dancing girl press, 2011, by Lou Roach
- Alice D’Alessio, Conversations With Thoreau, Parallel Press, 2012, by Tim McLafferty
- Alice D’Alessio, Conversations With Thoreau, Parallel Press, 2012, by Jeanie Tomasko
- Nick Demske, Skeetly Deetly Deet, Strange Cage, 2012, by Charlie Rossiter
- Susan Elbe, Where Good Swimmers Drown, Concrete Wolf Poetry Chapbook Series, 2012, by Linda Aschbrenner
- John Elsberg and Eric Greinke, All This Dark, 24 Tanka Sequences, Červená Barva Press, 2012, by Judy Swann
- Richard Fein, The Required Accompanying Cover Letter, Parallel Press, 2011, by Judy Swann
- Keith Gaustad, High Art & Love Poems, Broken Bird Press, 2012, by Freesia McKee
- Gail Fishman Gerwin, Dear Kinfolk, ChayaCairn Press, 2012, by Nancy Scott
- Deborah Hauser, Ennui: From the Diagnostic and Statistical Field Guide of Feminine Disorders, Finishing Line Press, 2011, by Richard Swanson
- Claire Hero, Dollyland, Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2012, by Lucia Cherciu
- Lowell Jaeger, We, Main Street Rag, 2010, by Ramona Davis
- Athena Kildegaard, Cloves & Honey, Nodin Press, 2011, by Kathleen Serley
- Mark Kraushaar, The Uncertainty Principle [Winner of the 2010 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize], The Waywiser Press, 2011, by Judy Barisonzi
- Mike Lane, They Can Keep the Cinderblock, Exot Books, 2012, by Elmae Passineau
- Micah Ling, Settlement, Sunnyoutside, 2012, by Lou Roach
- Diana Randolph, Beacons of the Earth and Sky, Savage Press, 2012, by Hope McLeod
- Jo Sarzotti, Mother Desert, Graywolf Press, 2012, by Linda Aschbrenner
- J.D. Smith, Labor Day at Venice Beach, Cherry Grove Collections, 2012, by Carmen Germain
- Chuck Stebelton, The Platformist, The Cultural Society Brooklyn 2012, by Paula Anderson
- Alison Stine, Wait [Winner of The Brittingham Prize in Poetry], UW Press, 2011, by Susan Delaney Spear
- Alison Stone, From the Fool to the World, Parallel Press, 2012, by Tim McLafferty
- Bruce Taylor, The Longest You’ve Lived Anywhere, Poems New and Selected, 2013, by Adam Halbur
- Richard Taylor, Fading Into Bolivia, Accents Publishing, 2011, by Judy Barisonzi
- Lisa Vihos, The Accidental Present, Finishing Line Press, 2012, by Tim McLafferty
- George Young, Bird of Paradise, Parallel Press, 2011, by Richard Swanson
- Timothy Young, The Mississippi Book of the Dead, Parallel Press, 2011, by John Olski
& wisconsin shorts—micro-reviews of 9 micro books (a #'d series), by Wendy Vardaman
