Pop Culture

From entertainment to fashion to techno-widgets, pop culture can mirror the beliefs and lifestyles of a society at any given time. Not only does the iconography of pop culture influence consumerism, the objects associated with it can also be a welcomed distraction from our oftentimes stressful world. We invite you to relax and enjoy these 72 poems through their wide lens of whimsy, nostalgia, and social commentary.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Gilbert Allen • Amelia Annen • Shawn Aveningo Sanders • Lana Hechtman Ayers • Zeina Azzam • Devon Balwit • Sam Barbee • Joann Renee Boswell • Michael B. Carroll Jr. • Alan Catlin • Dale Champlin • Margaret Chula • Jennifer Clark • Steven Cordova • Brittney Corrigan • donnarkevic • Judy Dykstra-Brown • Matthew Farr • Linda Ferguson • Eric Forsbergh • Kate Gallagher • Brian Garrison • Peter M. Gordon • Debbie Hall • Evelyn Hampton • Ed Higgins • Karen Paul Holmes • Kate Horowitz • Donna Isaac • Karen Jones • Jeanne Julian • Tricia Knoll • Linda Kraus • David Lawton • Sherri Hope Levine • Sue Fagalde Lick • Fran Markover • Carolyn Martin • David E. Matthews • Eugene A. Melino • Deborah Meltvedt • Karla Linn Merrifield • Amy Miller • Jacob Miller • Sharon Lask Munson • Keli Osborn • Julia Morris Paul • Geoffrey Philp • Clela Reed • Jeannie E. Roberts • Penelope Scambly Schott • Christopher Scribner • Amie Sharp • Bruce Taylor • Colette Tennant • Judith Terzi • Mark Thalman • Lauren Tivey • Rick G. Trumble • Phyllis Wax • J. Stephen Whitney • Patricia Williams • “Catfish” John Wojtowicz

Enjoy a Few Poets Reading from the Pop Culture Issue:

Brittney Corrigan Reads “Nostalgia All Skate”

Amelia Annen Reads “You Told Me I Reminded You of a Greta Gerwig Character”

Lauren Tivey Reads “Gen X Primer”

Lauren Tivey Reads “Ouroboros”

Sue Fagalde Lick Reads “Sacrilege”

Clela Reed Reads “Cars in Cuba”

Lana Hecthman Ayers reads “To All the Website Developers…”

An Audio Poem from the Book:

Sonnet from the Bar
by Karla Linn Merrifield

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Cosmos

What’s out there in the great beyond? Could we survive on Mars? What is dark matter? Are wormholes the secret to time travel?  Human curiosity is as vast as the universe itself, and these poems may provide some unique answers—or at least a little stardust to sprinkle in your morning coffee.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Aileen Bassis • Alan Catlin • Anna Leahy • Annette Langlois Grunseth • Aoife Reilly • Aurore Sibley • Beatriz F. Fernandez • Bill Frayer • Bonnie Larson Staiger • Brad G. Garber • Brent E. White • Brigit Truex • Brittney Corrigan • Bruce Meyer • Bruce Pratt • Carol Levin • Carolyn Martin • Casey Bush • Catherine Fletcher • Cheryl A. Van Beek • Christopher Luna • Cicada • CJ Muchhala • Colette Tennant • Dale Champlin • Dane Karnick • David Belmont • Debbie Fox • Deborah Bachels Schmidt • Delia Garigan • Devon Balwit • Diana Cole • Doug Stone • Douglas Spangle • E R Lutken • E.C.M. Rowntree • Elidio La Torre Lagares • Ellen Huang • Eloise Unerman • Eric Forsbergh • Gregory Loselle • Gretchen Rockwell • Heather Truett • J V Birch • Jan Haag • Jeremy Birkline • Jessica Parker • Jill G. Hall • Joan Moritz • Joann Renee Boswell • Joseph Ridgway • Judith Arcana • Judith Kelly Quaempts • Judy Dykstra-Brown • Karen Mandell • Karin L. Frank • Kathy Ackerman • Katy Brown • KB Ballentine • Ki Russell • Kieran Egan • Kristen O. Bobst • Lana Hechtman Ayers • LAW Fraser • Libi Siporin • Linda Ferguson • Liz Nakazawa • M. Ann Reed • M. C. Aster • Marilyn Johnston • Mark L. Levinson • Melody Leming-Wilson • Mia McGregor • Michael Kellichner • Patti Jeane Pangborn • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Rachel Baila • Rebecca Smolen • Robert René Galván • Roddy Williams • Sally Zakariya • Sam Barbee • Samantha Tisdel Wright • Sharon Wood Wortman • Steve Dieffenbacher • Steve Williams • Tamara Fricke • Tim Kahl • Tom Sheehan • Tricia Knoll • Trina Gaynon • Vinnie Sarrocco • Vivian Wagner

Sample Poems:

How Everything Began

by Bruce Meyer

        ~in memory of Stephen Hawking

Because the universe needed answers,
he took the voice of an answering machine,

and when the universe almost listened,
it heard how everything began as questions.

Tonight, with sleeping pills ingested,
I close my eyes to time and temper,

knowing somewhere everything belongs
to a piece of ancient matter torn by light.

If I dream the numb dream of death
before waking to the spark of morning sun,

in that mortal sleep of silent thoughts,
I shall pass a traveler on his way to forever,

and think of that moment as an eternal now,
then say it was the instant all nows began.

Cosmosity

by David Belmont

after
providence
destiny
kismet
and fate

before
serendipity
synergy
synchronicity
and sympatico

there was cosmic

as in
that was cosmic, man

a simple happy thing
that made you smile
even when you weren’t tripping

Book Launch Celebration

Saturday, Feb 22, 2020 
at 2:00 pm

Featuring Contributing Poets:

Pattie Palmer-Baker • Trina Gaynon • Colette Tennant • Liz Nakazawa • Casey Bush • Dale Champlin • Melody Leming-Wilson • Douglas Spangle • Marilyn Johnston • Brittney Corrigan • Judith Arcana • Joann Renee Boswell • Brad G. Garber • Jessica Parker • Devon Balwit • Linda Ferguson • Delia Garigan • Rebecca Smolen • Doug Stone • Linda (LAW) Fraser • Deborah Bachels Schmidt • Shawn Aveningo Sanders

at
The New Ledding Library
10660 SE 21st Ave
Milwaukie, Oregon

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Sports

Dive into this sports-themed collection and you’ll quickly become a fan, as our poets relive their glory days and share their love of the game. Whether you’re a competitive athlete, a dedicated amateur, or an armchair quarterback, we invite you to the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat—it’s all here between these pages. On your mark, get set. Go!

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Alan Catlin • Alan Robert Proctor • Amie Sharp • Amy Miller • Anne Harding Woodworth • Barbara A Meier • Bill Cushing • Bill Frayer • Brigitte Goetze • Brittney Corrigan • Carolyn Dahl • Carolyn Martin • Charles Halsted • Christopher Scribner • Claire J. Baker • D.R. James • David E. Matthews • Devon Balwit • Diane Averill • Diane de Echeandia • Don Thompson • Donna Prinzmetal • Dwayne Brenna • Emily Waters Shearer • Eric Forsbergh • Gina Forberg • Gretchen Fletcher • Hannah Jane Weber • Jacob Miller • Jamie Brian • Jan Haag • Jeffrey Hantover • John Herold • Joseph Ridgway • Joshua Plack • Joy McDowell • Judith Terzi • Karen Poppy • Karla Linn Merrifield • Kris Demien • Linda Neal Reising • Livia Meneghin • M.G. Stephens • Marc Meierkort • Margaret Chula • Margaret DeRitter • Margaret R. Sáraco • Margaret Van Every • Marjorie Moorhead • Matthew Harrison • Michael Estabrook • Michael Fedo • Naila Claudia Schulte • Neil Creighton • Nils Nelson • Patrick Swaney • Paul Glenn • Penelope Scambly Schott • Peter M. Gordon • Phyllis Wax • Ralph La Rosa • Rick Kempa • Robert Beveridge • Robert Walton • Roger Sippl • Ron L. Dowell • Scott F. Parker • Scott M. Bade • Sharon Wood Wortman • Stephen McGuinness • Stuart Forrest • Stuart Gunter • Toni Partington • Tony Gloeggler • Tricia Knoll • Victoria Stefani • Vivienne Popperl

Sample Poems:

The Baseball Player Stephen Crane
by Alan Catlin

“I did little work at Syracuse, but
confined my abilities such as they were,
to the diamond.” ~ Stephen Crane

Manny French’s fastball rocked him back
on his heels but Crane refused to wear
the padded glove for catching.
Although his hands would be red from
the constant impact of the hard ball,
bruised after nine rounds of catching,
his expression never changed and his
enthusiasm for the game never waned.
Jumping up after each third strike,
although his hands were numb and his arm
weak, he would throw the ball down to
third as hard as he could. Never a strong
hitter, he was a capable one, even shrewd
in his placement, making the most of what
he had with an energy level that would
compensate for the lack of raw talent.
After every game he was the first man
at the pool hall for a beer and eight ball,
preferring as he would later, a famous
writer, the talk of the tavern to that of
the literate man. Education, he felt, was
better learned on the ball field, attributing
his knowledge of war to what he saw on
the baseball field, time clearly well spent
for a man who memorialized a war he never saw.

More Than Sport
by Margaret Van Every

It was sport and more than sport.
It was do or die when we were
young and fit and drove ourselves
to beat all others to the finish.
It was sport but more like life
or death to rise before the light
and polish off the miles beneath
the moon before we went to work.
If we succumbed to sloth and
stayed in bed, the competition
wouldn’t. They’d be up and at it,
gain split seconds on us, beat us
by a hair. Ah, but we weren’t beating
them, we were beating age, for we
looked younger than our peers, we
had joints of steel, the drive of turbines.
We were tough, believed we’d last
forever. We had records, medals,
trophies, clippings. Years of pounding
pavement, swimming laps, pedaling
miles, lifting iron. And what did it get
us? Bionic knees, injured shoulders,
repetitive strain and pain, back and
neck gone bad, dusty trophies and
medals laid curbside, records
smashed by younger and swifter
who rose earlier and risked even more
than we. And none of us ever ask why.

Book Launch Celebration

Saturday, May 4, 2019 
at 2:00 pm
Featuring Contributing Poets:
Brittney Corrigan • Sharon Wood Wortman • Kris Demien • Penelope Scambly Schott
Margaret Chula • Toni Partington • Joshua Plack • Vivienne Popperl • Donna Prinzmetal
Barbara A. Meier • Hanna Jane Weber • Joy McDowell • Devon Balwit • Shawn Aveningo Sanders
at
The Pond House
2215 SE Harrison Street
Milwaukie, Oregon

Enjoy a Few Photos from the Launch:

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In The News

We live in a world where access to breaking news is available 24/7. But how often do we go beyond the headline? What happened next? What was the impact on our fellow humans across the globe? Can we learn? Can we change? Can we make a difference? We invite the world to read these poems and start a conversation—perhaps one that is way overdue.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Alan Catlin • Anita S. Pulier • Anne Casey • Bett Willett • Brad G. Garber • Brian Garrison • Brigitte Goetze • Brittney Corrigan • Carolyn Martin • Cathy Cain • Charissa Menefee • Charles Rammelkamp • Charlotte Mandel • Christopher Luna • Christopher Stolle • Claudine Nash • Colette Tennant • D.R. James • dan raphael • Daniela Gioseffi • David Belmont • David Lawton • Deborah Jang • Dianalee Velie • Dotty LeMieux • Ed Mabrey • Eleanor Berry • Eleanor Kedney • Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios • Elizabeth Kuelbs • Emily Madapusi Pera • Eric le Fatte • Gary Fisher • Heather Truett • Heidi B. Morrell • Ingrid Wendt • Irene Bloom • J.I. Kleinberg • Jamie Brian • Jan Ball • Jane Blanchard • Jane Yolen • JD Amick • Jeanne Julian • Jeff Fearnside • Jo Angela Edwins • Joan Colby • Joanne M. Clarkson • Judith Skillman • Judith Terzi • Judyth Hill • Julene Tripp Weaver • Junious Ward • Kathleen Patterson • Kathryn Staublin • Katy Brown • Kelly Konya • Ken Cathers • Laura LeHew • Liam Stegman • Linda C. Conroy • Linda Ferguson • Linda Kraus • Linda Strever • Lindy Low Le Coq • Louisa Clerici • Lucy Duggan • Lynn M. Knapp • Marc Swan • Marilyn Johnston • Martin Jon Porter • Maryah Converse • Matt Farr • Melanie Green • Michael H. Lester • Michael S. Glaser • Naila Claudia Schulte • Nancy Flynn • Pamela Ahlen • Pat Brisson • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Paul Bufis • Paul Genega • Pesach Rotem • Phyllis Wax • Ralph Long •  Sandy Deyoe • Sarah Lilius • Sharon Alexander • Sharon Wood Wortman • Shawn Aveningo Sanders • Sherry Chandler • Stephen C. Pollock • Steve Williams • Suzanne Bruce • T. McClelland • Tara L. Carnes • Tim Gillespie • Tom Hogan • Tracy Davidson • Tricia Knoll • Trina Sotira • Valerie Forde-Galvin • Veer Frost • Vivienne Popperl • Wendy Brown-Baez

Sample Poems:

Take a Knee
by Jane Yolen

Take mine, I give it freely,
though it’s hardly worth the bend.
Filled now with metal,
worn from years of dancing,
fencing, walking for justice,
standing on vigil lines.

Take mine if you will,
though you will find it stiff
from trudging at night
to comfort babies, grandbabies;
from watching for birds, bobcats;
Standing on podiums giving lectures.

Take mine if you can.
I may have but ten years
more use in it anyway.
If it can support justice,
bring comfort to the distraught,
help the weak walk, lead the poor to work.

Take it if it can help children run,
students cross streets,
the poor to stand tall,
pickers kneel in the field,
union men and women long on lines.
Then take my knee indeed.

On Hearing News of the Massacre Of The Children
~ After Milton’s “On the Late Massacre in the Piedmont”
by Veer Frost

To remember, not where I was
but what
a child is

Still mostly soul
in sudden hummingbird halts
and starts
toward embodiment,

And how the rambunctious light
out of a child’s skin
comes and goes
back in

As if it has two homes
and need not choose
between the springing cowslip world
and migrant heaven.

An Audio Poem from the Book:

Any Given Day
by JD Amick

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Love Poems

What our world needs now is love! So, for our 6th issue, we bring you 85 love poems. Throughout these pages you’ll find poetry that speaks from the heart directly to yours. Our poets go beyond flowers and candy romance to share the real beauty of companionship and commitment. Experience love that grows from gratitude, and endures beyond the earthly boundaries of time and space.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Alexa Mergen • Ann Grant • Aria Wolf • Babo Kamel • Barbara A. Meier • Brad G. Garber • Carol L. Deering • Carol Levin • Carolyn Martin • Cathie Sandstrom • Charlotte Mandel • Cheryl A. Van Beek • Claudia F. Savage • Connie Post • David Kann • Delia Garigan • Diana Rosen • Diane L. Averill • DiTa Ondek • Eleanor Kedney • Elizabeth Stoessl • Elizabeth Tornes • Emily Glossner Johnson • Eric le Fatte • Gabriella Brand • Gareth Culshaw • Gretchen Fletcher • J. Nille • Jane Yolen • Jenny Doughty • Jessica McKenna • Jessica Siobhan Frank • Joan McNerney • JoAnna Scandiffio • John C. Mannone • Jonathan Glenn Travelstead • Judith Arcana • Judith Barrington • Judith Kelly Quaempts • Karla Linn Merrifield • Kenneth Pobo • Konstantin Nicholas Rega • Laura Grace Weldon • Laura LeHew • Laurie Kolp • Linda Ferguson • Linda Simone • Linda Strever • Lisa Randall • Liz Nakazawa • Lucia Galloway • Luke Valmadrid • M.S. Rooney • Margaret R. Saraco • Marilyn Johnston • Mark Elber • Mary C. Rowin • Michael Estabrook • Pam Kress-Dunn • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Penelope Scambly Schott • R.W. Jagodnik • Robert Beveridge • Sally Zakariya • Samantha Irene • Sharon Scholl • Shawn Aveningo Sanders • Sherri H. Levine • Susan P. Blevins • Suzanne Bruce • Suzy Harris • T.J. Smith • Terri Niccum • Terry Severhill • Toni Hanner • Tricia Knoll • Victoria Stefani • William A. Greenfield • Zeina Azzam

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Poems from the Garden

For our 5th issue of The Poeming Pigeon (vol 3.2), Homer takes us back to our roots – literally and metaphorically. Enjoy this collection of over 80 poems that celebrates dirt under our fingernails, seed catalog dreams, sharing zucchini with our neighbors, and this labor-of-love we call gardening.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Pamela Ahlen • Heather Angier • Diane Averill • Dianne Avey • Michael Baldwin • Irene Bloom • Katy Brown • Lanette Cadle • Cathy Cain • Margaret Chula • Brittney Corrigan • Linda M. Crate • Neil Creighton • Gareth Culshaw • C. Hunter Davis • John Davis • Robert Eastwood • Johanna Ely • Matt Farr • Linda Ferguson • Brad G. Garber • Suzy Harris • Ruth Hill • Ann Howells • Georgette Howington • Marilyn Johnston • Tim Kahl • Kelila A Knight • Tricia Knoll • Laurie Kolp • Jennifer Lagier • Eric le Fatte • Shari Jo LeKane-Yentumi • Annie Lighthart • Stephen Linsteadt • Rosemary Douglas Lombard • Alwyn Marriage • Carolyn Martin • Catherine McGuire • Carter McKenzie • Barbara A. Meier • Karla Linn Merrifield • Amy Miller • Kay Morgan • Liz Nakazawa • Claudine Nash • Emily Pittman Newberry • Terri Niccum • James B. Nicola • W.P. Osborn • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Rachelle M. Parker • Laurinda Lind • Kenneth Pobo • Janet M Powers • Cindy Rinne • Jeannie E. Roberts • Susan Rogers • Scott A. Russell • Ada Jill Schneider • Larry Schug • Suzanne Sigafoos • Judith Skillman • Alec Solomita • Elizabeth Stoessl • Beth Suter • G. Murray Thomas • Allison Thorpe • Brigit Truex • Cheryl A. Van Beek • Phyllis Wax • Lillo Way • Viola Weinberg • Sherry Wellborn • Kate Wells • Susan Whitney • Daniel Williams • Steve Williams • Sara Wilson • M. Wright • Paul Yager • Stan Zumbiel

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Poems about Music

675 poets from across the globe answered the call to share their musically inspired poetry. We chose 88 poems—one for each key on a piano. Upon these pages you’ll discover poems inspired by music genres ranging from classical to country, from jazz to rock-n-roll, and everything in between. Join us on a musical journey of discovery and nostalgia. And let the poetry tug on your heartstrings, like a virtuoso glides the bow across the strings of a violin.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

A.J. Huffman • Ada Jill Schneider • Akua Lezli Hope • Alan Catlin • Amy Miller • Anne Harding Woodworth • Anne Whitehouse • Annette L. Grunseth • Bill Cushing • Bill Frayer • Brad G. Garber • Carol Taylor Was • Carolyn A. Dahl • Carolyn Martin • Charles Rammelkamp • Christopher Luna • Christopher Scribner • Claudia F. Savage • Colette Tennant • Connie Post • Cynthia Linville • Dan Raphael • David Belmont • David Jibson • Deborah J. Meltvedt • Diana Cole • Diane Elayne Dees • Donna Barkman • Douglas Spangle • Eileen McGurn • Ellaraine Lockie • Gabriella Brand • Helen Kerner • Jack Maze • Jacqueline Jules • Jan Haag • Jane Miller • Jane Yolen • Janel Cloyd • Jeffrey H. MacLachlan • Jennifer Fenn • Jennifer Hambrick • Joan Leotta • JoAnn Anglin • Josh Gaines • Judith Arcana • Judith Barrington • Judith Kelly Quaempts • Judith Skillman • Julene Tripp Weaver • Julie Valin • Karla Linn Merrifield • Kate M. Wells • Kathleen Corcoran • Katy Brown • Kenneth Salzmann • Leah Mueller • Lennart Lundh • Linda Ferguson • Linda Goulden • Lynn M. Knapp • Marilyn Johnston • Marj Hahne • Mark Kerstetter • Michael T. Coolen • Nancy Haskett • Orel Protopopescu • Peter D. Goodwin • Peter Larsen • Robert Coats • Rosemary Douglas Lombard • Sandra Hanks • Sarah Key • Scott Thomas Outlar • Shahe Mankerian • Shawn Aveningo • Susan P. Blevins • Susana H. Case • Suzanne Bailie • Suzanne DeWitt Hall • Tiffany M. Burba • Todd Cirillo • Toni Partington • Tricia Knoll • Wayne Lee

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Doobie or Not Doobie?

Doobie or Not Doobie? The legalization of medical and recreational marijuana (cannabis) is a hot topic facing America and other countries across the globe. Homer examines this controversial issue through an international curated collection of poems and stories. You’ll enjoy tales of hilarious first encounters with the herb, gratitude for the escape from physical pain, fellowship in passing the spliff and learn why some prefer not to partake in the “madness.” So, light up (or not) and enjoy!

Contributing Poets & Writers from Around the Globe:

Adrian Ernesto Cepeda • Alec Solomita • Angi Holden • Art Goodtimes • Barbara Ruth • Bill Gainer • Brad G. Garber • Brandyn Johnson • Burky Achilles • Carl “Papa” Palmer • Carolyn Smuts • Casey Bush • Catfish McDaris • Cathy Bryant • Chella Courington • Christopher Luna • D. Russel Micnhimer • David Belmont • Devin Taylor • Doug Draime • Eileen Malone • Eric Silvera • Halee Kirkwood • Helen Sparrow • Jade Ware • Jake Grieco • Jane James • Jayne Martin • Jennifer Pratt-Walter • Jill Hawkins • Jim Fulcomer • John Lambremont, Sr. • John Smistad • Judith Skillman • Karen Jane Cannon • Karen Robiscoe • Karla Linn Merrifield • Katy Brown • Kerry A. Bennett • Kristin Roedell • Leah Mueller • Leona Phillips • LOB • Lori Loranger • Lydia Flores • Marilyn Stablein • Marj Hahne • Mercedes Webb-Pullman • Michael Berton • Nathan Tompkins • Paco Marquez • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Peter D. Goodwin • Phoebe Levija • Rachael Clyne • Rebecca Bilkau • Richard Bannerman • S. K. Kelen • Sarah White • Scott Thomas Outlar • Shawn Aveningo • Sigrun Susan Lane • SM • Spurs Broken • Teresa Zemaitis • Tiffany Burba-Schramm • Tim Kahl • Tricia Knoll • Wayne Lee • William Doreski

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Poems about Food

Homer, our Poeming Pigeon mascot, has been hunting and pecking to gather the most delicious poetry for a new collection of poems from around the globe – all about food. Allow us to whet your appetite with an opening poem by Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita, Paulann Petersen, followed by a feast of verse that may not only make your mouth water, but your eyes well-up too. Food not only nourishes our body, it can feed our soul. What’s your favorite food? You just might find a poem about it inside this journal of poetry.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

A.J. Huffman • Andrew David Viceroy • Ann Howells • Ann Privateer • Barbara A. Meier • Beth Suter • Boutheina Boughnim Laarif • Carolyn Martin • Cassie Von Alst • Cathy Cain • Christine Easterly • Christine Kouwenhoven • Claudia F. Savage • Connie Post • Dan Raphael • Dawn Orosco • Deborah Meltvedt • Debra McQueen • Elizabeth Moscoso • Elizabeth Vrenios • Georgette Howington • Heather Angier • Helen Kerner • Irene Bloom • Jan Duncan-O’Neal • Jan Haag • Jane Burn • Jane Simpson • Jane Yolen • JC Reilly • Jeanine Stevens • Jeannie E. Roberts • JenniferAnne Morrison • Jill Boyles • Joan Colby • Joan Leotta • Joanne S. Bodin • Judith Skillman • Karla Linn Merrifield • Katy Brown • Kimberly White • Larry Schug • Laurel Feigenbaum • Laurie Kolp • Linda Ferguson • Linda Flaherty Haltmaier • Linda Hofke • Linda Jackson Collins • Lori Levy • Lori Loranger • Lu Pierro • M.J.Iuppa • Mariano Zaro • Mark L. Levinson • Martie Odell-Ingebretsen • Mary Kay Rummel • Matt Hohner • Nathan Tompkins • Paul Belz • Paulann Petersen • Penelope Scambly Schott • Rachelle M. Parker • Richard King Perkins II • Rick Blum • Sarah Ghoshal • Shawn Aveningo • Sreemoyee Roy Chowdhury • Stephen McGuinness • Susan Mahan • Susan Star Paddock • Suzanne Bruce • Sylvia Riojas Vaughn • Tammy Robacker • Taylor Graham • Terri Niccum • Tricia Knoll • Victorio Reyes

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Poems about Birds

Poeming Pigeons is a curated collection of poetry from around the world — over 100 poems expressing our fascination, fear, frustration and undeniable connection to our fine, feathered friends. Between the pages of this anthology, you will discover stories that make you wonder, cry, laugh, cringe and inspire — all through poems about birds.

Contributing Poets representing 5 Continents, 11 Countries and 22 States:

Alexa Mergen, Alisa Golden, Allegra Silberstein, Annie Lighthart, Ariana Kramer, Arturo Desimone, Beth MacFarlane, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Brenda Taulbee, Brigit Truex, Carolyn Martin, Catherine Ayres, Chris Jarmick, Christa Kaainoa, Christopher Leibow, Claire Feild, Connie Post, Cynthia Gallaher, Darren Donohue, David Butler, David M. Harris, Davnet Heery, Deborah Meltvedt, Dianne Avey, Donna Mclaughlin Schwender, Doug Draime, Douglas Spangle, Eileen McGurn, Elizabeth Reninger, Elizabeth Schultz, Fern G.Z. Carr, Fred Zirm, G. Murray Thomas, Gary Beck, Genea Brice, Georgette Howington, Gerald Yelle, Irene Bloom, Jack Little, James B. Nicola, Jane Yolen, Jennifer Kemnitz, Joan Colby, Joan Leotta, John Grey, John Saunders, Judy Darley, Karen S. Córdova, Karla Linn Merrifield, Kate Wells, Katy Brown, Kimberly White, Larry Schug, Laurie Kolp, Lillo Way, Linda M. Crate, Linda Strever, Lois P. Jones, Lori Loranger, Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen, Lylanne Musselman, Lynn Knapp, Lytton Bell, M, M.F. McAuliffe, M.J. Iuppa, Madeline Levy, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Maria Elena B. Mahler, Mariano Zaro, Marie Lecrivain, Martie Odell-Ingebretsen, Mary Jo Balistreri, Mary Kay Rummel, Mary Slocum, Marybeth Rua-Larsen, Matt Amott, Maureen O’Brien, Melinda Palacio, Mercedes Webb-Pullman, Michael Shay, Moya Roddy, Parker Bauman, Pattie Palmer Baker, Pete Mullineaux, Rachael Ikins, Ram Krishna Singh, Richard King Perkins II, Serkan Engin, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Chmielarz, Hannah Kate Elliott Heltsley, Sharon Lask Munson, Stephen Linsteadt, Steve Williams, Stuart A. Paterson, Susan G. Duncan, Sylvia Ashby, Taylor Graham, Tim Kahl, Todd Cirillo, Tricia Knoll, Vivien Jones

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