My Favorite Piece: “Growing Pains”
By: Cadence Wright A poem that really impressed me from the 2024 edition of Tributaries was “Growing Pains,” by Meghan Grubb, a piece that depicts a woman ashamed to admit the realities of her...
Category: Poetry
My Favorite Piece: “On the Unmarked Graves in Rose Hill Cemetery”
By: Elizabeth Hannah From our 2024 issue of Tributaries, the piece I most enjoyed is “On the Unmarked Graves in Rose Hill Cemetery” by Bee Brown-Sparks. This poem is a beautiful and poignant reflection...
What I Look for in a Poem
It’s normal for Tributaries to receive hundreds of submissions over the course of a year. With that many submissions, vetting each piece carefully can be overwhelming. As the Editor-in-Chief and Poetry Editor, there are...
Mark Strand’s “Blizzard of One”: The Paper Crane of Poetry
By Rahil Najafabadi The poet who dares to look deeper into observations, because they mean more than a sight—that poet can make origami with words. Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1999,...