David Biespiel says farewell
Natasha Trethewey sits on a mule in Monterrey
C. K. Williams remembers the miserable mysteries before Roe v. Wade
Kenneth Fields knows “One Love”
Also: Mary Jo Salter, Talvikki Ansel, Wendy Willis, W. S. Di …
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Eric McHenry teaches creative writing at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. He is the author of a book of poems, Potscrubber Lullabies (Waywiser, 2006), and the recipient of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award in 2007.
Here’s hoping it’s not too late to finally answer the question, “What is it you’re looking for in a poem?”
David Biespiel
In your hands is my last issue as editor of this magazine. Before I pass …
In celebration of Oregon’s sesquicentennial anniversary, Poetry Northwest and the Oregon State Library are announcing your nominated list of 150 outstanding Oregon poetry books — one for each year of statehood. The Oregon Poetry 150 …
Author’s Note: The following piece is based on things I scribbled in a notebook this past summer while in Rome where I found myself face to face daily with artifacts both living and dead. My …
One of the most important American poets of the twentieth century, James Merrill, is the subject of this summer’s online feature by Herman Asarnow. He elaborates on his admiration for Merrill’s lyrical poem “Pearl,” which …
This month we’re featuring Danielle Chapman’s poem “Meet Me in Hollywood,” which appears in the Fall 2008 issue of Poetry Northwest. According to Chapman, “If there’s anyone lurking in the shadows of this poem, it’s …
“Love, Lorena” appears in the current issue of Poetry Northwest, our sixth in the new series. Of his poem David Ciminello writes, “as a writer I am most concerned with the musicality of language and …
ENTHUSIASM!
James Longenbach’s finds dark secret love in a sick rose
Ursula Le Guin searches for a mysterious lingering on the one-strand river
Katrina Roberts swings to pure music from the stars at Tallapoosa
Lloyd Schwartz goes coy on …
“His Perfume” appears in the current issue of Poetry Northwest, our sixth in the new series. Of her poem Kelly-DeWitt writes, “we usually think of perfume as something attractive—so I wanted to play off of …
For January & February we’re featuring P.K. Pages “Improbable Concept,” which appears in the current issue of Poetry Northwest. Page writes, “‘Improbable Concept’ is written in the seductive and challenging glosa form, which dates back …
Robert Bly & Rebecca Starks awarded prizes for the best work published in Poetry Northwest in 2008.
2008 Theodore Roethke Prize
Robert Bly of Minneapolis, Minnesota is the recipient of the Theodore Roethke Award for his poem “War …
To end the year we’re featuring W.S. Di Piero’s “Raven,” which appears in the current issue of Poetry Northwest. “Years ago I read the opening phrase in a field guide’s description of a raven,” says …
W.S. Di Piero fears ratso pigeons
David Guterson climbs a mountain pass
Rebecca Starks splits the difference above the shrug of clouds
Linda Bierds shreds the fragments of Venice
Plus: Robert Lowell & Elizabeth Bishop conspire about Seattle
And: New …
Each month web editor William Bernhard herds a poem into this spot & gets the poet who wrote it & who published in Poetry Northwest to discuss its inception. This month we give the space …
