from “Inner Coast”
Nature has her culminating hours
Welcome to Poetry NorthWest
Pure Interval
Nick said you can tell something is beautiful when you find the pitch
Two Poems
Since the dawn of history, Still Sea has been celebrated three times: it is the rarest of holidays.
Some forms of silence
A cicada husk jawed between outdoor stairs
Interview// “On Interbeing and Sleepwalking Towards Extinction”: A Conversation with Harryette Mullen
“Will we survive the weather, or not? Will we move beyond the willful inertia of leaders in denial, still debating whether or not?”—Harryette Mullen
PoNW’s Favorites | Autumn 2025
Shade is a Place by MaKshya Tolbert (Nov., Penguin) presents a dynamic, refreshing poetics of shade, which is not only one place but many places at many times. This debut …
Interview // “On the Frequencies of Place”: A Conversation with Kinsale Drake
The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket by Kinsale Drake was selected by Jacqueline Allen Trimble as a winner of the 2023 National Poetry Series. Published by the University of …
2025 James Welch Prize
We are delighted to feature our 2025 James Welch Prize winners and finalists in our online folio.
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