Born in San Diego California in 1956, American poet Amy Gerstler graduated from Pitzer College and later received an M.F.A from Bennington College. She is now a professor in the MFA writing program at the University of California, Irvine. Gerstler has written many acclaimed poetry books, including Ghost Girl (2004), Crown of Weeds (1997), and Medicine (2000), which was…
The year was 2005, the year of the Rooster, and it saw witness to Angela Merkel becoming the first woman chancellor of Germany, the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina on the southeast United States, the election of Pope Benedict XVI, and a british royal wedding. Pop Culture started its journey to what it is today, with…
“They go on for hours” I posted this poem at the Darien train station because I had the idea of an individual riding a train from a point A to a far away destination of point Z.
Published in the 2004 Atlantic Monthly, Seesaws by Samuel Hazo, symbolizes the difference in conflict between balances and the irony of them. Hazo, founder and director of the International Poetry Forum in Pittsburg and McAnulty Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Duquesne University, has written a countless number of poetry books, such as A Flight…
Mary Ruefle’s, “How I Became Impossible”, published in the 2004 Courty Green Issue, stands out as a poem with many different interpretations and offers a challenge in order to break it down. Ruefle, author of eight poetry books, taught in the MFA writing program at Vermont College and has been featured in Best American Poetry…
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