Measure Review

After several years, I have made the difficult decision to permanently close Measure Review. I hope you continue to enjoy the archives, although they may not remain online indefinitely. For more details, follow this link: measurereview.org/.../the-closur…

Our newest featured #poem by #poet Miles David Moore questions the value of survival, when you consider the costs. Read "How to Survive" now - and be grateful you're not a mouse. measurereview.org/2021/07/25/how…

In clipped accentual lines, #poet Nicholas Pierce explores the unevenness of lingering grief, and how it can't be fully articulated or explained - only endured. Read "Gutting the House" now, then follow us for more formal #poetry. measurereview.org/2021/07/18/gut…

Our newest featured #poem by #poet Mary Romero reflects on the knowledge that, sometimes, the only way to love someone is to lose them. Read "Song of Kalypso" now, then follow us for more formal #poetry. measurereview.org/2021/07/11/son…

Our newest featured #poem is a sweet love song for a loyal friend from #poet A.M. Juster (@PaulDryBooks). Read "Sundowning" now, then follow us for more formal #poetry. #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/07/04/sun…

Based on our newest featured #poem, by some measures, fame sounds pretty awful - but #poet Daniel Galef (@DanielGalef) still manages to lighten the mood. Read "The Famous Writer," then follow us for more formal #poetry. #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/06/27/the…

What's the right response to meeting someone charming? For #poet Andrew Szilvasy, there's only one answer. Read his #poem, "Practiced Beauty," to find out. #poetry #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/06/20/pra…

Writing in a nonce form that's half-sestina and half-ghazal, #poet Marly Youmans (@marlyyoumans) has created a stunning and hopeful #poem worth remembering - and form worth trying yourself. Read it now at measurereview.org. #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/06/13/sel…

In our newest featured poem, #poet Matthew Roth explores how we sometimes get overshadowed by those we love. Not that there's anything wrong with being Lubbock, right? Read the #poem now at measurereview.org. #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/06/06/syn…

If you've ever felt the first sparks of love start to fade away, our newest featured #poem by #poet Blake Campbell is for you. Read it now at measurereview.org. #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/05/30/fir…

With two refrains, great villanelles transform our understanding through repetition - no easy feat. In our newest featured #poem, #poet Stephen Gibson accomplishes just that. Read his villanelle now at measurereview.org. #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/05/23/wwi…

In our featured #poem this week, #poet Rick Mullin (@rick_mullin3) dares you to find happiness - even if you can't define it. Read more on Measure Review at measurereview.org. #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/05/16/hap…

If you're not sure why someone would pray to a god built "beside the freeway in a vacant lot," #poet Kurt Rasmussen wrote this week's featured #poem for you. Read "God of Seventh Street" now at measurereview.org. #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/05/09/god…

Our featured #poem this week is an unrhymed #sonnet by Scot Langland, whose inventive language and vivid imagery leads to a surprising, but apt variation in the last line. Read "On Mobile Bay" now at measurereview.org. #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/05/02/on-…

It may be true that "Goldengrove’s unleaving / cannot be disbelieved," as #poet Gail White writes in our featured #poem this week - but that doesn't mean the fun has to stop. Read "An Invitation" now at measurereview.org #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/04/25/an-…

In our featured #poem this week, #poet Charlie Green (@Wrongcharlieg) assures us that "God is not a clown" - but it turns out, maybe that's not such a good thing after all. Read more at measurereview.org. #measurereview measurereview.org/2021/04/18/soc…

If you think time heals all wounds, the #poet Faith Thompson (@thompsonfj) would like to have a word with you. Read the heartbreaking #poem here: measurereview.org/2020/12/05/ele… (opens in a new tab)

Our newest featured poem is "Interlude: Weathering," a #triolet from #poet Ernest Hilbert (@everseradio). Read more at measurereview.org, then follow us for more formal #poetry. measurereview.org/2020/09/29/int…

In "Ashes," #poet Isabel Vander Bleek picks up a bad habit, noting that "striving saints get through / by trading trials for different trials." Read the #poem at measurereview.org, then follow us for more formal #poetry. measurereview.org/2020/09/22/ash…

In our new featured poem, #poet E.M. Komisar examines how her friend "found her faith in static broadcast stations," then tries to uncover the truth. Read the #poem at measurereview.org, then follow us for more formal #poetry. measurereview.org/2020/09/15/act…