"It would be easy to write a motivational speech asking everyone to come and spend money locally but i think a poem ...

AMERICAN POETRY now belongs to a subculture. No longer part of the mainstream of artistic and intellectual life, it has become the specialized occupation of a relatively small and isolated group.

By that I mean we need to gently confront the nuances of our loss in small but manageable doses. What better way to do this than by reading or writing poetry that cuts deep and subsequently heals.

Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets ...

Poems are like trees. They come in all shapes and sizes. There are: Big ones. Messy ones. Ordered ones. Small ones. Haikus are small poems that share a moment in time with very few words.