A sneak peek into the new issue with Richard Jacobs, Hania Qutub, Mary Alice Dixon, and Robbie Gamble.

An appreciation of literature and writers with poems by Mark Brooks, Judy Ireland, Florence Weinberger, and Bonnie Naradzay. 

Writing on the desire to be of service, from Judith Chalmer, Diana Woodcock, and Andrew Brown. 

Commemorating John Keats with odes by John Philip Drury, Myra Shapiro, and Mark Elber. 

To the moon and beyond with poets Colleen Gibbons, Mark MacAllister, and Ruth Mota.

Elemental tangents, with poems by Jim Nawrocki, Kay Cash-Smith, and Susan Haroutunian Cunningham.

Poems and excerpts on learning about Black history, by Kevin Nance, Elizabeth Esris, Kathleen O’Toole, and Melvin Douglas Williams.

Recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day with pieces from Rachel Heimowitz, Claire Kahane, Fran Markover, and Rosanne Singer. 

Poems from Philadelphian writers Joy Gorson, Beth Brown Preston, and Bill Buskirk.

Celebrating Robert Service’s Birthday, with poems by Rebecca Leet, John J. Hohn, and Pamela Wynn.

Poems about small hopes, from Kathleen Hellen, Becky Sakellariou, Paula Sergi, and Martin Steyer.

Pieces about Christmas and New Year's, from Nancy Smith Harris, Patric Pepper, and Liz Abrams-Morley. 

Four sonnets from 2025 Poetry Contest winner Angie Minkin.

Poems from Henry Morgenthau III and past Morgenthau Prize winners Dennis Lee, Mark Elber, and Winifred Hughes.

 Featuring excerpts and poems about drunkenness from Andrew Brown, Terri Steel, and Rick Rohdenburg. 

The right of peaceful assembly, with excerpts and poems from Esther Cantu, Judy Callarman, and Tillie Friedenberg.

 Recognizing the kindness of others, with poems from David Bergman, Henry Morgenthau III, and Rhett Watts. 

Featuring pieces from Dr. Denisha Naidoo, Dr. Beverly Greenspan, and Dr. Michelle Morouse. 

Writing about College from Joyce Abell, Terry Miller, and Winifred Hughes.

Celebrating Noah Webster with poems about words from Jennifer Pratt-Walter, Sherri Stepakoff, Sarah Yerkes, and Hal Grinberg.

Poems about Indian Schools from Red Hawk and Joel Savishinsky, and a painting from Alma Roberts.

 Tributes to teachers from Roy Cheng Tsung and Maureen Murphy Woodcock. 

Recognizing October is for Oceans month, with pieces from Passager’s Pandemic Diaries series from Mark Tochen, Johan Fremling, Isabel Learza, and Suzanne Iuppa.

Poems about food from Wendy Hoffman, Christine Higgins, and Fran Markover. 

Selections from the forthcoming 2025 Poetry Contest issue, featuring poems by Philip Stern, Buffy Shutt, Susan Miller, and Byron Hoot.