Albany Poets highlights and features new poetry by poets and writers from right around the corner and around the world.
Four poems – “Redolent Euphony,” “The Dance of Liberty,” “The Flight of Fantasy,” and “The Sand Art…” – by poet Madhu Gangopadhyay.
Three poems – “Spring Farm,” “High-Heeled Blue Shoes,” and “Tennessee” – by local poet Sharon Stenson who sadly passed away on Christmas Eve.
Two poems – “Brace Yourself…” and “Arguing With Alexa” – from poet, writer, long-time member of the open mic community, D. Alexander Holiday.
Three poems – “Poets in a Bar”, ‘On Watch”, and “After the Virus” – from writer and Massachusetts native Liz Grisaru.
Five poems – “Golden Light”, “Morning Hour”, “Flowers”, “11 0′ Clock, Monday Morning”, and “When Truth Hits The Bull’s Eye” – by Prithvijeet Sinha.
The poems – “Young Drought”, “Arid Nectar”, and “The Forager (To my Mother)” – from local poet Chloe Glenn.
Two poems – “Hurricane Weather” and “Untitled” – by Schenectady poet and writer J. Dorian.
Three poems – “Language and Maps”, “The Chronic Confidence of Want”, and “The Romanian Blouse” – by poet and writer Lucia Cherciu.
Two poems – “Enough” and “Vigil” – by Hudson Valley poet, writer, and librarian Denise Garofalo.
A new poem – “A New Reality” – by poet and writer Mazie Maxwell.
Two poems – “Arrival” and “Then” – by Hudson Valley poet and visual artist Sharon Strauss.
Two poems – “The Electric City” & “New Yorker” – by Lisa Mottolo, an editor and poet originally from Upstate NY, currently living in Austin.
