STRANGER, by Adam Clay

The speaker of “Our Eternal Sounds,” a poem in the second section of Stranger, observes, “We don’t know why we … More

BRAIN CAMP, by Charles Harper Webb

“[H]eadlights lance the air,” Charles Harper Webb writes in “Questionable,” a poem about teenagers parking in the “night-woods.” This stunning … More

Missing the Moon, by Bin Ramke

There are many moons, the physical moon and the imaginary moon, the moon on which people have walked and the … More

The Plume Anthology of Poetry 2013, ed. Daniel Lawless

When I was a child, I would spend hours gazing into my View-Master, clicking through image after image and then … More

Instructions for the Orgy, by Jeffrey Hecker

Jeffrey Hecker’s Instructions for the Orgy begins with the preparation of “the loving space.” “Delouse” it, the speaker tells the … More

Rain of the Future, by Valerie Mejer

The poems in Valerie Mejer’s Rain of the Future are mesmerizing and irresistible, and the translations are first-rate. Mejer delivers … More

Only Jesus Could Icefish in Summer, by Abraham Smith

The poems in Only Jesus Could Icefish in Summer surface and ripple the tongue before diving into the depths of … More

The Pedestrians, by Rachel Zucker

I came of age during the heyday of the compact disc, and one of the highlights of that era was … More

On the Street of Divine Love, by Barbara Hamby

Barbara Hamby’s On the Street of Divine Love is magnificent. Containing fifteen new poems and a distillation of her previous … More

Kimonos in the Closet, by David Shumate

Organized in thematic clusters, the poems in David Shumate’s Kimonos in the Closet are poems of exchange—cultural, historical, mythological, and … More

Whittling a New Face in the Dark, by DJ Dolack

“People quot(e) / when their empathy is down,” observes the speaker of “What They Want Me to Tell You.” Never … More

Frost in the Low Areas, by Karen Skolfield

Frost in the Low Areas reads like a delightful conversation with someone who is so intelligent and perceptive that you … More