Midwifing Tadpoles in the Anthropocene
A poem by Kai Coggin from Issue 11 … Continue readingMidwifing Tadpoles in the Anthropocene
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Rikki Santer, Winner of 4th Annual Paul Nemser Poetry Prize
Rikki Santer has been awarded the 4th annual Paul Nemser Poetry Prize for her manuscript Shepherd’s Hour which will be published by Lily Poetry Review Books in March/April 2025. Rikki Santer has earned honors that include Pushcart Prize and Ohioana Book Award nominations for her poetry. She also … Continue readingRikki Santer, Winner of 4th Annual Paul Nemser Poetry Prize
Crow writes a letter to Sparrow
A poem by Peter Grandbois from Issue 11 … Continue readingCrow writes a letter to Sparrow
Pieter Claesz Declines the Dead Pheasant
A poem by Andrew Cleary from Issue 11 … Continue readingPieter Claesz Declines the Dead Pheasant
Lily on the Cove
Lily on the Cove Manuscript Retreat … Continue readingLily on the Cove
Congrats to Cynthia Bargar
The Must-Read Titles in the 23rd Annual Massachusetts Book Awards were announced on May 8, 2023. Sleeping in the Dead Girl’s Room by Cynthia Bargar was selected as a Must-Read for poetry!
Paul Nemser Prize 2023
Lily Poetry Review Books is proud to announce that Shari Caplan’s manuscript, Exhibitionist has been selected by the editors as the winner of the third annual Paul Nemser Prize and will be published in March ’24. Caplan is an accomplished poet with a dual passion … Continue readingPaul Nemser Prize 2023
Lily Poetry Review Reading at AWP
Join us for an off-site poetry reading at AWP Seattle! … Continue readingLily Poetry Review Reading at AWP
Lily Poetry Review Table Signings at AWP
Stop by our table at AWP to meet our authors and get a book signed! … Continue readingLily Poetry Review Table Signings at AWP
To the Stalker Who Said He Wanted to Draw My Hair
by JOANNE CLARKSON I never got into that car.Stranger in the drug storetempting my deepest naïve. Was I fourteenor sixteen? Aloneor with a friend? I was brought up on half-spoken.What happenedto my grandmother the year she livedwith cousins in the mountains. All the phases of … Continue readingTo the Stalker Who Said He Wanted to Draw My Hair