Ragged Sky Press

07/01/2024

Pleased that Vox Populi chose this poem today and that Ragged Sky Press published the book of the same title.

I sometimes think I recognize the face of my own death. Knowing it is nearer makes me feel it ought to be familiar, a neutral guest I’ve seen somewhere before.

02/01/2024

Wise words from poet Arlene Weiner.

We’ve subscribed to your magazine for a long time. We remember your recommendations for canned tomatoes and comparison of the nutritive value of brands of store bread, when those were a good chunk …

21/12/2023

A poem with a little hope at the end.

I think of Jeff and Mike, who won’t need next year’s calendars, Mike saying These are my last poems. Tomorrow is not promised, some people say.

18/12/2023

Michael Simms' work is included in this very necessary volume.

This diverse and daring interrogation of the roots and implications of rampant white Christian nationalism provides conceptual clarity regarding this toxic intersection of political extremism, rac...

01/12/2023

Praise for *Salvage*

. By John Zheng . Many writers’ works convey a sense of place imbued with their personal experiences significant to others. The place that has been rooted in their heart and soul nurtures their cre…

30/11/2023

Rachel Hadas featured today!

Hummingbirds in the bee balm. Scattered showers. What rubric, what barometer, what headline?

24/10/2023

23/10/2023

https://www.newtownbookshop.com/event/afternoon-steve-nolan-and-luray-gross
You won't want to miss this if you are the Newtown PA area on November 11.

02/10/2023

Two very big-hearted poets, do join us on Sunday!

05/09/2023

https://voxpopulisphere.com/2023/09/04/rachel-hadas-rainbow-parfait/

…to be the archaeologist of one’s own past, as if the sleeper, wakened now, alert, was perched at the top of a trench peering at something shining down below

22/08/2023

Paul Sohar passed away this week. While Sohar won international awards for his translations of renowned Hungarian poets such as Sándor Kányádi, Géza Szőcs, György Faludy, and Zoltán Böszörményi, his own poetry reveals him as a major poet in his own right.

31/07/2023

The NYC Poetry Fest on Governors Island so fun as always, with Mike Simms, Ellen Foos, and Luray Gross representing.

23/07/2023

Ragged Sky Poets to be on the Whitehorse stage at 1 pm on Sunday, July 30, part of the grand Governors Island NYC Poetry Fest.

05/07/2023

Join six Ragged Sky Poets at Fergie's Pub in Philadelphia on July 12 at 7 pm. It will also be on Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUocO6trzsiE9GJyF_qqmCe4ZUfjrFAvZ0w #/registration

29/05/2023

Happy Memorial Day weekend! Our June 11 poetry at the Princeton Shopping Center is coming right up.

06/05/2023

A Mother's Day poetry extravaganza.

06/04/2023

If you are in NYC on the 20th...

In order to facilitate this in-person author event, we will be partially closing the second floor starting at 6:45pm. Please review our COVID-19 Safety guidelines and register for the event using the link below. 

30/03/2023

Join us for poetry after your Easter Egg Hunt.

21/03/2023

Arlene Weiner's MORE gets recognition.

The travails of age and loss run through Arlene Weiner’s most recent poetry collection, “More.” Weiner, a longtime Pittsburgher who belongs...

08/03/2023

Ragged Sky poet Arlene Weiner helps with clutter

Put it on eBay, ka-ching, ka-ching— keep nothing but the things that give you cheer. But so many objects seem to want to cling

25/02/2023

Save the date, poets not to be missed in Princeton.

24/02/2023

There was singing, dancing and bell ringing in Central Park for an artist who has lived long past the days when she was often vilified.

23/02/2023

Ragged Sky will be at AWP in Seattle from March 9-11. We are sharing table T310 with Cotton Book Publishing. See you there!