All posts tagged: Poetry Feature

September 2026 Poetry Feature

This month, we’re pleased to bring you poems by BRIONNE JANAE, GRAY DAVIDSON CARROLL, and WILBERT TURNER III.

Table of Contents

  • Brionne Janae, “You Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley”
  • Gray Davidson Carroll, “Aubade, or Ars Poetica as Men”
  • Wilbert Turner III, “Desperado Despair”

 

Author photos of Brionne Janae, Gray Davidson Carroll, and Wilbert Turner III

From left to right: Brionne Janae, Gray Davidson Carroll, and Wilbert Turner III.

 

YOU GOT TO WALK THAT LONESOME VALLEY
By Brionne Janae
                        ~ after Mississippi John Hurt

            and how did you go through it?
            and did you keep? did you keep your mind?

you got to walk it for yourself

            and on returning what state did you find it in?
            as in what state were you in?
            were you where you left yourself?
            and who was left?
            was anyone left?
            and how sure were you that you could reach them?

September 2026 Poetry Feature
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August Poetry Feature

New poems from MARCUS WICKER and ELLEN HINSEY

Table of Contents:

  • Selections from Dear Mothership by Marcus Wicker
  • Selections from Anatomy of the Eclipse by Ellen Hinsey

 

Cover of Dear Mothership

What if an alien landed in Atlanta in January 2020 and tried to document everything it saw for two years? Not just the big stuff like the pandemic, the protests, the Capitol riot, but also the unfiltered everyday occurrences: binge-watching reality t.v. and some retail therapy, a young girl quieting her wailing sister in the middle of an airport Popeye’s with a kiss to her invisibly injured elbow. That’s the premise of Dear Mothership, the new poetry collection from Marcus Wicker (Ecco, September 8). Part Afrofuturist odyssey, part cultural chronicle, the collection weaves the ATLien emissary’s observations together as it examines what is alien in our world, alongside poems that chart upheavals both personal and political.

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April 2026 Poetry Feature #2: Sharon Dolin, Kerry James Evans, Andrew Hudgins, and Maria Terrone

April brings new poems by our contributors: SHARON DOLIN, KERRY JAMES EVANS, ANDREW HUDGINS, AND MARIA TERRONE!

Headshots of poets Sharon Dolin, Kerry James Evans, Andrew Hudgins, and Maria Terrone

Sharon Dolin, Kerry James Evans, Andrew Hudgins, Maria Terrone (from left to right)

 

Table of Contents:

—Sharon Dolin, “Savor”

—Kerry James Evans, “Smoky”

—Andrew Hudgins, “After Death”

—Maria Terrone, “Alchemy”

April 2026 Poetry Feature #2: Sharon Dolin, Kerry James Evans, Andrew Hudgins, and Maria Terrone
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April 2026 Poetry Feature #1: Carson Wolfe, Benjamin Paloff, and Jehanne Dubrow

April is poetry month! To kick it off, we have new poems by our contributors, CARSON WOLFE, BENJAMIN PALOFF, and JEHANNE DUBROW!

Jehanne Dubrow (left), Carson Wolfe (center), and Benjamin Paloff (right)

Jehanne Dubrow (left), Carson Wolfe (center), and Benjamin Paloff (right)

 
Table of Contents: 

—Jehanne Dubrow, “Encounter” and “Winter Rye”

—Benjamin Paloff, “Of the Art of Conferring”

—Carson Wolfe, “I Rank Places by How Much They Charge for Pringles”

April 2026 Poetry Feature #1: Carson Wolfe, Benjamin Paloff, and Jehanne Dubrow
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February 2026 Poetry Feature: Fatimah Asghar and Shane Moran

This month we welcome SHANE MORAN to our pages for the first time, and we welcome back FATIMAH ASGHAR; both poets have poems forthcoming in the print journal. Gratitude to both poets from all of us at TC.

Table of Contents:

—Fatimah Asghar: “[madness]” and “[pagamento]”

—Shane Moran: “Cedar of Lebanon” and “Les Docks / Chatelet”

February 2026 Poetry Feature: Fatimah Asghar and Shane Moran
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January 2026 Poetry Feature #1: U-topias

By JILL PEARLMAN

I

Wondrous, the emptiness so close, close to an absent sea,
only sea-fields, wheat-fields, golden stubble,
though we were walking together on a path to find the sea.

Wandering together under a wide horizon. 
On a road called Pas de l’Assassin.

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December 2025 Poetry Feature #1: Rodrigo Toscano, Olena Jennings, Ezza Ahmed, and Wyatt Townley

New work from RODRIGO TOSCANO, OLENA JENNINGS, EZZA AHMED, and WYATT TOWNLEY

Table of Contents:
—Rodrigo Toscano, “One Like”
—Olena Jennings, “The Pine”
—Ezza Ahmed, “The River That Was and Wasn’t”
—Wyatt Townley, “The Longest View” and “Christina’s World”

One Like
By Rodrigo Toscano 

“Couple Bach preludes, a binding ceasefire,
One Dickenson poem, and we’re all set”
That was the post, like a gleaming beach pier
Charming half way out, torn up at the tip
Battered by statecraft, departmental verse.

December 2025 Poetry Feature #1: Rodrigo Toscano, Olena Jennings, Ezza Ahmed, and Wyatt Townley
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