Great Regulars: This week's Poem Worth Reading is

by Marie Vogel Gery. It's part of a collection entitled Penchant--an anthology comprised of poems written by women from Northfield, Minnesota. Though I can't quite put my finger on it, there is definitely a quality that unites the verses of these poets. "The eleven writers gathered here show an easy abundance," notes Scott King in his introduction. And I think that's as close to a definition as one can get--a vague yet precise "easy abundance"--a lovely ability to meander, paired with the certain (Minnesotan) simplicity that underlies each stanza

Read it. Everyone else is.

"Sleepover"

from Max Ross: The Rake: Cracking Spines: Poem Worth Reading: Beat your ploughshares into pens

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