"Mary", by poet Joseph Fasano, is out now! Go read it on our Substack: larotondereview.substack.com/p/mary

Here is a poem about noticing the quiet moment when everything softens, and you finally feel at peace.

youtu.be/vlK40Khkplo?si… "Search through the stars and the shapes in the sky For the day I will find Look for a sign with my eyes I could see As it quiets my mind" Still playing this is my head from Patrick Duff 's last night stunning, very special concert at The Mount Without

"Misha Misheard 9", by poet Jake Sheff, is out now! Go read it on our Substack: larotondereview.substack.com/p/misha-mishea…

If the cosmos took billions of years to make you, if the iron in your blood was forged by stars, if your hair is stardust, if your heart is starlight, why, why would you waste your life thinking you're here to be anything other than the greatest flame in the frozen darkness: love

"Omnipres[s]ence", by poet 🐻☘️ , is out now! Go read it on our Substack: larotondereview.substack.com/p/omnipressence

One of the coolest songs ever youtube.com/watch?v=CytJvX… #LedZeppelin #SongOfTheDay

This has been my favourite poem lately: the one that has undone me and keeps saving me, all at once.

youtu.be/sd7-iU-VT04?si… "I've never known when to stop I've never been cool I've never been self-contained I've never been bedazzling I've never been calm I've never understood life at all It's absurd, it's absurd" #DesperateJournalist #SongOfTheDay

Quietly read... • Norman MacCaig •

I just had five haiku accepted by Literary Revelations Publishing House for their beautifully curated anthology Haiku for Soulmates. Honoured to be included—can’t wait to share them once I'll have my copy. Many thanks to editor Gabriela Marie Milton 💙💫

"Scheherazade Prepares to Speak of Sinbad", by poet and Assistant Editor Jason Reid, is out now! Go read it on our Substack: larotondereview.substack.com/p/scheherazade…

It’s great to be back in this wonderful publication, but it’s better to have Karina Longo — a true friend — back from vacation

Can't wait to share this poem! Super grateful to Shawn Scott Smith for trusting my work, even when that work is a silly (but tender! And fun) Pedro Pascal poem :)

“Asmodeus” - Jason Reid expatpress.com/asmodeus-jason…

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"Hydropathe", by poet Athena Melliar, is out now! Go read it on our Substack: larotondereview.substack.com/p/hydropathe

— Anne Carson, O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. - Rainer Maria Rilke