Poetry – Page 89 – Third Wednesday Magazine

Autumn 2017 by Bruce Pemberton

Published on March 11, 2019 by Editorial Staff1 Comment

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.

Read the Spring 2019 Issue

Published on March 7, 2019January 7, 2023 by Editorial Staff

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Published on March 4, 2019 by Editorial Staff

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.

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The Nightjar

Published on February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 by Editorial Staff1 Comment

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.

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Late Summer Rain

Published on February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 by Editorial Staff

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.

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I Have No Thoughts of Cosmological Matters – Our Poem of the Week

Published on February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 by Editorial Staff

This week’s poem is a Triolet from M. B. Powell, a Washington poet who has three tiolets in the winter issue of Third Wednesday. The poet’s chapbook, Lovers, Mothers, Killers, Others is published by Finishing Line Press, 2013.

tri·o·let

/ˈtrēələt/

noun

A poem of eight lines, rhyming abaaabab and so structured that the first line recurs as the fourth and seventh and the second as the eighth.

Photo credit: NASA Hubble Telescope

The Birds of Morris Graves

Published on February 4, 2019May 7, 2024 by Editorial Staff

Our poem of the week is an ekphrastic based on the body of work of the Northwest artist, Morris Graves (1910-2001). The background image is “Spirit Bird”. This poem appeared first in the Spring 2017 issue of Third Wednesday and was later reprinted in The Ekphrastic Review. (Disclaimer – the poem’s author is one of our editors).

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Superior

Published on January 29, 2019 by Editorial Staff1 Comment

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.

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Chopin Ballade in G Minor

Published on January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 by Editorial Staff1 Comment

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.

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