New Poetry

Albany Poets highlights and features new poetry by poets and writers from right around the corner and around the world.

D.R. James

Four Poems – D. R. James

Fours poems – “The Day I Got My Timing Down,” “Another Time, This Same Moon,” “Early Morning Love Song,” and “Whose Life Is It, Anyway?” – by poet and retired educator D. R. James.

Adam Sarlan

Three Poems – Adam Sarlan

Three poems – “Walt Whitman,” “Bethesda Fountain,” and “Good Again” – by Massachusetts poet Adam Sarlan.

Connie Johnson

Three Poems – Connie Johnson

Three poems – “& It’s Jazz Artistry,” “Unspoken,” and “Into the Unknown” – by California-based poet and writer Connie Johnson.

Barbara Ficarra

Three Poems – Barbara Ficarra

Three poems – “Wonder,” “Happiness & Grace,” and “You are Enough” – by author, poet, and health care leader Barbara Ficarra.

Catherine Ventry

Four Poems – Catherine Ventry

Four poems – “Brake Failure in Terza Rima,” “Private Mythologies,” “Spartan Boy,” and “Thought Experiment” – by Hudson Valley poet Catherine Ventry.

typewriter on table with books

Three Poems – Richard Rose

Three poems – “Eyes of Stone,” “The Midnight Toilet Clog,” and “The Two Minute Novella” – by poet and educator Richard Rose.

Mike Rosler

Three Poems – Mike Rosler

Three poems – “Jimi & Bessie in this Place,” “Miss Mary Digresses,” and “Joanne” – by jazz musician and poet Mike Rosler.

David Dephy

Four Poems – David Dephy

Four poems – “Inside Your Nerves,” “Divinity of You, America,” “The Senses of Progress,” and “A Look of a Child” – by award-winning poet, novelist, essayist, and multimedia artist David Dephy.

Three Poems – Tracy Duffy

Three poems – “Critique Response,” “Aunt Mae – this is your sister,” and “Apnea” – by poet Tracy Duffy.