fine poetry to turn your world around
Gyroscope Press is proud to present Living in Laconia, a chapbook by Ruth Holzer. Praise for Living in Laconia: In his Figures of Thought, our late poet laureate Howard Nemerov paraphrases Mark Twain: “The difference between the right word and the exactly right word is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.” In […]
Gyroscope Review is pleased to offer the following poems as our nominees for the Pushcart Prize. You can read all the poems on this page, although you might want to check out the back issues and see the other fine works contained in each issue. Every year it’s very difficult to limit ourselves to 6 […]
Just in time for the holiday season! The Gyroscope Review Year-End Anthology for 2021. All 4 issues of Gyroscope Review (Winter, Spring, Summer, Crone Power Issue) are all in one handy volume. 286 pages of poetry goodness featuring over 200 poems and poets. This issue is print only, so grab your copy today. Fine reading […]
Bless me oh poetry gods, for I have sinned. I gave my poem a boring, abstract title that even made me lose interest in it. How many poems have you seen with a title like ‘Love’, ‘Justice’, or ‘Morning’? Your brain is left scrambling even before you dive into the poem. It may set up […]
