2019 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize finalist selected by judge Tanya Ko Hong While reading this poem, I thought of Edward Hopper’s painting, “NightHawks.” Somewhat dry, subtle, and telling, like reporting on “what it is” while remaining mysterious and complex. The woman talking could be a monologue, because the man never talks. She answers herself, reminiscent …
Let Me Die Like a Dog In place of her usual five o’clock supper without any whining despite the pain surrounded by those she knew and loved her still, the perfect dog inhabiting a less-than-perfect body, her sixteen-year-old arthritic hips and legs gone inflexible as metal bars, placed her soft face one more time into …
Photograph of My Father I should set up some sort of shrine for these Bouquets of time. –Baron Wormser He’s naked, except for swimming trunks. Standing in a foot of warm ocean. Because it is a b & w image, The water is the same blank color of the …
Tony Magistrale is Professor of English at the University of Vermont. His most recent collection of poems, ENTANGLEMENTS, was published in 2013 by Fomite Press. All poems are premiering on Cultural Weekly. ***** Milan Because she sent out so many mixed messages, it’s remarkable how deeply she ended up affecting me. Tourists, those who choose …
It’s easy to overlook the perseverance—the getting up each morning to paint again.
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