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About Kenneth Pobo

Kenneth Pobo's recent poetry collections include a book of prose poems, The Antlantis Hit Parade (Clare Songbirds Publishing House); Dindi Expecting Snow (Duck Lake Books), and Bend Of Quiet (Blue Light Press). A chapbook, Your Place Or Mine, is forthcoming from the Poetry Society of Alabama. His work has appeared in: Floating Bridge, Indiana Review, Mudfish, Nimrod, and elsewhere. He can be found on Twitter at @KenPobo.

D.H. Lawrence’s Pansies, Nettles, and More Pansies: A Jeremiad

Kenneth Pobo

D.H. Lawrence's Pansies, Nettles, and More Pansies: A Jeremiad by Kenneth Pobo

D.H. Lawrence is certainly most well known for his novels such as The Rainbow, Sons & Lovers, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley's Lover. Works such as these were important in helping to further … [Read more...]

Three poems by Ken Pobo

Kenneth Pobo

Long Beach, Washington boardwalk / d. enck

Before I Came Out Pastor Clack fitted me for a roomy chastity belt, so big that it held our church, my school and neighborhood. This belt hurt when I tried to move. One day, near the … [Read more...]

Poems by Kenneth Pobo

Kenneth Pobo

JEFF, JERRY, & THE LAP Jerry says, “The chance of winning the lottery is one in a billion. Decent odds!” Jeff buys tickets, displays them on the mantle. They both pray, believing there’s a … [Read more...]

Yankees in Fairyland: A Review of Take Me Out, by Richard Greenberg

Kenneth Pobo

Take Me Out - Richard Greenberg

Richard Greenberg’s play Take Me Out is as much about the role of the athlete, particularly the baseball “star,” as it is about what makes a team function—and what threatens the unity of a team. The … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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