Sligo Creek Publishing is proud to nominate the following poems for the 2027 Pushcart Prize.
Congratulations to the authors of these fine books, from which these poems are found. It was not an easy choice, making the selections.
Alan Abrams, Chief Editor, Sligo Creek Publishing
“Blurred Translation of Paul Celan’s Sprich Auch Du,” by Anne Becker, from her collection The Crack in the Earth.
“Elegy for Dean Young,” by Roderick Deasey, from his chapbook Birds Flew In.
“Wrong-Way Driver,” by Claudia Gary, from her collection Time and Other Solvents.
“The Translucent Mother,” by Lara Payne, from her collection The Waiting Season.
“The Poet Rafery,” in English and Irish, by Michael Quinn, from his illustrated chapbook ESPWA (hope).
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The Crack In The Earth
ESPWA (Hope)
the waiting season
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Dwelling
Time And Other Solvents
Birds Flew In
James Brooks Kinzer
Bearing Witness
Light Bending
Smells Like Rain