By Jeremy Paden|2019-02-14T12:50:07-05:00February 14th, 2019|Publisher's Picks, Southern Voices|0 Comments
Below are three love poems, two classic love poems by two of the most famous Renaissance poets, Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645), "Amor constante más allá de la muerte" and Garcilaso de la Vega (1501-1536), Soneto V—both selections are presented in
By Carolyn Grace|2019-02-14T11:22:45-05:00February 14th, 2019|Southern Voices|1 Comment
Some Kind of Grace Carolyn Grace We drank each other and the moon, the taste of ice and liquid light and shadow game you caught my eye and I would like to waste my breath on you, we sip
By Virginia Underwood|2019-02-13T19:15:45-05:00February 13th, 2019|Southern Voices|0 Comments
For our poetry selections this month we are exploring love. We have invited three poets—Marianne Forman (Part I), Carolyn Grace (Part II), and Jeremy Paden (Part III)— in three separate posts to share their own love poems and to
By James Alan Riley|2019-01-27T15:41:25-05:00January 27th, 2019|Southern Voices|0 Comments
Theories of Elegance James Alan Riley I I remember the sky in Kentucky at night cut from the horizon and hung before the stars like comfort and desire, our singular need for assurance. We are told there are, in
By Virginia Underwood|2019-01-26T10:53:50-05:00January 26th, 2019|Publisher's Picks, Southern Voices|0 Comments
I T WA S A N I G H T F I T F O R DA N C I N G Sandi Keaton-Wilson It was a night fit for dancing with Neptune in the moonlight that February eve
By Jeremy Paden|2018-10-15T18:14:14-04:00October 15th, 2018|National Hispanic Heritage Month, Southern Voices|0 Comments
In recognition of 2018 National Hispanic Heritage Month we are pleased to share with our readers selected and diverse works by Jeremy Paden: a poem, an essay, and a book review. * Thank you, Jeremy for enlightening
By Virginia Underwood|2018-10-10T21:08:33-04:00October 10th, 2018|Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, News|0 Comments
Shadelandhouse Modern Press will recognize both National Domestic Awareness Month and National Hispanic Heritage Month on Saturday, October 13 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. at Brier Books, 319 S. Ashland Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky 40502, (859-523-6404) with readings by two Kentucky women writers:
By Tasha Cotter|2018-06-28T10:26:12-04:00June 28th, 2018|Southern Voices|0 Comments
Where I Come From by Tasha Cotter After George Ella Lyon I come from hunting seasons and hybrid bass. High school boys chewing tobacco in the halls. Kilts and silks and my mother’s wedding dress. A symphonic band and
By Amanda Jo Slone|2018-04-04T12:04:21-04:00April 4th, 2018|Publisher's Picks: Book Reviews, Southern Voices|0 Comments
by Amanda Jo Slone Students in my Composition class are writing literacy narratives. This is always my favorite assignment of the semester. I love to guide them through the mining of their memories and watch as their narratives take
By Tasha Cotter|2017-11-30T16:07:13-05:00December 7th, 2017|Southern Voices|0 Comments
How it Felt to be in the Fields by Tasha Cotter For a long time, the silence wasn’t mine. My thoughts hit against the curved horizon. The county line held me, as if in a sphere of green fields
