“The Difficulty of Holding Time”–Michael Bazzett“Faith”–Carol Louise Munn“The Language of Storms”–Victoria Anderson“Men in the Mine”–Grace Cavalieri“The Seer”–Brandon Whiting“What Came Back”–Suzanne Frank Michael Bazzett and Grace Cavalieri are repeat contributors to 10×3 plus.  This is the second time I have nominated Michael Bazzett for the Pushcart […]

“Taming Texas”–Jefferson Carter“American Ingenuity”–Jefferson Carter“Other”–Mary Crow“My Son, My Undertaker”–John Kay“Confetti”–Robert King“Dear Key Largo:”–Alexandra van de Kamp Good luck to the above contenders.  You can read more of their poetry in the December issue of 10×3 plus.

I wish I had the budget that Bellevue Literary Review must have. Enough dollars to pay for staff to edit and publish a 250 page 10th Anniversary issue. Quality poetry abounds: some favorites of mine are poems by Rafael Campo, David Wagoner, Cornelius Eady, and Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan. […]

One step beyondintensity–what world is that?

From his pose in the gardenJust as his voice becameMy own, Froebel stepped into the evening Of my dream for his uncommon loveOf the young and with his notesAt the close of another centuryCollected from an elemental sourceOf children, my children of the forestAnd the […]

Beginner’s Mind Publishing has made its first nomination for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. The Academy of American Poets oversees the award annually for a poetry collection by a living U.S. poet. It was a pleasure to nominate PHANTOM OF THE APPLE by John Kay, […]

Reading the “Daily Prayer of Father Parfeny of Kiev” on Martin Turner’s Weblog, I realized I don’t think of prayer as between self and God. I found myself editing “Grant me that purity of spirit…which makes us worthy of Thy Love” to Grant me that […]

* Laura Treacy Bentley* Maggie Anderson Laura Treacy Bentley has two poems in THE SOUTHERN POETRY ANTHOLOGY, Volume III: Contemporary Appalachia. “Closet Appalachians” appeared originally in the #2 issue of 10×3 plus. “Gas Stations” was first published in Pudding Magazine. Years ago, I wrote a grant for the […]

sue all time is limited, compressed,when I look on my life there is none of it left,it is all just another day, another again,i seek no solace and nothing can shedits essence, or justify its value,i have no interest in truth or credo,i can’t lean […]

I had the privilege of writing one of the back cover liner notes for this book of poems, and of course, I read the book in its entirety before doing so. It’s now several months later and I keep returning to this book again and […]