New Poetry

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

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.

Steve Denehan

Two Poems – Steve Denehan

Two poems – “What to Get the Man Who Has Everything” and “Man, Versus Fly” – by poet and Pushcart Prize nominee Steve Denehan.

Marian Kilcoyne

Two Poems – Marian Kilcoyne

Two poems – “Just Sounds” and “Roar” – by Irish poet, writer, and educator Marian Kilcoyne.

Mike Jurkovic at the Calling All Poets open mic on April 5, 2019

Two Poems – Mike Jurkovic

Two poems – “West of Boston” and “Brubeck’s Bar #6” – by Hudson Valley poet, writer, and host Mike Jurkovic.

Shannon Cuthbert

Four Poems – Shannon Cuthbert

Four poems – “Root Center”, “Philosophy”, “The Only Café Around For Miles”, and “Semestering” – by Shannon Cuthbert.