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Monthly APW Guest Poets 1997-2000

Readers: Please visit our guests' pages and send them your comments. If you wish to submit your poems for possible display on these pages, please follow these Submissions Guidelines.

Poets: The best way to receive comments on your work is to email your comments and suggestions to the other guests appearing on these pages. Send and ye shall receive.

Those poems demonstrating greater technical proficiency and voice are listed at or near the beginning of each monthly column; beginners and first-time poets are listed at or near the end of each monthly column. Poems are posted on or about the 20th of the month.

APW Featured Guest Poet
Every month we select from our mailbag the work of one contributor as our featured guest. The author's work appears on an interactive discussion page so that our readers may contribute to an ongoing critique of the poem.

Previous Featured Guests.


17 December 2000
Happy Holidays
Arjun Purkayastha Jim Gramann
Paula Grenside Mike Nickels-Wisdom
Joy H. LaRue
20 November 2000
Arjun Purkayastha Gaetana Cannavo
Pam Haddorff Anya Jimenes-Crane
22 October 2000
Sheila Freeman Arjun Purkayastha Renee Pengra
Paula Grenside C. Lawry Brown Paul Flannigan
Megan Snook Erica Bauer
21 September 2000
Jim Gramann Rachel Dacus Paula Grenside
C. Lawry Brown Cheryl Higgins Arjun Purkayastha
Crystal Hunkin Bridget Weyrick
20 August 2000
Arjun Purkayastha Caroline Seagle Rachel Zarrop
Barbara Ehrentreu Josie Miranda Janie Root
Jeffrey Hanson Scott Wilson-Parsons John Slattery
David Cannon
20 July 2000
Arjun Purkayastha Jim Zola Diana Rosen
Mark Mullen Gary Lehmann
Jennifer Griffin
26 June 2000
Katie Lanier C. Lawry Brown Paula Grenside
Gaetana Cannavo Nancy Bowe
Jade Matthews Patricia A. Treat Mary Masi
20 May 2000
Laura Harmon Cheryl Higgins
Sylvia McCutcheon Barbara Ehrentreu
Sally Ingram
20 April 2000
*National Poetry Month*
John Hughes Jim Gramann Paula Grenside
Rathnashikamani Bijja Geoff Leone Sylvia McCutcheon
20 March 2000
Ruth Smith Silvia A. Brandon Catherine Brown
Paula Grenside Caroline Seagle Barbara Ehrentreu
Curtis Kerns Mary Masi
20 February 2000
Cynthia Coleman Leslie Lansman
Janet Wright Roger Krueger
Pradeep Mane Ileana Weinstein
21 January 2000
Janet Jordan Paula Grenside Arjun Purkayastha
Christine Crockett Delilah Riordan Renee Maxwell
Scott Odom Clarence Thompson
Nicole Peloquin
18 December 1999
Happy Holidays
Arjun Purkayastha Paula Grenside
Caroline Seagle Caryn Fogel Julie Stein
Janet Jordan Jeff Siebert
Chris Davenport
22 Novenber 1999
Christine Crockett C. E. Chaffin Paula Grenside
Clarence Thompson Syyd Raven
John Grover Renee Maxwell Caryn Fogel
Derek Schoch
20 October 1999
Cheryl Higgins Caroline Seagle Caryn Fogel
Paula Grenside Anjali Rajagopalan Sara Adams
C. Lawry Brown Syyd Raven
Clarence Thompson M.K. Kraus
20 September 1999
Cynthia Peck Anjali Rajagopalan Caroline Seagle
Pradeep Mane Syyd Raven Barbara Ehrentreu
Margaret A. Dukes Kyle Anderson
21 August 1999
Elizabeth Warren Paula Grenside Eli Tomer
Paula Petrone Cheryl Higgins
R. Rene Pengra Sydd Raven
Phoenix Gunn
19 July 1999
Marc Libidinsky Cheryl Higgins Paula Grenside
Richard Periut, M.D. John Meredith K. Ingalls
Margaret Wilds Shane Moore
Frank Borchetta
21 June 1999
Christine Crockett Sean Woodward C. Lawry Brown
Paula Grenside Michelle Greer Bryan Schultz
Katie Wallace David Meiklejohn Roger D. McAtee
Shelley Race
23 May 1999
C. E. Chaffin C. Lawry Brown Paula Grenside
Paddy Raghunathan Tariq Masoud James Corbett
K. Lindstrom Maria Convery
20 April 1999
C. Lawry Brown Rachel Dacus Clarence Thompson
Sandy Steinman Eric Tang
Lee Awmiller Susan Nelson
22 March 1999
Ciprian Pastinica C. Lawry Brown Paula Grenside
Cheryl Higgins Pradeep Mane Arjun Purkayastha
Eric Tang Katy Schopfer Pavel Nowseem
22 February 1999
Patty Mooney Brown/Grenside Karen Burhans
Jonathan Lishman Margaret Dukes Eric Tang
Peter Fifield Clarence Thompson Don Tran
David R. Miller Lynn Barry
Judi Buckley Arjun Purkayastha
22 January 1999
C. Lawry Brown Rachel Dacus Kathy Kehrli
Paula Grenside Charlotte Lee Sheila Ferguson
Melissa D. Benjamin Stefan Schumacher Sara Adams
24 December 1998
Happy Holidays
C. Lawry Brown Kelly Donohue Paula Grenside
Ian Randall Wilson Barbara Ehrentreu Clarence Thompson
John Simpson Cheryl Higgins Sara Cox
Kathy Kehrli
20 November 1998
Rachel Dacus Sheila Ferguson Clarence Thompson
Paula Grenside C. Lawry Brown Sean Maj
Cheryl Higgins Kelly Donohue Pradeep Mane
Susan Frischer Debra Guckenheimer
25 October 1998
Grenside/Scarberry Karen Masullo Celeste A. Cafasso
Arjun Purkayastha C. Lawry Brown Dowan Jones
Mark Clement Cheryl Higgins Roger Krueger
Sean Maj Richard Periut, M.D.
28 September 1998
Cathy Thompson-Georges John Lawton Cheryl L. Higgins
Robert Collier Barbara Ehrentreu Kelly Donohue
Paula Grenside Elisa M. Nicholas-McGee Caroline Seagle
John Durler Teresa Currier Mary C. Curtin
20 August 1998
Elisa Yamakita Nicholas-McGee Lenny DellaRocca Celeste A. Cafasso
Paula Grenside Richard D. Scarberry C. Lawry Brown
Camille Curry Bijja Rathnashikamani Kathryn Tarbell
Elijah Cole John Durler
David Miller Valerie Markva Andrew Lithgow
Suzie Dunnington Chris Cicero
20 July 1998
Don Hahn Joe Todaro Alex C Delos Santos
Paula Grenside C. Lawry Brown Kelly Lamm
Clarence Thompson Josh Maslin
22 June 1998
Carol Levin Esther Mann Paula Grenside
C. Lawry Brown Fiona James Cheri Amey
Adam Rau Caroline Seagle Michelle West
23 May 1998
C.E. Chaffin Ginger Murchison Tariq Masoud
Rashmi Roy Gail Hoagland Laurie Christenson
Paula Grenside Paul Belz Janet Buck
C. Lawry Brown Diana Todd Gillian Savage
Carrie Hunter Herman Mueller Michael Draper
Kenneth DeBacker Crystal Chweh
20 April 1998
Janet Collinge Isabel Semenov Margaret Dukes
Timothy Saint C. Lawry Brown Paula Grenside
Lisa Pasquin Linda Holmes Sam Wilson
Timothy Kaiser Stephanie Lopez Mary Gonzalez
Paddy Raghunathan
March Poems, 1998
Daniel Phelps Gary Esposito Hannah J. Sassaman
Christina Sokarda Ginger Murchison Mark Curry
Tariq Masoud Jeff Kallman Patrick McGonegal
Pradeep Mane Divesh Wadhawan Paul Copeland
David Miller Lesleigh Forsyth
February Poems, 1998
Jeff Roberts Margaret A. Dukes Heather C. Clark
C. Lawry Brown Joan Frost
Jon Bolden Erin Meister Christopher M. Massey
Celeste Cafasso Kate Skola Elise Hemming
Miriam Richmond Jeff Kallman Kevin Patterson
Pete Sokarda Ashley Zdunek Nicholas Martin
Jim Barnard Clayton Hall Patrick Chapman
John Kilker
29 January 1998
Margaret A. Dukes David Miller Bud Pratt
Rebecca Wysocki Ginger Murchison Matthew W. Beale
Ron Baron Emily S. Talwar Mark D. Warren
Laura Kite Les Blough Christopher M. Massey
Celeste Cafasso Michael Manson
Kathryn M. Eid Rusty Sivey
Karen Kingery
24 December 1997
Happy Holidays
Ginger Murchison Brent Patton
Twyla T. Sorrells Sara K. Adams
Megan Hegland Casey Handrop Paul Cassidy
Don Hahn Corin E. Lindberg Rodney DeCroo
Mike Roycroft Johnny Vong Catherine Bourn
22 November 1997
Jose M. Alonso-Sed Frederic Surget
Mark C. MacGregor
Celeste Cafasso Lea Valencia Pritchett Steve Fine
Emmett Mueller Paul Cassidy Amy Burghart
Bob Connors Roger Krueger Monaless Flavius
Lisa Shumate Charles Strickland
23 October 1997
Maliha Dehlvi Michael Pollick
Bryan M. Telford Charles Strickland Nicole Nguyen
Adam Glick Josh Rubin Kristina Palmer
Laurie Baccellieri Dee Schechter Marc Fairbairn
Crystal Bertoncini Richard Lee Linda Freeman
Lee Yew Sam Audrie Clark
Rachel Zarrop
15 September 1997
Carol Ann Livingstone Lisa Gross C.E. Chaffin
Amy Kumm Christina M. Flinchum T. Reed
Stephen Palmer Bob Connors Jason Wilson
Elsie Hemming Bill Butler Andrey Kneller
Meredith Rappaport Erin Thompson

August 1997

APW gone Fishin'



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