May 19
POET OF THE WEEK
NICOLE TALLMAN
Nicole Tallman is the author of three collections: Something Kindred, Poems for the People, and FERSACE. She serves as Miami’s official Poetry Ambassador, Editor of Redacted Books, and Poetry Editor for The Miami Native, South Florida Poetry Journal, and The Blue Mountain Review. Find her on social media @natallman.
Hell isn’t as hot
as they say it is. Nothing is true,
we know. There’s a field of poppies
and a field of roses. Do you want the high
or the thorns?
I like asking questions, but I don’t always have the answers, so I invite the reader to reflect with me or enter a dialogue with me, or the speaker, I should say. I’m usually the speaker in my poems, or a version of me I may or may not know. Philosophy is another love of mine. Someone once called me a “poet of questions” and I didn’t mind it.
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We’ll read and discuss contemporary poetry, recent contest winners, read from some prominent lit mags as well as up-and-coming ones. Furthermore, we’ll discuss current challenges in placing poetry in the contemporary lit mag environment. To round it off, we’ll also generate some of the freshest, coolest, most acceptance-est poetry out there right now. So, buckle in poets. We’re taking off to Submit-ville.