Albany Poets

Albany Poets mission is to give everyone the platform to share their art with the world. Whether it is on stage, online, or in print, Albany Poets strives to integrate the arts into the Capital Region.
Christian Garduno

Two Poems – Christian Garduno

Two poems – “Caramelized Hearts” and”Bend in the Stream” – by the winner of the 2019 National Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry Christian Garduno.

Sally Zakariya

One Poem – Sally Zakariya

One poem – “What You Say / What I Hear” – by poet, author, editor, and Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, Sally Zakariya.

Danny D. Ford

Three Poems – Danny D. Ford

Three poems – “Revving The Engine”, “Friends of Saint Alex”, and “The Boy Next Door” – by poet and artist Danny D. Ford.

L. Shapley Bassen

Four Poems – L. Shapley Bassen

Four poems – “Grisaille, 2020”, “Physicists at the Beach”, “Past Life Experience”, and “Salix Babylonica” – by L. Shapley Bassen.

Andy Fogle

One Poem – Andy Fogle

One poem – “When an American President Took Office, an Italian Hotel Was Destroyed” – by poet and teacher Andy Fogle.

Nancy Klepsch

Three Poems – Nancy Klepsch

Three poems – “You know my mother was from Corona”, “Dearest”, and “Letter from a Live Teacher to a Dead Teacher” – by Nancy Klepsch.

Paul Tanner

Three Poems – Paul Tanner

Three poems – “five-foot six of necessity”, “brief spikes”, and “death of a shop worker” – by Paul Tanner.

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Three Poems – Melody Wang

Three poems – “Interruptions”, “Two Roads”, and “The Distance Between Us” – by Southern California poet Melody Wang.