Special Feature: “Eli Plays Along” by Rob Macaisa Colgate
A poem that brings together a spoken monologue, an enactment of the kinds of listening that can happen, and incredible wordplay.
prose poem
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Katie Berta on Her Poem “[To be a child again.]”
As part of our series From Our Contributors, Katie Berta explains the background behind her poem “[To be a child again.]”
Why We Like It: “Make No Bones about It” by Cindy Beebe
Rochelle Hurt: In music, riffing usually refers to a method of composition in which a single element (like a series of notes in a specific order) is repeated, sometimes changing slightly with each new iteration, in order to form a pattern—though riffing is often improvisational. It’s a technique common to poetry as well. For example, …