Winter Nights by Michelle Meyer Editor's Note: This poem’s skillful use of personification offers a beautiful clarity that is sorely needed when pushing through the dark of winter.

Who Relights the Dawn? by James Bellanca Editor's Note: The juxtaposition of beautiful imagery against the ugliness of man’s history offers an interesting history lesson in this poem.

His Show by Carl Kinsky Editor's Note: This sonnet’s urgency is showcased by its structure—one long sentence pushes the reader with increasing alarm through the narrative and into the last line’s emphatic close.

Murmuration by Royal Rhodes Editor's Note: This poem's repetition emphasizes beauty and wonder in a world where it is all too easy to forget that such things exist.

The Moonwoman Dreams of Pluto by Penelope Moffet Editor's Note: This poem's sense of dread rushes the reader along short lines until the end where the creation of something stands as spokeswoman against the dark.

From the archives — The Spring Will Come by Irena Pasvinter From the archives — The Spring Will Come by Irena Pasvinter, from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, February 10, 2022

Saturday book feature — Bicycling Poems by JK Miller Cottonwoods from Bicycling Poems by JK Miller (Bottlecap Press 2025)

Someone on Nicollet Avenue that Day Said They Overheard One of the So-Called Officers Say to Another, “This is just like ‘Call of Duty.’”  by Paula Cisewski Editor's Note: Sometimes a short poem is all that's needed to say the most necessary thing.

River by Carole Greenfield Editor's Note: This poem's long, breathless sentences showcase the speaker's anxiety while the short, simple ones break the spiral of words and reassure the reader that there is also the river's bedrock of calm holding the speaker steady.

Tracking Footprints into the Loss by Martin Willitts Jr. Editor's Note: This poem's short, emotional sentences emphasize the absolute urgency of searching for a lost person, and the difficulty of failure.

How to Run at the End of Summer by Sarah Banks Editor's Note: This poem's imagery explains the narrative of aging as the speaker runs through life cherishing the important details while defying the inevitable price of the rest.

hope lives in the horizon by Larina Warnock Editor's Note: This poem's focus on metaphor and imagery reminds us all that magic and joy and hope are everywhere and necessary.

From the archives — Unfolding by Victoria Twomey From the archives — Unfolding by Victoria Twomey, from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, February 28, 2022

Saturday book feature — Quantum Creed by Chris O’Carroll Rose of Sharon from Quantum Creed by Chris O’Carroll (Human Error Publishing 2024)

Dear Theo, by Rick Mullin Editor's Note: Van Gogh wrote many letters to his brother, Theo, and this poem's skillful interpretation manages to convey the artist's delight in color as well as his difficulty managing his mood and friendships.

To the Starbucks Mermaid by J.R. Solonche Editor's Note: This delightful ode to the goddess of coffee combines humor with the frustrating and inescapable peccadillos of modern life.

No Goodbyes by Jacqueline Jules Editor's Note: Many poems deal with the difficulty of grief, but this poem moves further by addressing the difficulty of caregiving that precedes death and colors the flavor of sorrow afterward.

Hold On by Tina Harrach Denetclaw Editor's Note: This poem's perfect meter emphasizes the absolute certainty of love's collective strength with a rhythm that mimics a chant of defiance.

Guardian of the Lock Screen by David I. Hughes Editor's Note: This poem's sincere elegy to a lost pet showcases the uncomplicated but oh-so-precious love that enriches our lives when we allow it entry.

From the archives — All the Love We Lay Claim To by Greg Watson From the archives — All the Love We Lay Claim To by Greg Watson, from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, February 8, 2023

Saturday book feature — Spotting the Rise by Richard Jordan The Tie from Spotting the Rise by Richard Jordan (Rockwood Press 2025

A sequence of head over heels by Charles Carr Editor's Note: Surreality and repetition move this poem briskly through a narrative of how it feels to fall in love.

Unrehearsed Slow Dance by David Lipsitz Editor's Note: This poem's delightful imagery reminds us that love is persistent and surprising, even in the most mundane of circumstances.

Deporting French Words, Or Voilà! That’s It! You’re Outta Here! by Bob Bradshaw Editor's Note: This poem's clever allegory and humor doesn't disguise the extremely serious message glaring at readers from within the lines.

Quiet Before the City Speaks by Peter A. Witt Editor's Note: This poem's generous use of metaphor, personification, and imagery memorializes a moment of peace that is often much needed in everyday life.

From the archives — Railway Station, Bendery, Moldova by Tovli Simiryan From the archives — Railway Station, Bendery, Moldova by Tovli Simiryan, from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, February 14, 2023

Saturday book feature — Seeking Aphelion Midnight by Lark Owl Tern Werewolf from Seeking Aphelion Midnight by Lark Owl Tern (Quiet Mouse Publishing 2025)

Heavy Weather by Carla Schwartz Editor's Note: This very short poem creates a container for extremely large emotions at precisely the necessary moment.

Signal Loss by Stephen Bunch Editor's Note: This poem's surrealistic imagery transports the reader into the speaker's experience of loss and longing.

Matryoshka by Susan Delaney Spear Editor's Note: This pantoum's repetition brilliantly portrays the emotional frustration of mother/daughter relationships via the metaphor of a nested doll.

Song of the Synapse-Atrophied by Shawn Aveningo Sanders Editor's Note: This poem's repetition creates a difficult portrait of the inescapable reality of a mind-stealing illness.

From the archives — As Dusk Fell on Sixteenth Avenue by Julia Klatt Singer From the archives — As Dusk Fell on Sixteenth Avenue by Julia Klatt Singer, from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, February 27, 2023

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Saturday book feature — Stumbling Onward by Richard Meyer Sapiens from Stumbling Onward by Richard Meyer (2025)

Portrait of the Poet as a Motor Vehicle by Bartholomew Barker Editor's Note: This poem's delightfully absurd metaphor is tempered by the difficult portrayal of truth.

Okinawa/Acapulco by Lori Levy Editor's Note: In this poem, we are shown that sometimes it's the juxtaposition of joy with survival that allows us to understand that life can be a crapshoot—what seems ordinary for one person is not at all attainable for another.

The Village by Zina Gomez-Liss Editor's Note: This poem's lyricality mirrors the murmuration of birds, of joy, of life.

Willow Weep by Jean Voneman Mikhail Editor's Note: Scattered within this poem's alliteration and consonance are blinding truths about life—monstrosities, grief, change, love.

At the Oceanfront Hotel by Jean L. Kreiling Editor's Note: This sonnet juxtaposes joy with guilt as the knowledge of climate change becomes increasingly inescapable.

From the archives — Thirst by Christine Yurick From the archives — Thirst by Christine Yurick, from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, January 23, 2024

Saturday book feature — Walking Between the Raindrops by Thomas DeFreitas Amid Cold Churches by Thomas DeFreitas from Walking Between the Raindrops (Kelsay Books 2025)

Sorting My Husband’s Belongings by Doraine Bennett Editor's Note: This poem's attention to detail draws the reader into a narrative of grief and memory and open-heartedness.

Sonnetized by Michelle DeRose Editor's Note: This poem, like music, can soothe the soul and nourish the heart, but only if we let its music into our minds.

I saw a little girl walking with her mother today by Alex Stolis Editor's Note: Repetition emphasizes the emotional framework of this poem so that its message cannot be forgotten.

My Daughter Wants to Know Why by Julie Weiss Editor's Note: This poem points out the painful truth—the innocence of children will be the only thing that saves us.

The Tangled Web by Sean Ewing Editor's Note: The melody of this poem's form (accentual) emphasizes the emotional difficulty of parenthood/mentorship and the resilience of love.

From the archives — Because Emily cannot stop for Death by Bob Bradshaw From the archives — Because Emily cannot stop for Death by Bob Bradshaw, from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, January 24, 2025

Saturday book feature — Why I Don’t Take Xanax — Christine Potter Another Poem about the Fourth of July by Christine Potter, from Why I Don't Take Xanax, (Kelsay Books, 2026)

Carousel by Ma Yongbo Editor's Note: This poem's description of movement is a contradiction because as we all know, some things (aging, injustice, etc.) can't be denied.

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