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 […]
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WWPH Writes: Issue # 21
Welcome to Issue 21! We have two sense-drenched works to share: the “ephemera” of cherry blossoms in Otito Greg-Obi‘s vivid poem “Cherry Blossoms” and Cameron MacKenzie’s equally alive and spring-infused flash fiction, “Umbrella.” (I had to look it up–this year’s 110th Cherry Blossom Festival is March 20-April 17 in Washington DC). Read about our special […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 20
Welcome to Issue 20! This issue brings together two ideas of home—one remembered with nostalgia, the other “perfect home” undesired and somewhat feared. How do we think of spaces that we occupy, and what is the definition of home. Susan Mockler’s poem “Snowdrift” and Abby Crofton’s “The Perfect Home” offer two different approaches to consider […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 19
Gatherings are happening again in our writing, after so long an isolation–a moment captured at Miriam’s Kitchen in DC in Bonnie Naradzy’s poem “Life Is Like The Flight of Bede’s Sparrow,” and with a couple, who connects and disconnects over a Happy Meal, in Len Kruger’s “Collectors.” Plus, see below for a special call for […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 18
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV You are invited! Join us this Wednesday, February 2nd from 7:30-9 pm, ET to celebrate the first anniversary of THIS IS WHAT AMERICA LOOKS LIKE: Poetry & Fiction from DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Register for the Zoom Link here. We are featuring fiction writers and poets […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 17
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to our first issue of 2022! We are featuring the fabulous finalists of our WWPH WRITES THE HOLIDAYS contest: poet Christopher Ankney and fiction writer Julia Tagliere. Congratulations again to our prize-winners Fran Abrams and Monica Rodman (find their work here in issue 16), and […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 16
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV WWPH WRITES SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION Here comes…our first holiday issue featuring the winners of our inaugural WWPH WRITES THE HOLIDAYS contest, Fran Abrams and Monica Rodman. A reminder that WWPH WRITES has free subscriptions and submissions; it’s our joy to spotlight the writers of the DMV […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 15
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to Issue #15 I love the beach in winter, which drew me to Sheila Janega’s moving flash fiction, “Winter Beach.” Janega captures the moment when a young girl, amid the wintry beauty of the beach, readies to leave her childhood. Nature is also at the […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 14
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to Issue #14 A poem. A story. About going home, finding a home. On the day after Thanksgiving, we think about home and belonging—where do we find them and how? Persky’s poem states that “by necessity we move” to find a safe place and Nicholas’ […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 13
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to Issue #13 Admit this to everyone: I love the intensity of Leslie Pietrzyk’s fiction. Pair her story “Admit This To No One” with Serena Agusto-Cox’s equally as timely and exacting poem, “Thanksgiving,” and we have a blockbuster edition of WWPH Writes to share with […]