Timothy E. G. Bartel is a poet and professor from California. He teaches writing at the College at Saint Constantine, and his forthcoming book is Aflame But Unconsumed: Poems (Kelsay Press, 2019).
Try to make sense of what happened when you were alive: Where was there justice? How hot were the breezes in August? Where were the altars? To whom was the sacrifice offered? Who were the men you were punished for slandering? Which songs Played at the feasts and the weddings? and who was forbidden to […]
A poem from the archive for the week of the 4th of July
One sonnet can imbue a history With upright strength when shouted prose demands It bow to fear or riches. Emma writes Though publishers refuse her name in print, Though civil rights do not include her vote, Though literati fear that Jewish friends Will taint their reputation, Emma writes. She writes a sonnet for the statue-gift, […]
But when you are fed up with it, / This buying what another made, / You walk into your own backyard / And scan the trees for straight, thin limbs.
A timely poem by Timothy E.G. Bartel
A poem by Timothy E. G. Bartel
A poem by Timothy E.G. Bartel
A poem by Timothy E. G. Bartel
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