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Spring 2024

Spring 2024. Vol. 46 No.4

Poetry

Contest Winner

“when I told my father I wanted to die: a contrapuntal”

By Kristin Gustafson
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“How I stopped fearing elevators and other confined spaces”

By Délani Valin
At walk-in counselling in the strip mall by the beach, they quiz me on their intake form: what have you done to solve the problem yourself? I’ve set a timer, I’ve minded...
Contest Winner

“My ancestor’s body is a beloved ecosystem”

By Alycia Pirmohamed
Her skin is a concatenate of resin solvent and wax, a discontinuous film of belonging in a discontinuous composition of time. There is a dark zone of ink cropping up in her...

Reviews

Pigeon Woman by May Swenson

Reviewed by Gary Lemco

Nightlight by David Barrick

Reviewed by SJ Grimes

Letdown by Sonia Greenfield

Reviewed by Jeri Theriault

The Truth is Told Better This Way by Liz Worth

Reviewed by Melanie Janisse-Barlow

Throwing the Diamond Hitch by Emily Ursuliak

Reviewed by Michael Roberson

News

Spring 2024 Issue Launch

By Contemporary Verse 2
So pleased to share the contributors who will be reading at our spring issue Zoom launch Wednesday, May 1st! Join...

Mini 2-Day Contest Winner (Part 3!!)

By Contemporary Verse 2
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the latest Mini 2-Day Poem Contest! Jade Liu is the winner with...

Mini 2-Day Contest Winner! (Part 2)

By Contemporary Verse 2
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the latest Mini 2-Day Poem Contest! Luke Nguyen is our winner, for...