Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses (2012)

April is National Poetry Month and The Pushcart Prize: The Best of the Small Presses is a great way to keep abreast of contemporary poetry (and short stories and essays).  The poetry we find in this year’s 36^th edition is direct, clear and beautifully stated; any one of these gems is more than capable of taking us on the wild ride we anticipate from poetry well versed.  This year’s collection brings us poets who are familiar and poets whose work may be new to us –Stephen Dobyns, Kathleen Flennigen, Richard Cecil, Kathleen Graber and Steve Meyers – to name a few!