Poetry We Admire: Teachers
By Kim Harvey
It’s Back to School time, whether that be in person or online this year. Palette’s Editor-in-Chief Josh and his …
Kim Harvey
Kim Harvey is a bi poet, public servant, and proud dog mom from Richmond, Virginia who currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is an Associate Editor for Palette Poetry and an alumni of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. Her poems have appeared in Rattle, 3Elements Review, Wraparound South, Typishly, Poets Reading the News and Barren Magazine. She was awarded 2nd Prize in the Comstock Review’s 2017 Muriel Craft Bailey Poetry Contest and received Special Merit in 2018. Most recently, she was awarded 3rd Prize in the 2019 Barren Press Poetry Contest.
Poetry We Admire: Place
By Kim Harvey
For August’s Poetry We Admire, we’ve gathered seven recent poems from across the web that engage with the theme of Place. Sit back and enjoy the ride as we explore the stunning landscapes in these beauties from Traci Brimhall in Terrain.org, José Olivarez in Guesthouse, Faylita Hicks in The Adroit Journal, Travis Cravey in Marías at Sampaguitas, Catherine Pierce in The Shore, Nadia Escalante Andrade translated by Cecilia Weddell in Harvard Review Online and Sharon Tracey in SWWIM Every Day.
Poetry We Admire: Praise
By Kim Harvey
For July’s Poetry We Admire on Praise, we continue to #amplifymelanatedvoices. Again this month, we choose to let these extraordinary poems speak for themselves. All praise goes to the amazing Angelo Geter in Poem-a-Day, Sanam Sheriff in The Offing, Ina Cariño in Waxwing, Nikky Finney in Blood Orange Review, and Assétou Xango in Poem-a-Day.
Poetry We Admire: Motherhood
By Kim Harvey
For May’s Poetry We Admire, we curated five excellent poems from around the net on the theme of mothers/motherhood.
Poetry We Admire: Ars Poetica
By Kim Harvey
For April’s Poetry We Admire, we’ve picked some beauties that honor the art of poetry and what it may offer us in these uncertain times. Enjoy some incredible (mostly) new Ars Poetica from around the net.
Poetry We Admire: Lions & Lambs
By Kim Harvey
For March’s Poetry We Admire, we hunted down poems with lion and lamb imagery— poems that are, in turn, fierce and tender.
Poetry We Admire: Eros
By Kim Harvey
Time to turn up the heat on this chilly February with some Poetry We Admire on the theme of Eros— a specially selected curation of recently published poems full of sensuality, desire, and an exploration of erotic love.
Poetry We Admire: Body
By Kim Harvey
It seems nearly everyone is craving something they’ve given up, so for our January Poetry We Admire, Palette offers you some delicious, nutritious, calorie-free poetry—specifically our own little “best of” collection of recently published poems around the net on theme of Body.
Poetry We Admire: Light
By Kim Harvey
For our December Poetry We Admire, we’ve curated some of the best recently published poems out there around the theme of “Light.” Let’s celebrate light-bringing poems from Salamander, Ice Floe Press, Black Bough Poetry, Raw Art Review, The Shore, and Rattle.