Louise Glück was a poet who created art out of words. She wrote many books which won many awards, most famously the Nobel Prize in Literature. Many of her pieces were written based on her life. She lost her father, went through two divorces, and often struggled with her self-identity. In her early teenage years,…
Alina Stefanescu is a present-day poet and writer born in Romania. She currently lives in Alabama with her spouse. She constantly involves herself in the literary community, participating in workshops and holding leadership positions in many literary societies, such as Poetry Editor for Pidgeonholes, board member of the Alabama Writers Cooperative, and co-founder of 100,000 Poets for Change Birmingham, the town…
For as long as I can remember, I have had a great interest in mystery and hidden meanings; they have always been a subject that intrigues me and makes me want to know more or even solve it. When I read the title of the poem “Morning on the Island” by Carolyn Forché, I found…
When reading the poem “I Do Not Know Myself” by Hugh Seidman, I felt a sense of loneliness. The poem itself explores ideas of identity and belonging, and challenges the reader to think about their basic human existence and refers to the topic of discovering one’s self. This is a topic I can relate to,…
Are you all right? This is a question we get asked more than one can count. People ask this thinking that it is a simple yes or no question when, in reality, it is so complex. “The Wrong Question” was written by the poet Tony Hoagland. His poems incorporate topics about serious issues, but were…
Cecily Parks was born in 1976 and she currently lives in Austin, Texas. There, she works at the University of Texas where she is an associate professor in the MFA program for creative writing. She has written three collections of poetry, including Field Folly Snow (2008), O’Nights (2015), and The Seeds, which is coming out…