Tag: Poetry
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Until Fall
In Margaret Koger’s collection Until Fall,we are transported to a world of nature that is both cruel and beautiful. With deft language, Koger writes of birds, flowers — morning glory, roses, lilacs, dandelions. She writes of the pandemic and of how a spring storm carries away the birds she looked forward to feeding. Her tender care…
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Oldspeak’s Number 4
If you’re in the Boise area, you probably know about Oldspeak (“Part taproom, part bookstore, part community hub”) — whom we’ve just been reminded of and have added to our Independent Bookstores page. Well, they’ve tallied up their best sellers from 2025 and Edna Shochat’s poetry book, Decent Exposure, came in fourth — following Gillian…
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Winner of National Poetry Prize
We heartily congratulate Edna Shochat of Boise, Idaho, author of the book Decent Exposure, winner in a national poetry competition. You can read about the book on her website poeticamea.com and about the competition on the website of Woodrow Hall, PoetryJumpsOfftheShelf.com. Her book won the Top Five Selection award. Decent Exposure was published by Poetica Mea. The…
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Poetry!
Ah! No-fee contest. Possible win-win for Idaho poets. PoetryJumpsOffTheShelf looks to have been in operation for 20 years. We received a request to publish notice of this no-fee contest — something we don’t do at the drop of a hat, but we couldn’t find anything alarming in our online searches. That being said, do your…
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Safe Handling
Author, veteran, and person-of-many-talents Rebecca Evans is releasing a new book — a book of poetry. (Here’s her Idaho Author Interview profile from January 2023.) Safe Handling (Moon Tide Press, June 2024), a collection-length poem, weaves family and heartbreak as Rebecca Evans and her disabled son navigate our challenging medical industry, seeking out-of-state heart surgery.…
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Poetry Reading
Margaret Koger will be celebrating the release of her upcoming collection of poems, If Seasons Were Kingdoms, with a reading at Boise’s Ming Studios. Time and date: Sunday 21 April 7 p.m. Ming Studio’s web page for their “7 o’clock” event.
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Poets & Poetry Collect
Boise poet Margaret Koger points us to a new collection being published by the Orenaug Mountain Poetry Journal: Whose Spirits Touch. This collection features poems that appeared online each day in February 2024 as a part of the Orenaug Mountain Poetry Journal‘s love and relationships challenge. The poems in this book are about loving fully…
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Tangled by Blood
Rebecca Evans (whom we’ve interviewed) has recently released Tangled by Blood: A Memoir in Verse. Unlike other memoirs, Tangled by Blood is not a tale of redemption, but one of hard-earned love and high stakes. Through a shifting POV, Tangled by Blood offers social commentary on abuse, sexual trauma, addiction, and suicide. The poems and prose in Tangled by…
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Rebecca Evans
She’s been in several anthologies and has co-edited a poetry collection in tribute to the life and achievements of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, when there are nine (available widely: Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Bookshop.org, and via the publisher’s site, Moon Tide Press. A memoir-in-verse, Tangled by Blood, is forthcoming (March 2023). This is a full-length collection,…
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Margaret Koger
She’s a former teacher, librarian, and Poet in the Schools. Study of the interplay of nature and the economy during the settlement of the American West informs Maggie’s writing. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals online and in print. She’s very active in the Treasure Valley writing community. Here (Soundcloud link) Ken Rodgers and…
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Idaho Prize for Poetry
Lost Horse Press (in Sandpoint) runs the Idaho Prize for Poetry contest for a book-length poetry manuscript. Winners receive $1000, publication by Lost Horse Press, and 20 comp copies of their book. Submissions are now open for the Idaho Prize for Poetry 2021. All US poets are eligible. Entries must be submitted by 31 May 2021 Winners will be…
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Poetry reading (online) 16 September
Do you enjoy lively and original poetry? The Live Poets Society Is conducting its first Zoom poetry reading (hosted by its long-time community partner, the Garden City Public Library) on Wednesday, 16 September 2020 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. There’s no fee and the public is welcome to participate.
