I wasn’t able to figure out how to share an image of the cover of the Winter 2021 issue of Tipton Poetry Journal, published out of the poetic circles of Tipton, Indiana, so instead I am sharing a similar (but vintage) image from my small orbit here in Northfield, Minnesota.
I hope that you will take a moment to open the link below, though, not only to see the lovely image of the cover but to read the contents of this ingenious e-facsimile of a paper journal. (I love being able to turn the digital pages instead of scrolling down.) Naturally, I am delighted to see my poem about Edna St. Vincent Millay appearing in the new issue of Tipton Poetry Journal.
I have long been taken with the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Milly. (If you have ever used the expression “burning your candle at both ends, then you, too, might enjoy this four-line poem of hers, first published 101 years ago, in 1920.)
My own poem was inspired when my friend, Sally Nacker, (whose poetry and essay work is familiar to readers of Winona Media) returned from visiting St. Vincent Millay’s home in Steepletop, now the headquarters of the Millay Society, in Austerlitz, New York. Sally sent me a postcard of the poet’s writing studio and also shared the story of her relationship with her husband, Eugene Boissevain, who devoted his life to help her vocation as a poet.
This issue of Tipton Poetry Journal also contains diverse work by these poets:Tobi Alfier, Jonathan Bracker, Matthew Brennan, Simona Carini, Alan Cohen, Ken Craft, Michele Penn Diaz, Diane Glancy, G Timothy Gordon, Charles Grosel, Shakiba Hashemi, C.T. Holte, James Croal Jackson, Jennifer Ruth Jackson, Jerry Jerome, Michael Jones, Robert S. King, Mary Hill Kuck, Charlene Langfur, Bruce Levine, J. Lintu, Jack e Lorts, Ken Meisel, Karla Linn Merrifield, Theresa Monteiro, George Moore, Julie L. Moore, Cameron Morse, Thomas Osatchoff, Lynn Pattison, Akshaya Pawaskar, Nancy Kay Peterson, Timothy Robbins, Seth Rosenbloom, Michael Salcman, Hamilton Salsih, Sara Sarna, Leslie Schultz, Dave Seter, Mary Shanley, Raj Sharma, Michael E. Strosahl, James Eric Watkins and Diane Webster.
Dan Carpenter reviews Linda Neal Reising’s The Keeping.
Cover Photo: “Snowman 2021” by Barry Harris.
Fun factoid: Sally took the author photo of me outside of the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis.
Wishing you a fun if frosty day!
LESLIE
Thank you, Liz!
I think I am due to read a full biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Fingers crossed that the library has one!
Also, glad you noticed the little snow dog. Fittingly, I found this photograph on the day when we began a three-day dog-sitting adventure–so fun, like having a toddler again.
Hi Beth,
Thank you! Yes, it is an honor to share pages of an issue with Diane Glancy!
Thank you, Bonnie Jean!
Congratulations, Leslie! Can relate to those “earthbound needs” forcing a poet to “surrender” — and as a fan of Mainer Edna St. Vincent Millay, I’m happy to know that her husband was pulling for her. AND I’m delighted to see the little snowbaby 🙂
Congratulations, Leslie! How wonderful! This IS a great way to read online. I loved turning the pages, or so it felt. And I think this poem is so powerful, capturing this poet in a way that I don’t think of her and yet …
Also so fun to have you AND Diane Glancy on the pages of a literary publication together! At least to me it’s fun since I have only discovered her in the past year.
A good day to get good news!
Congratulations, Leslie, on your inclusion in the new issue of the Tipton Poetry Journal. Another well-deserved honor for your extraordinary work! I am so grateful for your commitment to finding “just the right words” to touch the hearts of your readers. On a side note. . . .I love the photo of you that accompanies your poem in the journal.