Hope
Springtime and other feelings we need right now, with poems by Barbara Stout, James McGrath, Gilbert Arzola and Shirley J. Brewer.
In Memory of Jean Connor
A tribute episode to the remarkable poet.
Three Sonnets and a Pantoum
Well and lesser-known forms, with poems by Lee Warner Brooks, Elinor Horwitz, Norma Chapman and Bonnie Naradzay.
Winter Animals
The Groundhog, the Mouse and the Crow, with pieces by Laura Wisniewski, Alene Bricken and Jean Connor.
Valentine’s Day
Love and romance, with poems by Denise Rue, C. W. Emerson, Marge Piercy, Chuck Madansky and Dorothy Weil.
Updating Religion
Reformations, with poems by Curt Sloan, Jesse Arthur Stone and Joyce La Mers.
Memorial Day
Honoring our late loved ones, with poems by Mark Elber and Fran Markover.
Mothernest
Four poems in the spirit of mother-ness, introducing a new collection by Sandy Longley.
Mothers
Mother memories, with poems by Gilbert Arzola, Wilderness Sarchild, Wendy Elizabeth Ingersoll and Daniel Carpenter.
May Day
Contemplating what helps us bloom, with poems by Kathy Mangan, Sarah Yerkes and Catherine DeNunzio.
Music
It’s the soundtrack to our lives and the rhythmic telling of our destinies with poems by Diana la Com, Ruth Moon Kempher and Harry Bauld.
Words
The things we use to say what we need and how we feel, with poems by Tony Howarth, Sophia Rivkin and Tim Gillespie.
Birth and Rebirth
Enjoying all that came before, what is here now, and what will be with poems by John Glowney, Sharron Singleton, Maryhelen Snyder and Henry Morgenthau.
Marching into April
Witness the blooming of April’s expectations and memories with poems by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro, Jim Zafris, Mike Jurkovic and April Lindner.
The Trauma Issue
Taking a deeper look into our invisible, innermost scars, with poems by Tonia Dixon, Kelly Madigan and Diane Fusting.
The Ides of March
Diving into the month that has transfixed history, with works by Julie Cadwallader Staub, Julia Carter Aldrich and Julie LeMay.
Poetic Forms
Appreciating the form and flow of words, with poems by former Wells Burgess, John Ridland, Nancy Carlson and Nan Fry.
Valentine’s Day
Embracing the sweet, and sometimes bitter, temptation of love this season, with poems by Michael Schneider, John Davis and Rachel Michaud.
Poems in Protest
Remembering those lost to racial injustice while hoping for a brighter tomorrow, with poems by Art Cohen, Robert Nelson and Ted Lockhart.
The Morgenthau Prize
Recalling memories and faces, with works from Henry Morgenthau, Dennis Lee and Mark Elber.
Two Reptiles and a Mammal
Memories of childhood and the curious experience of our changing bodies, with works by Nancy Davidoff Kelton, Susan Okie and Wendy Taylor Carlisle.
Another Year Older
Another year, another lesson with poems by Maxine Gibson, Doris Watts and Melanie Dubose.
Holiday Light
Late December, lights shining in the darkness, with inspiring words from Andrew Brown and Gilbert Arzola.
The Night Sky
On flight and nightly trips, with poems by Scott Ward, Arne Weingart and Paula Colangelo.
Sagittarius
The season of the centaur, with pieces by Joyce Abell, Alan C. West, Nancy Davidoff Kelton and Dennis H. Lee.
Veterans Day
The people that survived, with pieces by Charles West, Freddie Lee Wilson, Craig Hukill, David McAleavey and Michael Miller.
More from the New Issue
More honorable mentions from the new issue of Passager, Lenett Partlow-Myrick, Len Freeman, Bob Shapero and Jerome Gagnon.
Headstone by Mark Elber
Introducing the Mark Elber’s prize-winning book, featuring selected poems from the just-released Headstone.
2022 Passager Poet David Bergman
Four poems from 2022 Passager Poetry Contest Winner David Bergman.
The Diaries
Reflections from Judith Beth Cohen, Maureen Woodcock, Gloria Kropf, Lynn M. Knapp, Rich Bates, Wendy Watson, Martha Graham-Waldon, Amy Cotler, Mary Alice Dixon, Ellen Reichman, Tricia Knoll, Pia Wood, Susan Milord and Dayana Moreno.
The 2022 Contest Issue
Honorable mentions from the new issue of Passager, with poems by Joyce Schmid, Julie Pratt and James McGrath.
National Ampersand Day
Honoring the ampersand and the bridges between ideas, with poems by Marilyn Wallner, Anne Myles, Patricia Zylius and Sarah Yerkes.
Summer
Sunny and seasonal, with poems by Pat Hale, Dorothy Riehm, John O’Dell and Ed Minus.
The Centenarians
On this 100th episode of Burning Bright, poems by 100-year-olds Jean Connor, Henry Morgenthau III and Sarah Yerkes.
Living on the Cusp
Growing pains, with excerpts by Sarah Dabney and Timothy Reilly.
The 1950s and 60s
Mid-century childhoods, with pieces by Judy Lee Green, Marianne Patty and Rosanne Singer.
Memorial Day
Three women of WWII, with poems by Diane Dees, E. Laura Golberg and Shirley Brewer.
Mother’s Day
Memorable mothers, with pieces by Maureen Hossbacher, Margaret Osburn, Nancy Davidoff Kelton and Chris Carbaugh.
Baseball
Opening Day, with pieces by Harry Bauld, John Kimmey and Jennifer Wallace.
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Coupla Old Men
Meet Bert and Callum, with pieces by Kathy Shorr and Kirk Wareham.
Spring Miracles
Birth, new beginnings and miracles, with poems by Beth Paulson, Liz Abrams-Morley and Wendy Hoffman.
Women’s History Month
Celebrating women, with pieces by Wilderness Sarchild, Gilbert Arzola and Joyce Abell.6 minutes TRANSCRIPT At the beginning of her book Old Women Talking, Wilderness Sarchild says, “In our culture, old age often indicates invisibility, but the old women I know … Continued
Pandemic Retrospective
Two years of COVID, with excerpts from Juliet Wilson, Orman Day, Patrick Hansel, Elaine Lambert and Liz Abrams-Morley.7 minutes TRANSCRIPT Two years ago, in March, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid a pandemic, and President Trump declared a national … Continued
Near Death Experience
Life and death and curiosity, with poems by Joyce La Mers, Maureen Murphy Woodcock, Pat Hurley and Fran Markover.
The New Issue!
A peek inside the 2022 Open Issue, with excerpts from Rhett Watts, Jayne Brown and Patrick J. Murphy.
Presidents’ Day
Presidential namesakes, with poems by Rossme Taylor, Tom Buchanan and Leah Johnson.
A Conversation with Henry Morgenthau III
The first time we Passagerians visited Henry Morgenthau at his home at Ingleside Retirement Community in Washington, DC this past June, we were touched by his hospitality; he even had lunch prepared for us when we arrived. We were awed … Continued
