New Poetry

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

George Moore

Four Poems – George Moore

Four poems – Child Down a Well,” “Across the World,” “From Away,” and “I Think it is Impossible to Sleep” – by George Moore

Barbara Ficarra

Three Poems – Barbara Ficarra

Three poems – “Self-Comparison,” “Reflection,” and “Roots” – from writer, international speaker, academic author, and poet Barbara Ficarra.

Alexondra O’Connell

Three Poems – Alexondra O’Connell

Never Too Late I don’t know the difference between poetry and a diary entry. Isn’t life just poetry in its truest form? Its twists and turns, its trials and tribulations,

Tim Stobierski

Three Poems – Tim Stobierski

Three poems – “Hands,” “I’m okay, it’s just that,” and “Before my father was ash” – by New Haven, CT, poet Tim Stobierski.

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

Five Poems – Mike Jurkovic

Five poems – “The Whereabouts of Heaven,” “My Love Don’t Dream, She Vignettes,” “dense thickets,” “Mediums Mystics and Madmen,” and ‘salt water taffy” – by Mike Jurkovic.

typewriter on table with books

Three Poems – Richard Rose

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

Nicholas Viglietti

Four Poems – Nicholas Viglietti

Four poems – Spiritual Harmonization,” “Love,” “Sac-Town,” and “We Always Could Love More” – from Sacramento poet & writer Nicholas Viglietti.

James H Duncan at a special reading at the Art Associates Gallery in Albany on October 27, 2022.

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.

Jim Gunshinan

Three Poems – Jim Gunshinan

Three poems – “Mike and Me,” “Associate Pastor,” and “Looking for Someone” – by poet and environmental writer Jim Gunshinan.

Connie Johnson

Three Poems – Connie Johnson

Three new poems – “To Whom It May Concern,” “Coffeehouse Haiku” and “I Have Grown Accustomed.” – by Pushcart Prize nominee Connie Johnson.

Michael Chille

Three Poems – Michael Chille

Three poems – “I Will be There to Get You When it is Time,” “Fingerprints,” and “Little Old Piano” – by upstate NY writer Michael Chille.

Amanda Niamh Dawson

Four Poems – Amanda Niamh Dawson

Four poems – “New York Rush,” “Steeple,” “Battlefield,” and “Poet’s Time” – by California-based poet Amanda Niamh Dawson.