Poetry

moving on land

Zoe Dickinson

Harvest Table

Kate Marshall Flaherty

All of the poets shortlisted for Poem of the Year Contest in 2023 (9), in a row; everyone except Pete Smith is behind a white veil so that image pops out. Pete Smith is balding, with red-blond hair in a mane, thick black rims on his glasses, and a blue shirt. He smiles slightly.

Thousand Moon Creek

Latchkey by Michael Fraser

Michael Fraser

A Song, or Call by by Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

Nine Months, at 34 by Lianne O’Hara

All of the poets shortlisted for Poem of the Year Contest in 2023 (9), in a row; everyone except Larissa Andrusyshyn is behind a white veil so that image pops out. Larissa Andrusyshyn leans against an off-white wall with her shadow behind her; she is wearing a light blue and white T-shirt and has her hair up as she looks to her left, into the camera, and smiles with a closed mouth and dimples.

Telling the Bees

Fulgura Frango (or How to Count to Infinity) by Dominique Bernier-Cormier

Career Day by Joseph Kidney

Joseph Kidney

A Tour in the Garden of Earthly Delights by Damen O’Brien

Pickup Fifty-Two by David Barrick

All of the poets shortlisted for Poem of the Year Contest in 2023 (9): Pete Smith, Michael Fraser, Lisa Martin, Lianne O’Hara, Larissa Andrusyshyn, Joseph Kidney, Dominique Bernier-Cormier, David Barrick and Damen O’Brien.

Arc’s Poem of the Year Shortlist (2023)