Though he didn’t intend it for our recent One Sentence Poetry contest, 13th Poet Laureate of the United States, Ted Kooser, sent us this example of what a poet can do with a single sentence.
Tag: Poem of the Week
Echo – Jennifer A. McGowan
Our poem of the week comes from the Summer issue of 3rd Wednesday. It was part of series of mythology inspired sonnets by our featured poet, Jennifer A. McGowan.
Mary Oliver
Here is Third Wednesday’s Poem of the Week. It’s from the newly released summer issue.
Autumn 2017 by Bruce Pemberton
Our congratulations to Bruce Pemberton whose first published poem has been chosen for national distribution by American Life in Poetry.
It was first published in Third Wednesday.
Special Soap
Bellingham, Washington is a hotbed of poetry judging by the quality of the submissions Third Wednesday receives from there. We almost always find something worthy of publication. This one, by Sarah Murphy-Kangas, is a prime example. It’s Third Wednesday’s poem of the week.
The Nightjar
In the U.S. we call them nighthawks but in much of the world they’re known as nightjars. African poet, Kim Ottavi, who now lives in France, writes about the nightjars of home. Here is the poem of the week from Third Wednesday Magazine.
Late Summer Rain
Our poem of the week was a winning poem in Third Wednesday’s most recent “One Sentence Poetry Contest”. This is the second win for Virginia poet, Mark Madigan.
The newest iteration of this popular contest is open for entries until April 15, 2019.
Superior
We like poems that paint a vivid picture and this one from Raymond Byrnes does exactly that. His poem is a photograph of a stormy Lake Superior. It’s an apt description of how quickly conditions can change on the big lake using images that are familiar to those who know the hard working inland sea.
Chopin Ballade in G Minor
Our Poem of the Week by Linda Blaskey comes from the newest issue of Third Wednesday. It was an entry in our One Sentence Poetry Contest and earned an honorable mention. A new edition of the popular contest will open for entries on February 15th.
In Late November
Our Winter issue includes poems from our Second Ever One Sentence Poetry Contest, including this one, one of three winning poems chosen by our editors from among the nearly three hundred poems that were entered. We’re already looking forward to our Third Ever One Sentence Poetry Contest, beginning in Mid-February.
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