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 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 48
Welcome to WWPH Writes 48…We are celebrating the end of National Poetry Month with poetry by Sean Murphy and his bluesy, lyrical lines in DuBose Heyward’s Blues. And under our occasional interview feature, THE TOP FIVE, we have WWPH Fellow Lindsay Forbes Brown asking her five big questions of master poets Grace […]
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 […]