Gyroscope Review

Year: 2021

  • Living in Laconia by Ruth Holzer

    Living in Laconia by Ruth Holzer

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    Constance Brewer
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    Gyroscope Press is proud to present Living in Laconia, a chapbook by Ruth Holzer. Praise for Living in Laconia: In his Figures of Thought, our late poet laureate Howard Nemerov paraphrases Mark Twain:  “The difference between the right word and the exactly right word is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”  In…

  • Pushcart Prize Nominees

    Pushcart Prize Nominees

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    Constance Brewer
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    Gyroscope Review is pleased to offer the following poems as our nominees for the Pushcart Prize. You can read all the poems on this page, although you might want to check out the back issues and see the other fine works contained in each issue. Every year it’s very difficult to limit ourselves to 6…

  • Year-End Anthology 2021

    Year-End Anthology 2021

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    Constance Brewer
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    Just in time for the holiday season! The Gyroscope Review Year-End Anthology for 2021. All 4 issues of Gyroscope Review (Winter, Spring, Summer, Crone Power Issue) are all in one handy volume. 286 pages of poetry goodness featuring over 200 poems and poets. This issue is print only, so grab your copy today. Fine reading…

  • There’s a (Better) Title Out There

    There’s a (Better) Title Out There

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    Constance Brewer
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    Bless me oh poetry gods, for I have sinned. I gave my poem a boring, abstract title that even made me lose interest in it. How many poems have you seen with a title like ‘Love’, ‘Justice’, or ‘Morning’? Your brain is left scrambling even before you dive into the poem. It may set up…

  • Fall 2021 Crone Power Issue

    Fall 2021 Crone Power Issue

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    Constance Brewer
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    The fantastic Fall 2021 Crone Power Issue of Gyroscope Review is here in all its fabulous glory! You don’t want to miss this issue, chock full of incredible poems by incredible crones. The poets included: Eleanor Altman, Lisa Ashley, Ellen Austin-Li, Carol Berg, Gabriella Brand, Mary Bruce, Wendy Carlisle, Lisa Charnock, Joanne Clarkson, Mary Crow,…

  • Creating Your Own Poetry Prompts

    Creating Your Own Poetry Prompts

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    Constance Brewer
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    by Elya Braden, Assistant Editor While many of us have been to enough poetry workshops over the years to assemble a notebook or, in my case, several notebooks of poetry prompts, one trick I’ve especially enjoyed from one of my favorite writing teachers, Tresha Faye Haefner, creator of The Poetry Salon, is that of creating…