Theme mirrors structure in Jensen’s book of verse, composed of poems printed vertically, one word per line, that read from top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top. Children peer down from Ferris wheel cars ...

Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.

You have no need for a companion down here. Maybe tomorrow morning. Phoebe Strom is a student at Rochester Community and Technical College working toward a degree in English. The Post Bulletin ...

But growing up, the 26-year-old'sview of poetry was heavily influenced by those two men, "both of whom were writers who have experiences that I didn't identify with as a working-class Salvadoran girl ...