3 Poems
by Joan Kerr
Joan Kerr is a widely published Australian poet and is also, with Gabrielle Daly, the comic novelist Gert Loveday (Writing is Easy). She also blogs on books and writing at Gert Loveday – Fun With Books.
What interesting, secret things can you tell us about “3 poems”? An interesting, secret thing? I’ve never tried this form before but I love poems that touch the ground very lightly and then explode like little puffballs and it’s the perfect form for that.
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Submissions
Poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction/prose poetry submissions are now closed. The reading period for standard submissions opens again September 15, 2025. Submit here.
Upcoming
06/29 • Chao Wang
07/06 • Adrian Potter
07/13 • Lissa Staples
07/20 • Emily Kingery
07/27 • Eipsita Kumari
08/03 • Ryan McGeeney
08/10 • Suzanne Martinez
08/17 • Courtney LeBlanc
08/24 • Barbara Diehl
08/31 • Richard Hurst
09/07 • Michael Okafor
09/14 • TBD
09/21 • TBD
09/28 • TBD