Featured Long Poetic Works

The following are featured long poetic works. In a world of increasingly short attention spans, to borrow a phrase and reverse an idea from Randy Newman, poets who write long poems "got nobody to love" their work. We hope you'll prove to be the exception to Newman's Rule of Thumb, and will benefit from your exceptional-ness! -- MRB


The Mouse Whole
an epic poem
by Richard Moore

Prophecy
a corona of sonnets
by Esther Cameron
in memory of Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972)
and Paul Celan (1920-1970)

The World's Last Rose
Sonnets for the Prince of Twilight
by Esther Cameron
a poetic tribute to Paul Celan (1920-1970)


Blue Beard
a play in verse
by V. Ulea


Song of a Son of Light
an epic adventure in metered rhyme
by Ian Thornley