New Poetry

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

Carol Jewell

Three Poems – Carol H. Jewell

Three poems – “When Kingfishers Caught Fire”, “Still Can’t Afford an Epitaph”, and “No One Told Me” – by Carol H. Jewell.

LA Brown

Three Poems – LA Brown

Three poems – “Lurgan, Co. Armagh”, “Kicking Tyres”, and “Docked, Dreaming” – by Australian poet LA Brown

Greg Wilder

“The Virus” by Greg Wilder

“The Virus”, a poem about the Coronavirus Pandemic, written from April – November 2020, by local poet Greg Wilder.

George Moore

Four Poems – George Moore

Four poems – “Wilfred Owen at Twenty-Five”, “Pakistan”, “Distance on Aran”, and “Street Life in Ventspils, Latvia” – by George Moore.

William Pattee

Two Poems – William Pattee

Two poems – “Diner Talk” and “Strawberry Princess (from The Rain, As It Knows Us)” – from William Pattee.

Strider Marcus Jones

Two Poems – Strider Marcus Jones

Two poems – “The Ascent of Money” and “The Dance” – by British poet and law graduate Strider Marcus Jones.

Two Poems – Clare Nee

Two poems – “Memories Unspoken” and “Retrograde” – by recent Siena College graduate Clare Nee.

Mia Frisch

Three Poems – Mia Frisch

Three poems – “Everyone’s Addiction Seems the Same”, “The Meeting”, and “Settling in of Paul” – from Mia Frisch.

Shannon Spollen

Three Poems – Shannon Spollen

Three poems – “My Father’s Daughter”, “Visitors”, and “Sweet Dreams” – from teacher and writer Shannon Spollen.

Dean Goldberg

Three Poems – Dean Goldberg

Three poems – “Private Dancer”, “Call Waiting”, and “Me and Plato” – from professor, writer, and filmmaker Dean Goldberg.