Two Ezines of "classically structured" poems

[rayheinrich]

Leanne and anyone else who's interested:
I was looking for a villanelle I wrote a while back. I didn't find it
(your luck), but I found the URL's of two pubs (they are related)
that love "classically structured / repeating form" poetry
(especially Tilt-a-Whirl). I used to read Umbrella fairly often and
thought the editor(s) shared my tastes. (i.e. I thought the damn
poems they picked were 'good'.)

Umbrella - A Journal of Poetry and Kindred Prose
http://www.umbrellajournal.com

Tilt-a-Whirl:
http://www.katebenedict.com/Tilt-a-Whirl/contents.html

Here's a villanelle from Tilt-a-Whirl:


A Pragmatist’s Response to Rodgers and Hammerstein
by Donna Vorreyer

Silver white winters melt into spring,
but not because nature plays favorites—
that’s just the way it is. Dogs bite. Bees sting.

Raindrops on roses may look appealing,
but clutch them and you’ll bleed. Admit it.
Silver white winters melt into spring,

and all bareness explodes into blooming,
but another season passed just means saggier tits.
That’s just the way it is. Dogs bite. Bees sting,

and you leap allergic for the Epipen, heaving
as your airways close before the needle’s smooth hit,
silver. White winters melt into spring,

all the bright copper kettles brimming
with flowers you plan to water. You’ll forget—
that’s just the way it is. Dogs bite, bees sting,

and the whole fucking world keeps turning.
You couldn’t stop it with a million bits
of silver. White winters melt into spring.
That’s just the way it is. Dogs bite. Bees sting.

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