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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Rodney Jones
Okay, face it: the academic year is about to begin. This ain’t no party. This ain’t no disco. This ain’t no fooling around. Put away the sunscreen, dump all those plans you had for the Summer of Continuous Industry and... Continue reading
Posted Aug 26, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Whoops, thanks for the correction, David! --Jill Sent from my iPad
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Julie Hanson
“A Mile In” was selected by 2011 judge Nancy Eimers as the winner of our annual New Ohio Review Poetry Contest, and was published Fall 2011, in New Ohio Review 10. What grabs me about this poem is the non-event... Continue reading
Posted Aug 19, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Lawrence Raab
Last week’s posting of Kevin Prufer's “A Giant Bird” put me in mind of “Little Bird” by Lawrence Raab, which first appeared in New Ohio Review 4, Fall 2008. “Little Bird” has a deceptively straightforward movement, yet the steps taken... Continue reading
Posted Aug 12, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Kevin Prufer
Today’s poem is an eerie parable, fairly characteristic of Kevin Prufer’s recent work. His poems are haunting because they are genuinely and fascinatingly haunted. His speakers don’t seem to be thinly disguised versions of Prufer – rather, they seem to... Continue reading
Posted Aug 5, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Steven Cramer
The following poem by Steven Cramer first appeared in New Ohio Review 6, Fall 2009. - - - - - - - Bad It got bad; pretty bad; then not so bad; very bad; then back to bad. Jesus, let’s... Continue reading
Posted Jul 29, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Denise Duhamel
The poem I’m presenting today is by Denise Duhamel, one of America’s most distinctive voices in contemporary poetry. I love the way she’ll grab hold of a thought that looks straightforward, then turns into an ornery comet – the way... Continue reading
Posted Jul 22, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Laura Read
The Associated Press just reported that so far during the year 2012, more soldiers have committed suicide than have been killed in combat. I can’t think of anything more depressing than that. Reading this fact reminded me of a poem... Continue reading
Posted Jul 15, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Angie Estes
Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Angie Estes from New Ohio Review 7 on the Best American Poetry blog. Continue reading
Posted Jul 8, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Thanks, Ryan! More where those came from. Check out www.ohio.edu/nor and note our free-copies-for classrooms program while you're there. Sent from my iPad
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Mark Kraushaar
Perhaps the hardest thing to do when on a roll is to get off it with panache. I’ve read work by so many poets who can beautifully deliver a riveting description of something occurring between humans, without knowing quite how... Continue reading
Posted Jul 1, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Alex Green
Alex Green’s poem “Blue Door Option” was first published in New Ohio Review 6, Fall 2009. It’s wonderfully paced and narrated with an authenticity of weirdness that I find terrifically appealing. When students ask how to know if one’s poem... Continue reading
Posted Jun 24, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Susan, Glad you're enjoying the poems, even when they unsettle! Jill (Rosser) Sent from my iPhone
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Tony Hoagland
Today's offering is perhaps not the usual Hallmark take on Father's Day, okay. Tony Hoagland as usual slashes right through convention with the straight razor he keeps in his back pocket even when he's sleeping. This poem rides on a... Continue reading
Posted Jun 17, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Claire Bateman
Somehow, Sunday seems an appropriate day to present this poem by Claire Bateman, a fine and under-recognized poet from Greenville, South Carolina, with six books to her name: Coronology (2009); Leap (2005); Clumsy (2003); Friction (1998); At the Funeral of... Continue reading
Posted Jun 10, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Todd Boss
Note: This week we revive our practice of having a Sunday poetry editor, chosen from the ranks of lit mag editors, to pick a poem from a recent issue and add a comment on it. The poet J. Allynn Rosser... Continue reading
Posted Jun 3, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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