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Moon Walk
22 Jul 2024

Moon Walk

by Ruby Taylor | posted in: Poetry, Uncategorized | 0

Adventure and anthropomorphism featuring poems by Ann Howells, Ann Rayburn and Beth Paulson.

abuse, adventure, grandchildren, grandmother, space
Women’s History Month
26 Jul 2023

Women’s History Month

by Sarah Rubin | posted in: Poetry | 0

Three poems for Women’s History Month, by MaryAnn Miller and Ellen Schmidt (2018 Passager Poetry Contest) and Mary Stone Hanley (2017 Passager Poetry Contest).

family, feminism, grandmother, heritage, history, legacy, motherhood, oppression, sexism
Food
26 Jul 2023

Food

by Sarah Rubin | posted in: Poetry | 0

Two poems by poets Ruth Mota (2018 Passager Poetry Contest) and Leatha Kendrick (2017 Passager Poetry Contest).

beauty, family, food, grandmother, growing up, love, motherhood
September
28 Jun 2023

September

by Sarah Rubin | posted in: Poetry | 0

Football, Grandparents Day and Rosh Hashanah, with poems by Gilbert Arzola, Liliane Roy Anders and Fran Markover.

Autumn, childhood, food, grandmother, grandparents, growing up, heritage, holiday, Judaism, sports, War
The Morgenthau Prize
24 Jan 2023

The Morgenthau Prize

by Amber Campbell Wheeler | posted in: Aging, Poetry | 0

Recalling memories and faces, with works from Henry Morgenthau, Dennis Lee and Mark Elber.

Death, family, grandmother, history, memory, mothers

Passager News

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Submit to the 2025 Passager Poetry Contest by April 30. Winner receives $1,000 prize, publication of multiple poems, and a featured interview in the next issue of Passager. Full guidelines on our Submit page.

Join us on Zoom for an online reading and celebration featuring writers from the new issue of Passager—2 pm Sunday, April 27. Register now on our Events page.

“I wanted to live as boldly as my mother . . . there were places that I lived in fear, and one of them was putting my writing out in public.” Read the full article featuring Passager writers Diane Macklin, Elaine Logan and John Biggs in The Baltimore Beacon.

“I refuse to turn my life over to the disease.” Read the full interview with David Bergman, author of Plain Sight, about the unique challenges of writing with Parkinson’s.

Read “The People Who Started Again In Their 90’s,” an article from The Guardian featuring Passager poet Sarah Yerkes.

The Academy of American Poets has awarded Passager poet Moira Egan the Raiziss/ De Palachi Fellowship for her translation of Letters of Black Fire by Italian poet Giorgiomaria Cornelio.

Headstone received Massachusetts Book Awards Poetry Honors! Congratulations, Mark!

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