Coming Soon: The Photography Issue
May 15, 2013 – 8:27 am

Dear Readers, Spring is in full swing, and so is our next issue of Poetry Northwest, due to hit newsstands and mailboxes  in early June. We’re a little behind our usual schedule, but never fear– the …

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Paul Muldoon: “Between Rail-End and Rail-End”
March 6, 2007 – 4:51 pm
Paul Muldoon: “Between Rail-End and Rail-End”

Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Muldoon is this month’s feature. We’re delighted to present his essay about the differences between writing song lyrics and poems, “Between Rail-End and Rail-End,” as well as the lyrics to his song, …

Spring-Summer 2007 v2.n1
March 3, 2007 – 2:59 pm
Spring-Summer 2007  v2.n1

The Music Issue
Featuring Poetry by
Eliza Griswold
Lea Banks
Supritha Rajan
Norman Dubie
Christian Wiman
Craig Arnold

Matthew Rohrer: “Hey There, Mr. Blue”
February 12, 2007 – 4:25 pm
Matthew Rohrer: “Hey There, Mr. Blue”

The third issue of Poetry Northwest, our special Music Issue, features prose by poets on the subject of music.
This month we preview this Spring-Summer 2007 (v2.n1) special issue with an online exclusive: poet Matthew Rohrer …

Floyd Skloot: “Signac at Castellane, 1902″
January 15, 2007 – 4:17 pm
Floyd Skloot: “Signac at Castellane, 1902″

Oregon’s Floyd Skloot is the subject of this month’s feature exclusive to Poetry Northwest Online as a part of our recurring series on Northwest poets. The series began with the June 2006 feature on Kevin …

Elizabeth Bradfield: “The Shepherd of Tourists on a $20 Sunset Cruise Speaks”
December 6, 2006 – 3:23 pm
Elizabeth Bradfield: “The Shepherd of Tourists on a $20 Sunset Cruise Speaks”

Elizabeth Bradfield’s “The Shepherd of Tourists on a $20 Sunset Cruise Speaks” appears in the Fall-Winter 2006-07 (v1.n2) issue of Poetry Northwest and is the subject of this month’s feature. It is hard to imagine a place where nature has more of …