poetry

In U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s book “Crazy Brave” she wrote, “When beloved Sun rises, it is an entrance, a door to fresh knowledge.”This quote served…

The 1960s was a decade of change in the United States. The civil rights movement brought intense focus on human rights abuses against minorities,…

Florida-based gay poet Gregg Shapiro has come a long way from his Midwest roots. He grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, feeling out-of-place and eager to…

Milwaukee poet David Southward has won the 2019 International Frost Farm Prize for metrical poetry for Mary's Visit, a poem written in a sestina form.…

Shaun Ranft is a Lake Effect sports contributor and the former editor of the website The Sports Post. But as much as he loves sports, Ranft says his true…

Stephen Anderson is a Milwaukee area poet, but if you read his latest collection, it would give few clues to where he lives. The book, called The Dream…

An unscheduled snow day inspired this most recent poem from Lake Effect contributor Ed Makowski:Driving behind a plow truckwatching the driver choose…

Margaret Rozga has been a force for social justice in Milwaukee for more than half a century. She marched in the streets in 1967 for fair housing and she…

The winter solstice can be tough. As the day with the shortest period of sunlight in the year, it can be a grim reminder of the cold weather and sunless…

Andrea Gibson’s poetry covers a wide spectrum of topics, including gender, love, loss, family and mental health. Their (Gibson prefers the they/their/them…