Poems from Today’s Special Dish by Nina Lindsay
~by Nina Lindsay Today’s Special Dish It was the morning’s sweetness, a cold wind on warm air and the papery smell of wisteria, that tempted me to homemade tortellini for your lunch. Now, broth simmering, the pasta is dry and cracking in my fingers. The last time we spoke was like this, frazzled, rushed, marked…Read More
“Changing Forecast” from At Ease in the Borrowed World by Barbara Swift Brauer
Changing Forecast Look how the sun has emerged, despite expectations and the wringing of hands. A new warmth rises on the April wind. I am here again at the old crossroads: action at odds with intention. Accomplishment sacrificed to the short-term pleasure of just being here. Is it so wrong to stop and reevaluate the…Read More
“Winter, San Geronimo” from Rain, Like a Thief by Barbara Swift Brauer
Winter, San Geronimo They are walking dry footed on the bottom of Nicasio Reservoir. Rocks in the silent creek jut like the ribs of a starving horse. The fish ladder is a skeleton of concrete. The salmon do not come. These short winter days, the sun clicks on like a furnace,…Read More
Welcome to Our New Press Members
Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong has creations in video, dance, spoken word, live music and software. ravel, her first book, was a finalist for prizes by White Pine Press and New Rivers Press. Her second book, The Quenching (Finishing Line Press, 2022), furthers her multilingual, experimental aesthetic. The dance, music and poetry performance Liriope at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve was the culmination of Bonnie’s residency at Stanford University. …Read More
Annual Call for Submissions: November 1, 2023 – February 1, 2024
Call for Submissions Sixteen Rivers Press invites Northern California authors to submit book-length poetry manuscripts between November 1, 2023 and February 1, 2024. All manuscripts will be read blind, and typically one or two manuscripts are selected for publication. The winner/s will be announced on the press’s website during Summer 2024. Selected manuscripts will be…Read More