“What Omma Never Taught” by Kim Sunée
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Kirun Kapur Kim Sunée is the author of the bestselling memoir, Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home, which has been … Read more
“Chess” by Lee Pelletier
E.E. Cummings Prize Winner, selected by Wendy Drexler Lee Pelletier is a poet originally from CT who now lives in Washington, D.C. She has been published in South Florida Poetry Journal, Frontier … Read more
“The Secrets in the Silence” by Mary Christine Delea
Amy Lowell Prize Finalist, selected by Jason O’Toole (Author photo by Karen Hobbs) Mary Christine Delea is from Long Island, NY and now, after having lived all over the country, … Read more
“In My Niece’s Garden” by Nora Bossong, translated by Jay Aelick
Diana Der-Hovanessian Prize Winner, selected by Lloyd Schwartz From the German, “Im Garten der Nichte” Jay Aelick is a nonbinary writer and critic who makes up 1/2 of the SBU … Read more
“Elegy Sequence for Charles Coe” by Carla Schwartz
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Winner, selected by Kirun Kapur Carla Schwartz’s poems have appeared in her collections, including Signs of Marriage. Learn more at https://carlapoet.com, or on social media @cb99videos. … Read more
Those Absences Now Closest by Dzvinia Orlowsky
Sheila Margaret Motton Prize Finalist, selected by Heather Treseler (Photo credit: Raisa Covaleski) Dzvinia Orlowsky is author of seven poetry collections published by Carnegie Mellon University Press, including Bad Harvest … Read more
Member News Recap – August 2026
Here is your recap of all New England Poetry Club member news submitted in August 2026! Remember, if you are a member, you can submit your own news to appear … Read more
“Places with Terrible Wi-fi” by Sonja Ringo
E.E. Cummings Prize Finalist, selected by Wendy Drexler Sonja Ringo is a Canadian-American poet and author of two poetry collections, Where the Beetle Went for Lunch and mortal atlas. Her third collection is … Read more
“Genesis 20: A Poetic and Restorative Translation” by Tzivia Gover
Diana Der Hovanessian Prize Finalist, selected by Lloyd Schwartz Translated from the Biblical Hebrew Tzivia Gover, award-winning author of several books including Dreaming on the Page: Tap into Your Midnight Mind … Read more
“A Blues for Otis” by Michelle Courtney Berry
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Kirun Kapur Michelle Courtney Berry was the second Poet Laureate of Tompkins County, New York, and is a former Cave Canem Fellow. Her poetry has … Read more