Featured Poet: John Guzlowski
Five poems by John Guzlowski.
Sometimes we can forget that language is a kind of music, a form of primeval celebration, of which poetry is perhaps the most refined expression. But there’s no forgetting a lesson like that when graced by the verse of Roisin Kelly, an Irish poet of breathtaking sound and lyricism.
Rachel is a poet of great range and talent, and one we’re very glad to add to our roster.
Jenny Qi is an eclectic writer of great talent and broad subject matter who serves up poetry with a lyrical and narrative focus that, much like an obsidian knife, presents a dark edge about a thousand times sharper than a scalpel.
It seems like nearly all the poets whose work cracks open my skull are haunting some relatively anonymous college town checkered with freight tracks, that they spend their daylight teaching students or raising children and their nighttime giving transformative...
Amber’s poems routinely tug the subconscious brain in two different (usually opposite) directions at the same time, thus demonstrating the frailty and contradictory nature of language while simultaneously celebrating its power, tragedy, and humor.
ack in 2012, a couple things worth mentioning took place: first, the Higgs Boson was discovered; second, Jeannine Hall Gailey was a Featured Poet here on Atticus Review. I mention that because fans of Jeannine’s poetry know that, thankfully, I’m...
here's a fine, rumbling power to Crisler's poetry, a daredevil blend of humor and anger that pays homage to the everyday glories and frustrations of the human condition. At least, that’s what some Meyerhofer guy had to say about one of Crisler’s...