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Pontoon Poetry Spotlight | The Following Sea by Tom Schabarum
“In the dark, the night before, under constellations, you held yourself in an arc above me.” Read the entirety of “The Following Sea” by Tom Schabarum here.
Pontoon Poetry | Entanglement by T. Clear
He is the quince and she is the sparrow trapped in his snarl, his heart of thorns, jangled twigs. No easy way out.” Read the entirety of “Entanglement” by T. Clear here.
Event: Fremont Library July 10th
Join us Monday July 10th from 6:30-7:45 PM at the Fremont Branch of the Seattle Library for a poetry reading! We are excited to feature Floating Bridge Press & Pontoon Poets: Lydia Swartz, afrose fatima ahmed, and Keith Moul. We will see you at the Fremont Library: 731 North 35th Street…
2017 Chapbook Competition Results!
(Drum roll please….) Okay Poets, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. But first, whether you submitted or not, we just want to say thank you for your support and interest. We again received more than one hundred submissions from all across Washington State. We feel this year’s submissions were especially strong, start to finish.…
Event: SoulFood Coffee House June 15th
Join Floating Bridge Press for a night of poetry at SoulFood Coffee House in Redmond, Washington on June 15th! We can’t wait to share some of our favorite FBP & Pontoon Poets with you. Check out some poems by afrose fatima ahmed, Cynthia Neely, and Dennis Caswell. See you soon!
Pontoon Poetry: Issue 12
With the release of our newest chapbooks (Grist, The Ark and The Bear, and Land of Lists) comes the new issue of Pontoon Poetry. Every Tuesday and Thursday we will release new poems from Issue 12. All the poems were selected from manuscripts submitted to our annual chapbook competition. Check out Issue 12 here. And…