Ash Bowen's poetry has appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Blackbird, and Black Warrior Review, among other publications. He lives and works in Texarkana, AR.
Jennifer Jabaily's poetry has appeared in Mannequin Envy and Fickle Muses. She's a second-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Ashley Anna McHugh is a third-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Measure, DIAGRAM and Memorious as well as other publications.
Johnathon Williams's poetry has appeared in Best New Poets 2009, the Pebble Lake Review, and Unsplendid. He lives in Fayetteville, AR, with his wife and daughters.
Today’s mail brought an invitation for your humble editors to nominate poems for the 2009 Pushcart Prize — a first for us here at Linebreak. While we kick around ideas, I thought our readers might offer some additional wisdom. So I open the question: Which poem published this year on Linebreak would you nominate? Refresh your memory in the archives, if you like, and leave your answer in the comments.
Testimony
my vote goes for “sonatine” by chad temples — my favorite!
1) The Hotel Devotion — Sandra Beasley
2) Gospel According to Garth — Casey Thayer
3) 1920: In Duluth Minnesota — T.J. Jarrett
4) Asterism (Visitor Center) — Ali Shapiro
5) The Lover — Karen Rigby
6) Cash at Folsom — Seth Abramson
I chose six because that’s what you can choose. Right? Lots of good poems to choose from.
I nominate Learn to Sing by Singing by Arra Lynn Ross
Mommy by Megan Collins
I say “Asterism – (Visitor Center) – by Ali Shapiro!
Courage and Horror Stand Side by Side by Katrina Vandenberg & Learn to Sing by Singing by Arra Lynn Ross….
my vote goes to “unnameable force in reserve” by A. McNamara
I still remember “Renaming Wonder” by Sally
Ashton. Wish I had written it.
I also love “Gospel According to Garth” by Casey Thayer.
“a meeting of estrangements” by bob hickok and “asterism (visitor center)” by ali shapiro.