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Line in Time: Skipping Stones, Woman Poetry Project

Line in Time: Skipping Stones, Woman Poetry Project

Greetings Y’all Poets, Bards, n Troubadours A short one this week, but celebratory. With luck, I expect we will have Skipping Stones Vol VI in hand as early as Friday!!! It’s been a long, frustrating journey, but we are nearly there. Between now and the end of December I will be working out... »

Poem: Spiro Who?

Poem: Spiro Who?

W. W. Yoder, III of Chesapeake share his thoughts on 'the second coming of suburban bliss.' »

A LINE IN TIME 12-06-2009 – the BIG news is SKIPPING STONES at last

A LINE IN TIME 12-06-2009  –  the BIG news is SKIPPING STONES at last

Greetings Y’all Poets, Bards, n TroubadoursSKIPPING STONES Vol VI is off to the printers. As soon as we have a delivery date (hoping for two weeks or earlier), I’ll post it online and let everyone know.  That’s the good news.... »


Billy Boom Train – Wins the Gold

Billy Boom Train – Wins the Gold

Chesapeake resident Brian Batts has won a gold Parents Choice Award for the Fall of 2009. Brian's illustrated children's book with audio also has been highly praised by readers... »

Fence Things Going On

Fence is not locally based, but I think it’s a good literary review for new poets to check out. I like its contemporary flare and occasional edge. Plus, how... »

TReehouse: You are what you eat

From Tom Robotham of TReehouse magazine, which is a locally-based online publication…. Please take a look at Angela Blue’s new piece on TReehouse–You Are What You Eat. I still... »

ALP: Like Coins, November

ALP: Like Coins, November

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006 I love poems in which the central metaphors are fresh and original, and here’s a marvelous, coiny description of autumn by Elizabeth Klise... »

Poetry: 2 June

Poetry: 2 June

W. W. Yoder, III of Chesapeake VA shares the experience of a June day turn night after hours stuck inside during choir practice. Although the author doubts the sense... »

Line in Time: Local poetry this week

Line in Time: Local poetry this week

Greetings Y’all Poets, Bards n Troubadours.Saturday Jack Callan had a triumphal overtime reading from his new book “Knucklehead Poems” at Iris Art Studio in Poquoson. If you weren’t there,... »