WWPH Writes 105…and we are celebrating AMERICA’S FUTURE: poetry & prose in response to tomorrow, which is officially on sale in print and ebook versions today, September 9th! 164 writers. 526 pages. An anthology that “SPEAKS TO JOY AND RESILIENCE AMIDST POLITICAL TURMOIL IN THE UNITED STATES,” notes Poets & Writers in their September/October magazine. […]
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WWPH WRITES ISSUE 104
WWPH Writes 104…continues our annual special issues of TINY POEMS…this year: AMERICAN HAIKU on celebration, resilience, and rebellion. We also have a very special trio of haiku (breaking out of the American Haiku form) from poet Grace Cavalieri. Our next big project, our 50th-anniversary anthology, AMERICA’S FUTURE: poetry & prose in response to tomorrow, launches […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 90
WWPH Writes 90… remembers our beloved past WWPH president, Elisavietta “Lisa” Ritchie, and shares new works: Lois Perch Villamaire’s creative nonfiction flash, full of portent, Awake to the Blast of the Smoke Alarm, and Alex Carrigan’s uncanny poem, The Fables of Snakes. Big reminder: AMERICA’S FUTURE, our 50th-anniversary anthology of poetry and prose, has a […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 51
Welcome to WWPH Writes 51…Two breathtaking vivid moments highlight this issue of WWPH Writes from the gorgeous prose poetry of Dan Vera in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington DC to the American Arcadia novel excerpt from Laura Scalzo set in Manhattan in the 1980s. We’re looking for submissions for our first annual WWPH PRIDE […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 50
Welcome to WWPH Writes 50! We are so grateful to have made it to 50 issues, and we look forward to 50 more! In Wedding Poem, Danielle Badra, the current poet laureate of Fairfax County, celebrates vows on a wedding day—a beautifully crafted poem that bears witness to love and commitment. Kathleen Wheaton’s Redwood […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 49
Welcome to WWPH Writes 49…This issue has music, lots of music. In Michele Wolf’s poem, Child’s Violin, we listen to the music from a violin during a grandmother’s birthday celebration, and how such a small instrument can bring such joy. In an excerpt from Aaron Hamburger’s novel, Hotel Cuba, we feel the rhythm and […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 31
It’s amazing what these little poems can do. One makes you feel a moment in Marseille, and another to vacant train tracks in the dark. The conciseness of these poems is powerful–mostly relying on stark images to explore the poetic solitude and often point to meditation. These poems show us that it is not the length of […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 30
In May, we shouted out a special challenge: send us your Tiny Poem inspired by “Don’t Undersell Yourself” by Grace Cavalieri from our new edition of WHY I CANNOT TAKE A LOVER (see below for a special offer for this beautiful, collectible new edition!) We were delighted by the enormous response. Jona Colson and I […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 29
Two poems about summer, love, and growth—emotional and physical. We give you two poems as we speed through the second week of July here in the DMV. Diana Woodcock’s “Morning to Dusk” offers a ladybug snuggled waiting for the right partner, and in “The Gardener” by Lori Rottenberg, she writes, “What if marriage is a […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 28
I In this issue, we are proud to highlight new poems and reprints from two New Editions from the poets, Grace Cavalieri and Myra Sklarew. The Washington Writers’ Publishing House is thrilled to publish a new edition of Grace Cavalieri’s Why I Cannot Take a Lover, originally published by WWPH in 1975. These intimate, brave […]