I’m pleased to announce that my poem “The Pause Between” was selected for a Pushcart Prize and will appear in Pushcart Prize XLIX: Best of the Small Presses (2025 edition), Pushcart’s annual anthology scheduled for publication on Dec. 3, 2024. In my advance copy, the poem appears on p. 119. It’s very cool to share company with the likes of poets Diane Seuss, Danusha Laméris, Charles Simic, Donika Kelly, and Gregory Pardlo.
The poem, from a 2023 issue of Deep Wild: Writing From the Backcountry, (my thanks to Heidi Blankenship, the poetry editor there) can be found in my third collection, Reincarnation & Other Stimulants, available on the BOOKS page of this web site or wherever bibliophiles roam when they need more books.
6 thoughts on “One of My Poems Wins a Pushcart Prize”
Congratulations, Ken. Well deserved!
Thank you, Gina!
Congratulations!! I’m a friend of yours on Goodreads and have been enjoying your blog. I’ve got the book your Pushcart poem comes from added to my to-read list. – Hannah Jane
Hi, Hannah. Glad you enjoy my ramblings here (I sometimes get off topic, which is strictly forbidden in poetry but not on blogs). And thanks for adding the book. Hope you like it when it reaches the Promised Land (your hands)! 😉
I’ve read your poem, Ken. It’s a beautiful tribute to nature and your wife. Thank you, and Congratulations.
Nancy Takacs
Thank you, Nancy, for taking a moment to write those kind words. I appreciate it!