I also like Waxwing, as well as Chicago Quarterly Review. With a focus on formal surrealist work, I've noticed some gems in different issues over the past few years of Bennington Review, Ponder Review (esp. Amanda Dettmann's "Superstition," (spr 2024, p. 10 - https://www.muw.edu/ponderreview/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2024/12/Ponder-Review-8.1.pdf), and Peatsmoke Journal.
:) Yeah, I did a full scan and analysis of "Superstition" like the good student and teacher I am, marveling all the way. Metrical with a spondee/trochee rhythm, surrealist imagery, jolting sounds, emotional, whip-smart, raw, and with a surprising number of gerunds. ;) I paraphrased it: "Shocked, I felt used."
Thanks for the recommendations! I think I've subbed to most of the lit mags you mention. I also like reading The Ekphrastic Review daily and MacQueen's Quinterly. I just subscribed to The Florida Review and also get The New England Review, The Common, Agni, Ninth Letter, and The Cincinnati Review since I think you asked what we read. I especially look for poems about ancestry and use those as prompts in the generative workshops I lead on writing family history.
I can send you a few by email. I've used some of Lauren Russell's poems from her collection, Descent, for example. There was a poem in The Kenyon Review by Gene Siskel's daughter that I've used as a prompt. Then there is the classic George Ella Lyons poem, "Where I'm From."
What a super compilation! Thank you for sharing these, both the lit mags and the stunning poems (and their poets). I hadn't read most of these, and am so happy to be introduced.
Wow, I have not read Stone Circle Review--thank you!! Facts About Emily Dickinson is such a gorgeous poem...Dillard really is a master of a poem pivot.
Stone Circle is one of my faves! They're always publishing great work, and Lee is such a dedicated & attentive editor and member of the poetry community.
Thanks for the Epiphany shoutout! We are putting the finishing touches on the next issue this week. It will be a banger!
! Exciting!
Loved that this piece exuded such a compelling passion for poetry!
I agree with you. It's fun and sexy to say Swan out loud!
Lol !
I also like Waxwing, as well as Chicago Quarterly Review. With a focus on formal surrealist work, I've noticed some gems in different issues over the past few years of Bennington Review, Ponder Review (esp. Amanda Dettmann's "Superstition," (spr 2024, p. 10 - https://www.muw.edu/ponderreview/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2024/12/Ponder-Review-8.1.pdf), and Peatsmoke Journal.
Whoa! This poem!! The way the sentences shift their meaning and morph is like witchcraft! I feel lucky to have read this--thank you!!
:) Yeah, I did a full scan and analysis of "Superstition" like the good student and teacher I am, marveling all the way. Metrical with a spondee/trochee rhythm, surrealist imagery, jolting sounds, emotional, whip-smart, raw, and with a surprising number of gerunds. ;) I paraphrased it: "Shocked, I felt used."
wow, this is next level in the best way. Had to look up gerunds (worth it!)
Thanks for this, Jessica. The Citron Review is a favourite of mine!
Thanks for the recommendations! I think I've subbed to most of the lit mags you mention. I also like reading The Ekphrastic Review daily and MacQueen's Quinterly. I just subscribed to The Florida Review and also get The New England Review, The Common, Agni, Ninth Letter, and The Cincinnati Review since I think you asked what we read. I especially look for poems about ancestry and use those as prompts in the generative workshops I lead on writing family history.
This is so interesting! Can you give me an example of an ancestry poem and writing poem you've used in your workshop?
I can send you a few by email. I've used some of Lauren Russell's poems from her collection, Descent, for example. There was a poem in The Kenyon Review by Gene Siskel's daughter that I've used as a prompt. Then there is the classic George Ella Lyons poem, "Where I'm From."
Great idea about a remake of Dead Poets Society.
What a super compilation! Thank you for sharing these, both the lit mags and the stunning poems (and their poets). I hadn't read most of these, and am so happy to be introduced.
Thanks for your post. Also a fan of Citron Review and the poem you spotlighted.
Great recommendations! 🎉
Yess I love Adroit and Waxwing! And Tom Dillard, lol. Have you read his "Facts About Emily Dickinson" in Stone Circle Review? One of my all-time faves. https://stonecirclereview.com/facts-about-emily-dickinson/
Wow, I have not read Stone Circle Review--thank you!! Facts About Emily Dickinson is such a gorgeous poem...Dillard really is a master of a poem pivot.
Stone Circle is one of my faves! They're always publishing great work, and Lee is such a dedicated & attentive editor and member of the poetry community.
I just bought the issue of Little Engines! Thanks for the recs.
Tiny Molecules and Burningword are wonderful. Thanks for 5his!
Off topic, but can anyone provide me with names of lit mags that publish work by writers over 50?
https://open.substack.com/pub/litmagnews/p/friday-findings-6-lit-mags-for-writers?r=3g4p1g&utm_medium=ios