Congratulations to all of our nominees!
2020 Orison Anthology Nominees
Last Rites
Lord, bless the undertaker who makes the news / for burying the Boston Marathon bomber / when no one else will
2020 Best of the Net Nominees
Congratulations to all of our Best of the Net 2020 nominees!
Carotenoid
a gallery opens, / a mural of trees rust and russet
Book Review: Candescent, by Linda Parsons
This is no self-pitying record of defeat, but a book of rebirth and restoration, a fact suggested by several poems’ titles: “O Forgiveness,” “Therapy Dog,” “The Art of Meditation,” “Battered Victory,” “Stand Up,” “As I Meditate,” “Learning to Glide,” and “Inner Work.” It is a book of candescent triumph.
Lessons about Light
I want to lasso the sun and drag it down / to my deathbed. A lament become / a lantern.
Book Review: In Bloom, by Esteban Rodriguez
Rodríguez looks and looks again at childhood, family, religion, and the Colonias of South Texas. Amidst the unincorporated residential areas along the US/Mexico border, these poems take root, rise up, and open their mouths to speak about what is found there.
The 200 Pagan Students of St. Cassian of Imola
And what did they write with their iron styli, / what complaints carve into his scholar skin
Believe
Seven schools in twelve years— / my childhood shifted pillar to post.
Psaltery & Lyre 