POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Nature

In Springtime

by Sarah Blake

Illustrated by Nicky Arscott

In a Few Minutes Before Later

by Brenda Hillman

Lapis

by Kerri Webster

The Writing of an Hour

by Brenda Coultas

Finalists

by Rae Armantrout

Asked What Has Changed

by Ed Roberson

Conjure

by Rae Armantrout

Edges & Fray

by Danielle Vogel

Extra Hidden Life, among the Days

by Brenda Hillman

Trophic Cascade

by Camille T. Dungy

Counter-Desecration

Edited by Linda Russo and Marthe Reed