Poetry Editor Charlie Bondhus highlights some of the poems published on The Good Men Project in 2015.
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It’s been a great year for poetry at The Good Men Project. Thanks in large part to the efforts of VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts, we received and published more poems from women this year than we ever have before. Also, in addition to nominating six poems for the annual Best of the Net Award, we for the first time nominated six other poems for the prestigious Pushcart Prize.
We continue to strive to publish the most engaging, accomplished poems we can find, from both established and up-and-coming writers. As we prepare to enter 2016, let’s take a moment to look back on some of the great work that appeared on the site in 2015. Keep reading, keep sending in work, and all the best in 2016!
“Exercise: write a letter to the person who infected you,” Noah Stetzer
“Brotherlove,” Maura Alia Badji
“Frankenstein’s Monster,” James Arthur
“Touch: A Letter to Mother,” L. Lamar Wilson
“Shepherd,” Heid E. Erdrich
“Tree of the Apple,” Kelly DuMar
“How Will I Know When I am in a Body?” Nora Meiners
“Viewing Vintage Porn,” David Bergman
“The Octogenarian Asks the Feminist Sex Educator,” Alice Isak
“I, Robot,” Joy Ladin
“Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Anthony Frame
“Before April,” Guillermo Filice Castro
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Great selection of poems. The diversity and range of poems make for great reading and a lot of careful thought.
Thanks, Walter!