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This is the End, My Friend
Read more: This is the End, My FriendThis is the End, My Friend: How to not get a poem rejection I realize poets don’t get much feedback on their rejections. I wanted to address some common problems we see that can get your poem rejected from our slush. The biggest thing we are seeing is an ending that just falls flat. The…
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Our Winter 2018 Issue, Calls for Submissions, and a Welcome to Our New Assistant Editor
Read more: Our Winter 2018 Issue, Calls for Submissions, and a Welcome to Our New Assistant EditorHappy New Year! Yes, we are still saying that because 2018 is off to such a great start here at Gyroscope Review. Our Winter Issue is now available, with our first-ever hand-drawn cover created by co-editor Constance Brewer. The poets included in this issue include Alex Apuzzo, Jerrice J. Baptiste, Lizzie Bradley, Sylvia Cavanaugh, Wanda Morrow…
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Wrap This Up, Too: Looking Back at 2017
Read more: Wrap This Up, Too: Looking Back at 2017We are now at the end of our first year of offering a print edition of Gyroscope Review and we thought, hey, let’s look at those numbers hanging out in our Submittable account. Just how many submissions did we get in 2017? The answer: 1,854 submissions from 559 poets arrived on our virtual doorstep during the…
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Book Review: Daphne and her Discontents
Read more: Book Review: Daphne and her DiscontentsBook Review Daphne and her Discontents by Jane Rosenberg LaForge Published by Ravenna Press 2017 Jane Rosenberg LaForge’s new book Daphne and her Discontents delves into Greek mythology to explore the trials of Daphne and her relationship to LaForge’s own life. One of the first poems in the book, Family Business, chronicles LaForge’s childhood as part of a family of…





