Issue 11 has arrived! It features stellar work from seven poets:
Ace Boggess
Sy Brand
Madeleine Grossman
Allison Hummel
Jude Nguyen
Simon Perchik
Stephanie Athena Valente
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Thanks for reading. Hope this uncertain era finds you safe and healthy.
Issue 10 has arrived! We are excited to share poems from six poets:
Michael Akuchie
Alexandra Bentayou
P. Claire Dodson
Satya Dash
Hannah Newman
Ellen Sander
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Issue 9 is here! So excited to share ten stellar poems from Kristian Macaron, Maddie Ticknor, Ashley Steineger, and Catherine Weiss.
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Honored to present the fourth issue of The Mantle, presenting ten poems from ten poets:
Gale Acuff
Shelby Curran
Emily Ellison
Hedy Habra
Lindsay Illich
Shirley Jones-Luke
Tanner Lee
Ethan Milner
Crystalline Nixon
Amy Poague
The issue is available both as a PDF and as a series of linked pages, so you can read and/or share in the way you prefer.
Consider submitting to our fifth issue, which will release on the first of August. Until then, enjoy!
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Thanks for reading and– always– your support!
Best,
James Croal Jackson
Editor
Proud to present our nominations for Volume 3 of Bettering American Poetry (content from Issues 1 and 2 are eligible):
Nina Sudhakar – “Self-Portrait as Cathedral” (Issue 1)
Bryanna Licciardi – “Fish Love” (Issue 2)
Keshia Mcclantoc – “nature vs. nurture” (Issue 2)
These poems are worth the read! Congratulations to the nominees and best of luck going forward in the process.
(We read submissions for Issue 4 through April 7th. Read the guidelines here!)
Honored to present the third issue of The Mantle! In this issue you’ll find ten poems from nine poets:
Geoff Anderson
Eleonor Botoman
Sheena Carroll
Fayce Hammond
Alicia Hoffman
Daniel J. Pizappi
Layne Ransom
AJ Wolff
Soz Zangana
The issue is available both as a PDF and as a series of linked pages, so you can read and/or share in the way you prefer.
Consider submitting to our fourth issue, which will release on the first of May. Until then, enjoy!
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Here it is: the second issue of The Mantle! Honored to present ten poems from ten poets:
Maureen Daniels
Anisa Gandevivala
R.W. Jagodnik
Tallon Kennedy
Bryanna Licciardi
Keshia Mcclantoc
Stephen Mead
Jessica Mehta
Kenneth Pobo
Aden Thomas
The issue is available both as a PDF and as a series of linked pages, so you can read and/or share in the way you prefer. In this issue you will find poems of fear and acceptance in relation to love, sea, sky, and phenomena; the intersection of art and identity; the inevitability of both future and memory– and much more. Hope you enjoy reading these as much as I do.
Consider submitting to our third issue, which will release on the first of February. Until then, enjoy!
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We are proud to unveil the first issue of The Mantle! We present ten poems from eight poets:
Menkah Ahlawat
Ace Boggess
Nicholas Bon
Gray Clark
Robert Okaji
Kenneth Pobo
Louise Robertson
Nina Sudhakar
The issue is available both as a PDF and as a series of linked pages, so you can read and/or share in the way you prefer. In these poems, you will find a cryptic note from twenty years ago; tape recorders full of secrets; lost cities and selves; holes to drill and fix; math and architecture; and flowers of both the metaphorical and non-metaphorical varieties.
Consider submitting to our second issue, due out in November. Until then, enjoy these great poems!
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Thank you so much for your support!
James Croal Jackson
Editor, The Mantle
