New Poems by Rose Solari and Reuben Jackson Appear in Fledgling Rag #20
Several new poems by Rose Solari and Reuben Jackson appear in newest addition of Fledgling Rag.
Fledgling Rag is a solicitation-only national poetry journal from Iris G. Press. All proceeds from the magazines are donated to charity.
Rose Solari and Reuben Jackson have been active in the poetry and literature scene lately with Rose's Rose Reads live stream and Reuben's weekly recorded series Poems by Reuben Jackson.
To purchase this year's Fledgling Rag, simply donate $15 or more to the Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic and write "Fledgling Rag" in the comments. Then, email Iris G Press at irisgpress@aol.com. They will mail you a copy.
Earth Day Reflections: To See for the First Time
“Our communications are profuse and immediate, as is our consciousness of the interrelationship of all that exists. We’ve seen what we often leave in our wake—homeless populations, spoiled wilderness. We can see the way the decisions and investments that we make, here, everyday, can effect just how much milk a baby in Uganda gets. Our world is a teeming, mysterious, multi-cultural mousetrap of a place where everything seems to hinge on something else. We share a new concept of this planet as a finite space, dense, and more difficult than ever to navigate. We live in an environment fraught with hazard, and it is important to have good guides, guides with insight—those who tread softly.”
Joanna Biggar’s Picks for NPM (Week 3)
Week three of National Poetry Month is here and we are still celebrating! So as the champagne continues relentlessly foaming for party-goers catching their tipsy mid-air, we asked author, Joanna Biggar, to select three poems she thinks are worthy of applause between wassails.
James J. Patterson’s Picks for NPM (week 2)
In honor of National Poetry Month, We asked author and essayist extraordinaire, James J. Patterson, to select three poems he’d like to see celebrated. Along with Walt Whitman’s “On the Beach at Night Alone” (featured above), he chose Wordsworth’s “The World is too much with Us”, And Last but not least, the famed American Poet Robert Bly performing the poem “On Being a Man” by the famed Spanish poet, Antonio Machado.