
poetry

In a Q&A, Andrew Bode-Lang, teaching professor of English at Penn State and winner of Rattle literary magazine's 2026 poetry chapbook prize, discussed poetry's relevance in an increasingly artificial intelligence-driven age.
* Text: If You Were Looking for a Sign, This Is It Yesterday was hard. The day before yesterday, hard, too. Somehow, something about today has made it soft. Not the unrelenting blankness of the December sky. Not the pain in my teeth, or my hands, or my aching heart. Not the electric bill. Not […] The post Not Everything Is Terrible, Poetry Edition appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
Disciplines Creative Writing | Poetry Publication Date 2023 Document Type Creative Writing DOI 10.25778/f7e0-5338 Recommended Citation Ashley, Kenneth W. (2023) "A Bag of Apples," OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal: Vol. 10, Article 1. DOI: 10.25778/f7e0-5338 Available at: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ourj/vol10/iss1/1
By Steven Wade Veatch There are many ways to view and understand our world. Science provides theories, psychology exposes human nature, philosophy assesses reality, religion shapes faith, and literature offers insight. Poetry shines light into the dark recesses of our lives, revealing essential truths about us and to us. Poetry inspires me; it is one way I experience and understand the world. Poe…
