Train River Poetry is an international bestselling poetry publication featuring new work by world class contemporary poets. Train River Poetry: Summer 2021 features poetry contributions from the talented: @live_inpoetry, Alinda Dickinson Wasner, Amanda Baker, Atlas W. Keeting, Ava Silverman, Barbara Soehner, Begum Elsa Cura, Ben Campbell, Benerandakate, Brendan De Lucia, C.c. McQ, Cait Thomson, Caitlan Docherty, Camilia Aaliyah, Candela Rivero, Carnations and Carnage, Cassie Senn, Catherine Hamilton, Cecilia Bernal, Cheryll Patras, Christian Ward, Clare Marie Salokoski, Corey Bowen, Courtney Phillips, Cyrus Ryan, David R. McIntyre, David Stant, Devin McPherson, DS Maolalai, Elaine T. Stockdale, Elizabeth Lerman, Ell Miller, Emily Sun Li, Emily Thomas, Emily Way-Evans, Erin Cherie, Hemali Mashru, Howard Young, Ian William L., Isabelle Chow, Jaden Ogwayo, James Kinsella, James McNinch, Jax Bulstrode, Jeanie she wrote, Jemimah Abigail Hawkes, Jen Schneider, Jenna Maria Todinovski, Jennifer McKay, Jessica Huddy, John Stojevich, Jordan Redfern, Jorge Antonio Lopez, JP Starlin, Judith Vaughn, Julius Miranda, Karina Kupp, Kate Kwan, Kelly Maida, kim backalenick escobar, Kinza Zimri, L.G.Chandler, Laura C.G, Laura Mackennon, Leah Fricke, Leon Dunne, Leonie Puschmann, Lisa Simpson, Liv, LKN, Lulu Dekey, lydia falls, Marie Noelle Aliño, Matthew Lazenby, Melissa Anderson, Michael Ware, Michelle Nicole Gerrard, Mina Lucania, Nicholas Cairns, Nicholas Cairns, river., Rocío Romero García, Rosa G., Rosemarie Schaut, Ryan Sam Turner, Sam Drury, Sammi Yamashiro, Sarah Joannidi, Sare Chafin, Seema Tabassum, Serena Morrigan, Serpico Snelling, Sezalpreet Kaur, Simon E. Northcott, Simon Wenck, Skyler Saunders, Sophie Cook, Tabea von Minden, Tahlia Durrant, Teodor Nihtianov, Tilly Shore, Tom Beck, Veronika Lukashevich, Viktoria Schneider, Xaku, Yadawanka Pala, Zachary J. Ferrara, Zara Al-Noah

Train River Poetry features poetry from our brilliant cohort of poets from around the world. The poems within reflect the diverse experiences of our poets, while illuminating the universal truths of being. Showcasing poetry contributions from the talented: Elizabeth Adan, Akshita Agrawal, Zobia Ahmad, Amorie Poetry, Anagha, Riya B, Liz Baronofsky, Alexzander Baetsen, Amy Bennett, Joanne Blake, Elizabeth Brandis, Rachael Brown, Alshley Buchanan, Jeremy Burwell, Jen Carl, Sonal Chhibber, Devi Chong, Cluttered Room, Margaret Daly, Grace Daniels, Cory Decker, Seth Delaware, Jessica Doble, Anna Douglas, Karri Ehrhart, Eman Fatima, Zachary J. Ferrara, Roza Fire, Framed Floromancy, Carol G, Perry G, Ruchka Ghulati, Aubrey Glave, Jenny Ham, alix hill, Adittya Raj Jain, Era Jain, Sailani Jat, Jeanieshewrote, James Kinsella, Rob Kish, [k.sam], Abigail Kuhn, Osanna Lau, Michelle Lee, Amy Littleford, Sevi Locks, Henery Long, Taylor Lutka, Mary Anne Massaro, B Mark, Luis Martinez, Derrica McCalla, Victoria Mccleskey, David McIntyre, Maritza Mejia, Georgina Melendez, Cristine Marie Vélez Morales, More Than Just a Tinder Girl, Melanee Morin, Andrew Myles, Diya N, N K, Lilian Odell, J. Oscar, Anais Osipova, Kaleido Peace, Kelsea Pernsteiner, poemsbyrelic, Zaina Qubeissi, Fatima Raza, Debby Regan, Gabriel Rodriguez, Charlene Rosario, Champagne Ryder, Anjali Sethi, M Shanath, Alley Shubert, Madneshwar Solanker, Kate Spirduso, hemy sounds, T.A., Neha Taneja, theworldthroughmyeyes, Julia Topkin, Bhavana Venkat, irene wolff, and Naomi Wood.

With The River and the Train, Edwin Brock's sixth collection to be published by New Directions, this British author shifts his focus from the brutality and desperate compromise of urban existence to the more pastoral though no less complex irony of life in a converted East Anglian granary. The bitter anger of such earlier books as The Blocked Heart (1976) and the prose and verse "Fragments of a Childhood" Here. Now. Always. (1977) has not disappeared but has been dispersed and mellowed by the poet's life with his second wife, artist Elizabeth Brock, and their daughter "Fred." Wistful, sardonic, Brock now fantasizes "not reincarnation/so much as sometime-loop/which returns me to/where I started to go wrong."

"Monica Hand's me and Nina is a beautiful book by a soul survivor. In these poems she sings deep songs of violated intimacy and the hard work of repair. The poems are unsentimental, blood-red, and positively true, note for note, like the singing of Nina Simone herself. Hand has written a moving, deeply satisfying, and unforgettable book."—Elizabeth Alexander In an intimate conversation with the "High Priestess of Soul," Monica A. Hand surveys the places and moods of alienation through poems that are as musical and stylistically diverse as Nina Simone's work. Hand readily embraces a "mass hypnosis" style, putting "a spell on [us]" with her intensely passionate cries and commitment to embracing both tragedy and exuberance in these insightful poems. From "Dear Nina": I am not recession depression oppression compression crooked line broken line polka dot parking lot or spot I am a Gift from God I know that I am an un-kept solo song Monica A. Hand is a poet and book artist currently living in Harlem, New York. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Aunt Chloe, Black Renaissance Noire, The Sow's Ear, Drunken Boat, Beyond the Frontier, African-American Poetry for the 21st Century, Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in poetry and poetry in translation from Drew University and is a founding member of Poets for Ayiti.

Train River Poetry is an award nominated quarterly poetry publication featuring world class contemporary poetry. The Winter 2020 edition of our bestselling anthology features poetry contributions from the talented: Adittya Raj Jain, Akshata Lanjekar, Alex Henderson, Alexis Mitchell, Ana Dee, Angelica Whitehorne, ARACELI ROMO QUEZADA, Arul Joseph, Arwyn Vincent, Azalia Suhaimi, B. L. Cortez, Barbara Soehner, Bonn Viojan, Brittany Sabatino, C.M. Frances, Cait Thomson, Candela Rivero, Carlota Guzmán, Christopher Moore, Christopher Woods, Clare Marie Salokoski, David McIntyre, Diane Lato, E.J. Donovan, Elizabeth Lerman, Emily Perkovich, Emma Dakeyne, Emmy White, Godhuli Gupta, Harry Lowery, Helena Kobayashi-Wood, Hemali Mashru, Hetty Cliss, Holly Day, Howard Young, Italo Ferrante, Jaden Ogwayo, Jadine Havill, James Croal Jackson, James Goggin, James Kinsella, Jan Lunette, Jarrius Smith, Jeanie she wrote, Jeanine Marie Bruen, Jen Feroze, Jerome Robles, Jesselyne Abel, Jessica Ruth, Joanne F Blake, John Rock, Jordan Swift, Kamakshi Verma, Kathryn Kluttz, Kim Backalenick Escobar, Kim Völker, Kimberley Chung, Kristen Taleen, Kylee Alice, Leah Fricke, Lotus May, Lourin Khalaf, M.F. Reynoso, M.N. rose, Madison Sylvester, Maleeka Faleeza, Mallory Abreu, Manisha Jain, Mariana Escalona Diaz, Mason Wreaks, Mayuri Kashyap, Meg Jorgenson, Melody Lipford, Michelle Gerrard, Mike White, Natalia Hoffmann, Natalie Nascenzi, Naya Phillips, Neya Krishnan, Nick Thiel, Nuraina Isa, Omairia Bibi, Pragya Pandey, Prathami, Quentin Forberg, Robert Dominick, Ryan Sam Turner, Ryan Willard, s.t. tuchin, Samantha Nimmo, Sammi Yamashiro, Sarah Borruto, Sarah J Marvin, Serena Morrigan, Shivendra Raj Singh, Simon E. Northcott, Srijani Chatterjee, Stefanie Lea, Tabea von Minden, Tahlia Durrant, Talina Dimond, Thom Ratz, TSM, Tyler Jones, Vrinda V. K., Yamini Shivhare, Yash Barik, Zachary J. Ferrara.

Tyree Daye’s Cardinal is a generous atlas that serves as a poetic “Green Book”— the travel-cum-survival guide for black motorists negotiating racist America in the mid-twentieth century. Interspersed with images of Daye’s family and upbringing, which have been deliberately blurred, it also serves as an imperfect family album. Cardinal traces the South’s burdened interiors and the interiors of a black male protagonist attempting to navigate his many departures and returns home —a place that could both lovingly rear him and coolly annihilate him. With the language of elegy and praise, intoning regional dialect and a deliberately disruptive cadence, Daye carries the voices of ancestors and blues poets, while stretching the established zones of the black American vernacular. In tones at once laden and magically transforming, he self-consciously plots his own Great Migration: “if you see me dancing a twos step/I’m sending a starless code/we’re escaping everywhere.” These are poems to be read aloud.

Train River Poetry: Summer 2020 features poetry from our brilliant cohort of poets from around the world. The Summer 2020 edition of our bestselling anthology features poetry contributions from the talented: a. l. peetz, Abierto Reino, Adeline Gray, Afreeca Daniel, Alex Masse, Alice Doig, Allie Nelson, ALM, Amelia Robyn, Anahi boyar, Andre Swanepoel, Aniqah Cloete, Ankit Singh, Annette Gagliardi, aurora m, B R Foster, Banter Cason, Barbara Soehner, Belle Leandra, Benjamin Nardolilli, Benjamin Smyth, berly rivera, Braidyn Chang, Brendan De Lucia, Bridget Anthony, Britney Karim, Brodie Elias Vandewater, c.m. frances, Caitlyn Bazzett, Camden Michael Jones, Carley Brown, Carol G, Cassidy Bradwell, Cassie Fielding, Charlotte Kerwick, Charlotte of Shalott, Christopher Kent, Cindy Steward, clari k., Clem Loris, Colin Tan, Colleen Tubungan, Courtney Roast, Daijiro Ueno, Dakota Avellino, David McIntyre, Desiree Heltzel-Baylin, Diane Lato, Edward Ahern, Elise T. Caulfield, Elizabeth Adan, Elizabeth Bradford, Elizabeth Marchetti, Elizabeth Todoroska, Ell Miller, Emerson Gestrin, Emma Louise, enmictlan, Faye H, Francesca Mari, g.d. bubb, Gary Beck, Genna Edwards, Gerald Reid, Ghada Shatara, Harshita Jhawar, Holly Cockburn, Honey Bee, Iman Hamid, Imena Wallflower, In The Ether, Indianna Daveson, Indu D. Kallem, Irene White, Isabelle Chow, Ivy K. Stone, j.a. martyr, Jade Jones, Jaden Ogwayo, Jaimee Boake, Jameel Baker, James Goggin, James J H Gweon, Janine Sophie Himler, Jarrius Smith, Jeanie She wrote, Jess Denman, jessie caitlin bullard, Joanne Freeman-blake, Joe Volpe, Joelle Lamaie, Jordan Redfern, Kain O'Conor, Karlye Sink, Kate Gough, Keith Hagen, Kendry Poetry, Kim Völker, Kimberley Chung, Kimberly Black Day, Kirsten Deane, La Fearless Femme, Leah Fricke, Lena Mora, Leon Gregori, Lina Heller, Linds Nineve, littlefot, Liv Banecker, Liz Baronofsky, Lorraine Dixon, Manaswi Poudel, Marie Claire, marusia, Masturina Jumat, Matthew John, Maya Singh, Meagan Amador, Meg Kyffin, Megan Jorgenson, Michelle Gerrard, MJM Poetry, Mo Unwin, Nancy Almasco, Nanya Sudhir, Naproud Cherchawankul, Neha Lekhak, Odette Dahl, Patricia-Ana Dujic, Payton Olivia W, pettirossopoetry, r. g., Rebecca DeLore, Ria Chakraborty, runawaywriters, s.r. amelia, Sabrina Lo, Sam Brodsky, Sam Piscitelli, Samantha Dixon, Saudamini Patki, Sean Murphy, Shannon Van Alst, Shantelle Collett-Nanton, Shaye Wallace, Shima Begum, Silenus, Simon E. Northcott, Sinead McGuigan, Sonia Sudjana, Sophie Louisa Stephens, Srijani Chatterjee, Srividya Prasad, Tanja Krstulovic, Terri Boyd-Boone, the medøchï, The Unwired Mind, The Withdrawn, thewhite.m05, Tiffany Thom, Toni Maddocks, Trisha Santanam, Veronica Niero, Wang Di, William Doreski, XVII, and Zachary J. Ferrara, along with illustrations by Elise Mari Clare.

A spiritual journey across the railways and backroads of the American West.

These terse lyrics engage the reader with humor, brio, and bite. In these wildly imaginative poems, Karen Hildebrand reminds us of the strangeness of the everyday and the pleasure in those ripe moments when past and present buckle and overlap. Funny, fervent, and fierce, Crossing Pleasure Avenue is also delightfully profound.

Train River Poetry: Winter 2019 features poetry from our brilliant cohort of poets from around the world. This bestselling anthology features poetry contributions from the talented: Mona A., Elizabeth Adan, a dense poet, Saadiya Afzal, Aaradhya Aggarwal, Zobia Ahmad, Claire Allen, Muhammad Bin Arbaz, Chandrima Banerjee, Liz Baronofsky, Elizabeth Barrera, Chelsea Bartell, Marissa Beste, Gigi Betancourt, Omairia Bibi, Joanne F. Blake, Fire Blast, Linear Blob, Emma Bonk, Karen Bradley, Rachel Brown, CCG, Banter Cason, Clara Cate, Elise T. Caulfield, Céline Charmion, Amina Chinnell-Mateen, L Cicero, Sophie Cook, Amarie F. Corr, Jenny Corres, Grace Daniels, darci, Katherine D'Astous, A'Teha Day, Natasha Dean, Cory Decker, Sheralyn Deiparine, Jess Denman, Anna Douglas, Patricia Dujic, Josette Eloise, Zachary J. Ferrara, Roza Fire, Framed Floromancy, Carol G, Gnome, Kate Gombert, Haylee Goranson, Kate Gough, Aaliyah Grey, Shreya Gupta, Andrea H., Iman Hamid, Jay Higgins, Kevin Hsu, Krystina Krupilnilnitskaya, Jessica Huddy, Adittya Raj Jain, Jasmine, Melanie Jones, Abira Kennan, Julianne Keber, Lourin Khalaf, Afra Khannum, James Kinsella, Rob Kish, Maria Kroupycheva, Laure Lacornette, Neha Lekhak, Lì-Wéi, Rhea J. Lovelace, Courtney Lowry, Eugénie Lodier, Mairi Maclean, Rahayu Madina, Kelly Maida, Anica Malpica, Darlina Mamaqui, Priscilla May, Victoria Mccleskey, Sinead McGuigan, David McIntyre, Loren Mclelland, Kelsey Miklovic, Rahul Mirchandani, Ariel Moniz, Cristine Marie Vélez Morales, Ashwin Nair, Elizabeth Nash, Aysha Nasrin, Diya Nijhawan, Natasha Isabella Noor, Lilian A. Odell, Orchid Rain Poetry, J. Oscar, Xindy P, Priya Pallavi, Vendana Pamulaparthy, papilla the poet, Gerald Reid, Sarahlyn Revillo, Rebecca Rijsdijk, Chelsie Rivera, Adrian Robinson, Vaishali Rokde, Amrita Roy, runawaywriters, Tom Rush, Sable Rye, Champagne Ryder, Jelica S, Karlye S., K. Sam, John Savarese, Rebecca Lynn Schultz, Cheri Scott, Khushali Shah, M Shanath, Silenus, Emma Sloan, Ekta Somera, Kate Spirduso, September Stardust, Ivy K. Stone, Sujina, Sugandha Sy, T.A., Rajeshwari Tagore, Jeffrey Thomas, Hareeba Tirmizi, Gina Minks Toddings, Shalini Toppo, Colleen Tubungan, Samantha Tumblin, Úna Saint James, Mario Del Valle, Janeé Vaughn, Kiana Vergara, Sonam Chophel Wangdi, Brian Waters, Gregory Welch, and Henery X.