by Lisa Schantl | Jun 25, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2018
The Age of Poetry: On and off the Page Poetry is having a major moment. We seem to turn to it, to need it most when the world’s leaders debase language and thereby thought and action. And yet within the world of poetry, a division exists, an aesthetic line in the...
by Lisa Schantl | Jul 21, 2023 | Creative Prose, Creative Prose 2023
Nothing to Worry About “I’ll go and tend to the roses!” Gerald hitched up the rusty wheelbarrow and pushed it along the wooden path. He was headed for the bushes opposite the huge pit that evoked the shape of a pond. Swerving from side to side, he was careful not to...