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The crossing Guard / Roger D’Agostin

Published on April 8, 2023 by Editorial Staff

Roger D’Agostin is a writer living in Connecticut. His most recent work is forthcoming or has been published in DASH, Five South, and Barely South Review.

The Spring Issue of 3rd Wednesday

Published on March 29, 2023 by Editorial Staff

SmallCoverSpring2023 The spring issue is our annual contest issue. This year we were pleased to have David James to judge our contest. David currently serves as the president of The Poetry Society of Michigan. He recently retired from teaching at Oakland Community College where his popular courses included Composition I and II, Creative Writing, Advanced Creative Writing, Introduction to Playwriting and Screenwriting, Advanced Screenwriting, and Introduction to Literature: Poetry and Drama. In 2006, David was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award for teaching excellence.

David’s books include Alive in Your Skin While You Still Own It, 2022, Wiping Stars from Your Sleeves, 2021, A Gem of Truth, 2019,

Nail Yourself into Bliss, 2019, Going Down, Friend, 2017 (chapbook) and My Torn Dance Card, 2015.

David was charged with picking 3 winning poems and a handful of honorable mentions from nearly 200 entries of up to 3 poems each, a monumental task, and he made excellent choices for us.

In addition to our editors’ picks from regular submissions, many of the poems in this issue came originally from contest entries. We offer everyone who enters the contest a second chance opportunity for publication as a regular submission. David James had to eliminate a lot of poems to get to his final choices and among those poems that didn’t make the final cut we found many gems.

Lucky / Karen Zlotnick

Published on February 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff

Laffer Curve / Paula Brancato

Published on December 12, 2022 by Editorial Staff

The Goldilocks Principle / Zary Fekete

Published on November 15, 2022 by Editorial Staff

Sleep When the Baby Sleeps / Elyse Forbes

Published on November 11, 2022November 15, 2022 by Editorial Staff

The Stoop / Lisa Taylor

Published on November 11, 2022November 13, 2022 by Editorial Staff2 Comments

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Exes / Maggie Iribarne

Published on November 7, 2022November 10, 2022 by Editorial Staff

The Summer Issue of 3rd Wednesday

Published on July 17, 2022 by Editorial Staff

The summer issue of 3rd Wednesday is now available to read and download free in PDF format. Feel free to share. Click the cover image to visit our free downloads page. This issue includes a special feature by Richard Tillinghast and marks the return of student poetry from The Inside/Out program in Detroit Area Schools.