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Excerpt of "How to spend the nth day in bed" by Samantha Jones

Posted on September 26, 2024
Excerpt from Issue 301 (Autumn 2024)
"How to spend the nth day in bed" by Samantha Jones
Content note: chronic illness and pain

Choose the bed by the window,
stack at least four pillows,
prop my head up to achieve the view:
A tree full of sparrows,
magpies hop across blacktop,
haggle over toast.
Each spindly foot a clasp
set around its treasure.
Brisk black squirrels run
between utility poles,
the post carrier unloads a grey crate,

Interview with Melody Wilson

Posted on April 5, 2023
Editorial Assistant Rosie Leggott’s Interview with Winter 2023 Contributor Melody Wilson
 
Rosie Leggott: Do you write all of your poems based on personal experience, or do you ever draw on the experiences of others that you are passionate about? When do you know that you will write about something? Is it in the moment (as it appears with Postmodern Pedestrian), or is it more reflective (as it appears in Hand Me Down)?
 

Shortlist Announced for 2021 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Contest!

Posted on March 17, 2022

The Fiddlehead is pleased to announce the finalists of our 2021 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Contest, judged by Selina Boan, Matthew Gwathmey and Susan Musgrave! The winner of the $2000 contest prize will be announced on April 6 2022 and the winning poem will appear in the Spring 2022 issue (291). Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the following finalists!

Review of Dan O'Brien's "Our Cancers" by Megan Kuklis

Posted on December 2, 2021

Dan O’Brien is a poet and playwright. His poetry collections include Our Cancers, War Reporter, New Life, and Scarsdale. O’Brien is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Drama and two PEN America Awards for playwriting. His work has been published in several issue of The Fiddlehead, most recently in issue 283 (Spring 2020). He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.

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