The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast October submitted poems episode features four wonderful contributions read by the poets. Different forms and themes are featured. The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast explores the art of poetry through interviews with poets and artists including Safia Elhillo, A.E. Stallings, Dana Gioia, Yanyi, Olivia Gatwood, Lisa Marie Simmons and more. Subscribe today.
Listen to the poems using your favorite podcast player and then read each below:
- Things Will Work Out by Madi Huffman
- Summer Storm by Ben Fowlkes
- African Black Soap Burns Me Now by Dereka Smith
- New York Rhino by VA Wiswell
it's strange how we are always told that things will work out
we should be saying "things go on"...
Excerpt from Things Will Work Out
Madison Huffman, aka Madi, is a multifaceted artist from North Carolina. She began writing poetry at a very young age encouraged by her mother who was also a poet. She is a southern born rebel, always finding inspiration in her life adventures, the surroundings of growing up in the south, and the vast love of the human experience. She finds comfort in abstract concepts that describe everyday events and hopes to create a visual experience when digesting her writings. More of her work can be seen on her website at http://www.mannequinmadi.com
The morning after
we walked my neighborhood to gawk at the destruction...
Excerpt from Summer Storm
Ben Fowlkes is a writer whose work has appeared in Glimmer Train, Best American Short Stories, Fail Better, and elsewhere. He works as a sports writer for Yahoo Sports, and he has previously written for outlets such as USA Today, The Athletic, Sports Illustrated, and others. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Montana. He lives in Missoula, Montana, with his two daughters and one dog.
When I was a kid, I wondered if my mother ever questioned why the dermatologist
told her to bathe me in bleach...
Excerpt from African Black Soap Burns Me Now
I’m a burgeoning Mississippi poet based in Houston, Texas. My affair with poetry began in high school here, in the fertile ground of the South’s literary heritage. Now, I enhance my skills at the Imprint House based here in H-Town, where workshops with local fellows and talented writers are challenging and inspiring me daily to grow and expand my creative expression. While doing this, I’m currently working on my first poetry collection “Swamp Girl” which explores youth, deep reflections on childhood trauma, mental illness, spirituality, and the nuanced experience of being an African American woman in America.
I keep a box filled with New York City dust
in a dresser drawer in my room....
Excerpt from New York Rhino
VA’s work has appeared in Writing In A Woman’s Voice, The Lake, Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine, 34th Parallel Magazine, and OJA & L Magazine. She has poems and short stories forthcoming in Ignatian Literary Magazine and Ginosko Literary Journal. You can find her on Instagram at @vawiswell.
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