As summer burns to its dry end here in Seattle, we bring to a close our series of tributes to founding editor Carolyn Kizer with a look at a recently discovered poem. Featured in a …

I was reading some Alice Munro, buzzing out of my mind on P.G. Tips. Alice Munro was describing a woman in an Observation Car looking out at the vast Canadian prairies. “What the heck is …

Congratulations to Jane Wong, winner of the second installment of Poetry Northwest‘s writing contest, The Pitch.  Of her winning poem, Jane writes:
I was moved by Zach Savich’s final question in the prompt: “What makes timelessness count?” …

Late summer, and even the gods need a little R&R.  J. W. Marshall shares a few thoughts on this poem’s experience:
I find I’m liking local poems as long as they are not shackled to an incident. …

In recent weeks, we’ve been publishing tributes to Poetry Northwest founding editor, Carolyn Kizer.  For additional features in the series, please visit here.  Below, a letter from poet David Rigsbee recalling a moment with his …