For three years, a fair amount of my time and emotional energy has been devoted to working with neighbors trying to save the woods behind our neighborhood. The long process and struggle made its way into my writing. I’m honored that my poem “Search Party,” about the site walk for the proposed development, won our local land trust’s 2022 Poetry Contest. You can read it here:
https://www.capelandtrust.org/news/2022-poetry-and-photo-contest-results/#3-search-party
I’m honored to have my poem “Boom Town” included in Rust + Moth. “Boom Town” mourns the changing landscape in the part of the world I love so much. Many thanks to the editors.
I’m honored to have my poem “Outside the Crypt” included in Whale Road Review.
I’m happy to have my poem “Pseudacris crucifer (Peepers)” featured at Amethyst Review. The peepers finally started singing in my neighborhood this week. Happy spring!
I’m happy to have my poem “Safer” featured in Psaltery & Lyre as the last snowstorms of the season approach.
I’m honored to start the year with a poem in The American Journal of Poetry. “Pulling” was inspired by Maine’s Cumberland Fair.
I’m happy to have my chilly poem “Ice Land” featured in Poetry Breakfast as Winter Solstice approaches.
I’m happy to have my poem “Bent” included in Whale Road Review. Welcome winter with poetry!
I’m delighted to have another poem, “Night Drive,” included in Poetry Breakfast! So many of the streets and landmarks in my town have intriguing names — I find myself imagining stories about them.
I’m very happy that my poem “Beach with No Name” found a home in The Fourth River Literary Journal. The Fourth River, which focuses on our natural and man-made environments, is published by Chatham University’s MFA program. Enjoy!
Sheila Wellehan 