
Four Poems – James Duncan
Four poems – “The Ocean’s Graveyard,” “Morris Street #1,” “Single Family Ranch,” and “Blink With Fire” – by poet and editor James Duncan.
Albany Poets highlights and features new poetry by poets and writers from right around the corner and around the world.
Four poems – “The Ocean’s Graveyard,” “Morris Street #1,” “Single Family Ranch,” and “Blink With Fire” – by poet and editor James Duncan.
Three poems – “Mike and Me,” “Associate Pastor,” and “Looking for Someone” – by poet and environmental writer Jim Gunshinan.
Three new poems – “To Whom It May Concern,” “Coffeehouse Haiku” and “I Have Grown Accustomed.” – by Pushcart Prize nominee Connie Johnson.
Three poems – “I Will be There to Get You When it is Time,” “Fingerprints,” and “Little Old Piano” – by upstate NY writer Michael Chille.
Four poems – “New York Rush,” “Steeple,” “Battlefield,” and “Poet’s Time” – by California-based poet Amanda Niamh Dawson.
Three untitled poems by Upstate New York poet, author, and educator Mackenzie Akin.
Four poems – “Emerge Gallery,” “Exit 20,” “Opus 40,” and “Rocky the Owl” – by Hudson Valley poet and author Will Nixon.
Three poems from poet, writer, and Capital Region native Rose Marie LaPietra, whose collection of poetry “So what if maybe” was published in 2023.
Three poems – “Beetle Song,” “How Long Will I Bleed,” and “Is This Where You Keep Your Skeleton Keys?” – by poet & open mic host Nathan Smith.
Three poems – “Where the River Pauses,” “In Dreams Cars Flew,” and “White Dinner Jackets, Black Bow Ties” – by poet and editor Rachel Baum.
Three poems – “Daddy, I’m Fine,” “On Being Encouraged to Take that Love Language Quiz, I Pass Knowing,” and “No More” – by Candice M. Kelsey.
Three poems – “On its way?,” “Blossoms Unfolding,” and “Cloud Collisions” – by writer and librarian Denise Garofalo.
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.