Dan Wakefield

May 17, 2024 | pshares.org | Laila Lalami |Dan Wakefield

She stands with other statues and shattered friezes like the debris of some blast or the wreckage of a sunken ship. Her pious gaze and the elegant fold of her robe add a touch of pride to the centuries contouring her face and truncated body. The incarnated goddess of death still stands, dignified and somewhat austere. She will not change her mind; she won’t be seduced. But as her gaze meets mine on a computer screen, I detect reproach.

Dec 21, 2023 | pshares.org | Lan Samantha Chang |Dan Wakefield

Over-aged, over grave, overlooked brotherSeeks adjoining variable female structureCovered in chocolate, cinnamon, molasses,Freckled, sandy or sunset colored fleshExpressively motored by a blend of intellectualFat & muscle while several complex & simpleEmotional frequencies pulse along her veins. Must be a careful & moderately self-indulgentCinematographer, modestly self-conscious, reasonablySelf-important, spiritually self-educated, marginallySelf-destructive.

Oct 4, 2023 | pshares.org | Eleanor Rand Wilner |Dan Wakefield |Jess Row |Sinan Antoon

The Spring 2009 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Eleanor Wilner. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. This issue, edited by prize-winning poet Eleanor Wilner, author of The Girl with Bees in Her Hair, features new work from Maxine Kumin, Jess Row, Terrance Hayes, Alicia Ostriker, Ilya Kaminsky, and many other distinguished poets and writers.

Jun 2, 2023 | pshares.org | Dan Wakefield

Maybe what a river loves mostabout the banks that hold it—that appear to hold it—is their willingness or resignation to being          mere context for the river’s progressor retreat, depending.