recently on periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics:

recently at periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics: Laura Kerr : Unfixed Readings : Fugue, Fire, Fish ; Buck Downs : How to Be Alone With Someone Else Who Is Also You ; Jessie Jones : Two poems ; Kemeny Babineau : Two poems ; Jérôme Melançon : On the Gaza Poets Society ; Dani Spinosa and Derek Beaulieu : Notes on Visual Poetries in Canada ; Misha Solomon : How Does a Poem Begin? ; Noah Berlatsky : The Absolutely True Origin Story of Spamtoum! ; Jamella Hagen : Four poems ; a review of Julie Carr's Underscore by Jérôme Melançon ; Process Note #61 : Dawn Angelicca Barcelona ; a review of THE WEATHER AND THE WORDS: THE SELECTED LETTERS OF JOHN NEWLOVE, 1963-2003, Edited by J.A. Weingarten by Ken Norris ; Sarah Wolfson : How Does a Poem Begin? ; Michael Sikkema : Contemporary Vispo Conversations : Kate Siklosi, Dani Spinosa and Amanada Earl ; Andrew Brenza : on Sigil Series ; Noah Pitcoff : Five poems ; Miranda Mellis : DRIVE SATISFACTION ; Scott Inniss : On First Looking into Andrew Mbaruk’s Slavespeare: A Brief Interview ; Darby Minott Bradford : How does a poem begin? ; a review of Shannon Webb-Campbell's Re: Wild Her by Kim Fahner ; Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño : Four/Four: The Decapitated Generation : translated by Tristan Partridge ; a review of Cherry Blue's Je ne ferai pas de casse-tête de dauphin by Jérôme Melançon ; two poems by Eva Haas ; J-T Kelly : Short Remarks on More of How to Read the Bible ; ryan fitzpatrick : Some Notes on Being the 2024–25 U of A EFS Writer-in-Residence ; Clint Burnham : from “Sea of Sludge” ; Process Note #60 : Elizabeth Costello : Childhood, Adulthood, Enchantments, Entanglements ; John M. Bennett : JIM LEFTWICH’S LAST BOOK : PIT SWAN & ORBATE WRITING ; Grant Wilkins : Where Does A Poem Come From? How Does A Poem Begin? ; Nicole Mae : Matryoshka and Other Poems ; a review of Aedan Corey's KINAUVUNGA? and Emily Laurent Henderson's Hold Steady My Vision by Chris Johnson ; Kim Trainor : A small quiet voice in the dark: ecocide and lyric poetry ; J-T Kelly : A Conversation with Poet Aaron Poochigian ; Jessica Lee McMillan : Pain in the Reverie: What is a good poem and how does it begin? ; Daniel Borzutzky : HIJ ; Arturo Borja : Four/Four: The Decapitated Generation : translated by Tristan Partridge ; J.A. Weingarten : John Newlove’s Life in Letters: Notes on the Publication of The Weather and the Words: The Selected Letters of John Newlove, 1963-2003 ; Tea Gerbeza : How a poem begins ; Laura Kerr : Unfixed Readings : Resisting Resolution ; a review of Chris Bailey's Forecast: Pretty Bleak by Kim Fahner ;  

other features: seeking essay submissions in our "Reconsiderations" and "#FirstRealPoets" series. Originally prompted by Canadian poet Ken Norris, "Reconsiderations" is a series of essays by poets on older poetry titles they consider important. The "#FirstRealPoets" series was originally prompted by Canadian poet Zane Koss, who posed the questions: Who was the first poet you interacted with? While some of the responses have leaned into first discovering the work of a particular poet, the original question wished more to ask about interactions in-person. Was there a poet who read in your high school? Someone you caught early on at a reading? Was there a particular poet who first made you feel welcome in the community?

coming up: Farah Ghafoor : How does a poem begin? ; Laynie Browne : on Daily Self-Portrait Valentine ; Laressa Dickey : Four poems from THE LUNATIC SPEAKS TO US DIRECTLY, a manuscript in progress ; Nada Gordon : on COPIUM, …or…The Audacity of Dope ; Kim Fahner reviews Paula Eisenstein's Flight Problems: The Amelia Earhart Poems and Rebecca Salazar's antibody ; Holly Loveday : Three poems ; etc

be aware that periodicities is perpetually open to submissions of previously unpublished poetry-related reviews, interviews and essays . Please send submissions as .doc with author biography to periodicityjournal@gmail.com