"These poems are laden with grief, but also, to my ears, carry a tremendous love and hope, without which, surely, there could be no endurance," writes critic Mandana Chaffa. With members across ...
Allison Joseph is the author of Confessions of a Barefaced Woman (Red Hen Press, 2018). She lives in Carbondale, Illinois. “This poem is inspired by the great songwriter and American treasure Paul ...
“Were you to visit the new farm machinery display at a county fair in rural America, it’s possible that you might see what I have seen: a farmer missing a hand or an arm, assessing the same kind of ...