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Pontoon Poetry Spotlight | The Following Sea by Tom Schabarum
“In the dark, the night before, under constellations, you held yourself in an arc above me.” Read the entirety of “The Following Sea” by Tom Schabarum here.
Throwback Poem | From A Fort Made of Doors by Casey Fuller
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Happy New Year from Floating Bridge Press!
We have a lot of new and exciting things to share with you this year! Stay tuned and follow along with us here (and Twitter and Facebook). And make sure to keep an eye on Pontoon Poetry — new poems are coming your way soon! To start of the New Year, here is a poem…
Pontoon Poetry | Entanglement by T. Clear
He is the quince and she is the sparrow trapped in his snarl, his heart of thorns, jangled twigs. No easy way out.” Read the entirety of “Entanglement” by T. Clear here.
Grist Reviewed in Ploughshares
The lovely Kimberly Ann Southwick reviewed 3 award-winning chapbooks (all by women!) over at Ploughshares and Floating Bridge Press’s very own Kate Peterson was included. Read the whole review here. Thank you Kimberly, for this great review! Peterson is at her best when allowing her speaker to muse on a body’s perceived abnormalities in a way…
Seattle Civic Poet on Immigration
Today Claudia Castro Luna, author of This City and Seattle Civic Poet, has both a poem and a blog post at The Seattle Review of Books about the experience of being an immigrant. Thank you, Claudia, for speaking so boldly and loudly. Check out both her poem and blog post at The Seattle Review of…
Speaking of Marvels: Interview with Kate Peterson
I put some trauma into words, ground them up and worked them into my version of art. That’s what it’s all about for me. This year’s chapbook competition winner Kate Peterson has an interview up at Speaking of Marvels. It’s the perfect read while you wait to get your very own copy of her beautiful…
Sneak Peek from This City
Asi This is the city that saw the raw mass of me, the quick and slow of me, the I’m afraid and I can’t of me, the it’s beyond me side of me. This is the place that showed me I fit. I take space. This city let me, let me, be. My hair really…