
Lesley Clinton
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Poetry collection: Calling the Garden from the Grave (Finishing Line Press). English Dept. Chair, Strake Jesuit College Prep. Pursuing MFA @stthomashouston
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Here's a midweek martini sonnet by Mary Finnegan (Mary Finnegan) from the "Poets of the University of St. Thomas" special issue.


A #sonnet with an unusual #rhyme scheme by Mary Finnegan:





I’m happy to share the NYC premiere of LEAN, FIRE, a choral setting by composer Shanan Estreicher of poems from BUTTERFLY NEBULA. You can watch the stunning performance by vocal ensemble Cerdorrian here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=VeirFN… Univ Nebraska Press The Backwaters Press


Here's a poem for all of my fellow book hoarders out there by Daniel Cooper from the "Poets of the University of St. Thomas" special issue.


I’m very excited to hear my friend Maura Harrison, a fellow University of St. Thomas graduate, read at the next #ThomisrPoets virtual event on Sunday, June 8 at 7 pm EST. RSVP at christopher-honey.com/event-details/… Dappled Things A.M. Juster (#Petrarch @wwnorton fall 2025) James Matthew Wilson Daniel Cooper


“Reminiscent of the best of William Blake…” - Malcolm Guite “Resplendent psalters…” - Makoto Fujimura “Teaches us to feel again…” - Justin Whitmel Earley Today’s the day! My new book, The Locust Years, is available wherever you get your books, in hardcover or softcover.


Very pleased to have this little poem appear in the recent, special issue of New Verse Review


Here's the opening half of a narrative poem by Jeff Young (Jeff Young) from the "Poets of the University of St. Thomas" special issue.


New Verse Review (New Verse Review) is open to submissions for Summer Issue. duotrope.com/duosuma/submit… #CallforSubmissions


Here are the opening stanzas of the very clever "Honda Odyssey" by Carla Galdo from the "Poets of the University of St. Thomas" special issue.


My Penelope-inspired-poem is up over at New Verse Review, along with many other great poems from my classmates in the University of St. Thomas MFA program! A fabulous issue thanks to the hard work of Steven Knepper, Daniel Cooper, and Mary Grace Mangano!