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November Notes

by Olivia Loftis
November Notes
The Orchards Submissions are Open Get published in The Orchards: Winter 2025. Our reading period has begun and cash prizes are ripe for the harve...
Posted in call for submissions, debut poets, independent press, poetry reading, poets, submissions, traditional poetry, winter poetry reading

Form Fundamentals

by Olivia Loftis
Form Fundamentals
  Introduction An editing project I worked on recently got me thinking about form again. Structure is a huge draw to poetry as an art form, s...
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Dancing in December

by Olivia Loftis
Dancing in December
  Advent Dark times. December.  Earth’s axis on the slant and the minutes fall from the day a few at a time.   So we outsleep the dark,  sleepwalk...
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O hushed October

by Olivia Loftis
O hushed October
October O hushed October morning mild,Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;To-morrow's wind, if it be wild,Should waste them all.The crows abo...
Posted in Ada Limón, contemporary poets, CT poets, ekphrastic, emotional, Kay Sage, poetic excellence, poetry book awards, poetry readings, poetry reviews, robert frost, seattle poets, traditional poetry, writers