About the Book
This anthology features 88 poems by 78 poets including Aaron Waldner, Alejandro Trimarchi, Amanda Layman, Anne Grizzle, Bakul Banerjee, Brandon Alley, Beatriz Badikian-Gartler, Camille Rose Castillo, Carla Eisenberg, Carol Muehleman, Diana Smith, Casey Derengowski, Charlotte Hart, Chris Reid, Cordell Miles, Curtis Vevang, Daniel Weinberg, David Nekimken, Diann Martin, Donna Pecore, Ellen Savage, Erin Danielle Mills, Gail Goepfert, GeeGee Anton, George Korolog, Henry Kranz, Irfanulla Shariff, Itala Langmar, Linda Leedy Schneider, James Merriner, Jarrett A. Steffen, John Gordon, Jasminum McMullen, Jennifer Dotson, Jesus Randall, Kathy Lundy Derengowski, Laurie Blum-Eisa, Marian Shapiro, Michael Kozubek, James Aguilar, Marianne Schaefer, Mary Langer Thompson, Michael Schwartz, Nancy Heggem, Pam Borovich, Pamela Larson, Peter Rodenby, Rebecca Mullen, Robin Goldberg, Roy Henry, Tinamaria Penn, Mayi Ojisua, Stella Radulescu, Sharon F. Warner, Sheila A. Donovan, Tim Andersen, Tobin Fraley, Adam Gottlieb, Carol Kanter, Charu Gandhi, Dave Marcus, Denise C. Buschmann, Jo Stewart, Kate Koten, Linda Bratcher Wlodyka, Margaret Dubay Mikus, T. W. Fuller and more.JOMP 15 is the fifteenth installment in the Poetry Cram series published by Chicago Poetry Press and edited by CJ Laity. Featured in this volume are the winning poems for the 2013 Contemporary American Poetry Prizes as well as a poem by the 2013 Poet Laureate of Rhyme, and sample poems from the JOMP 15 Book Award recipien