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Now Is What Matters

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Now Is What Matters

by Janet Steward

A Finalist in the The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize 2023:

Janet Steward became caregiver for her husband when memory loss joined his list of chronic conditions. This moving collection not only documents the couple’s journey, but it offers a source of insight, courage, and comfort. More than anything these poems teach us that the practice of love is a lifelong exercise, one that is rewarded with a beautiful, intimate dance for two.

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The Old Folks Call It God’s Country

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The Old Folks Call It God’s Country

by Carol Parris Krauss

weaves stories of North Carolina and South Carolina through various people and places. Her poems are a glimpse into the place the Old Folk’s call “God’s Country.” From looking outside her grandparent’s home in Brevard, North Carolina to recounting her sister’s journey to a cottage at Pawleys Island, the reader can travel with her on this journey of recognition and recollection.

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How to Say

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How to Say

by Stephanie A. Marcellus

gives us a poetic instruction manual for everything from picking mulberries, saying I love you, to living with ghosts. These poems apply the language of direction—with its imperatives and step-by-step guidelines—to life’s experiences and emotions and offer insight in a unique poetic manner.

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Chapbook Prize 2023: Winners

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We are very excited to announce the winners of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize for 2023 and look forward to sharing their chapbooks with you in February. Thank you to all of the poets who entered our third annual contest.

And special thanks to our wonderful judge, Andrea Hollander!

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FIRST PLACE

Richard Jordan
of Massachusetts
for
The Squannacook at Dawn

Details about her book HERE

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cr: Greg Hoyle

SECOND PLACE

Kirsten Morgan
of Colorado
for
Inside Out

Details about her book HERE

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photo cr: Sarah Sargent

THIRD PLACE

Carol Barrett
of Bend, Oregon
for
Reading Wind

Details about her book HERE

Finalists:

The Mother/Daughter Papers by Gail Rudd Entrekin (CA)

Currents for Jellyfish by Briana Fischella (FL)

Journey of Trees by Susan Landgraf (WA)

The Last Angels by Richard Lyons (TN)

Now Is What Matters by Janet Steward (WA)

Beguiled by Ingrid Wendt (OR)

The Further Adventures of Zen Patriarch Dogen by James K. Zimmerman (NY)

Rescue Dogs by Fred Zirm (MD)

(We will be open again for contest submissions in Feb, 2024)

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gOD: A Respectfully Divergent Testament

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gOD: A Respectfully Divergent Testament

by Penelope Scambly Schott

is “a marvelously witty glimpse of the divinity that resides within us all: a self-awareness creating universes and loving every tiniest bit, laughing and crying over our human foibles.”

Pre-order now thru Feb 15, 2024

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