This Wretched Vessel is Now Available

We are proud to present our anthology for the Lexington Poetry Month 2014 writing challenge!

This Wretched Vessel is a 162-page collection of poems written and submitted by a diverse group of poets during the 2014 Lexington Poetry Month, in which participants were challenged to write at least one poem a day. Our favorite poems were selected (by editors Hap Houlihan, Christopher McCurry, and Robin LaMer-Rahija) from those submitted, and the result is an emotional, courageous, and sometimes funny poetry collection featuring the work of 114 authors.

The stunning cover art was created by Theo Edmonds.

What others had to say:

As I write this, it is April, National Poetry Month, and I am thinking about Lexington’s place in National Poetry Month, and its choice to have its poetry month in June, a move that goes against the grain. Accents Publishing, the marvelous publisher of this collection, once again goes against the grain with This Wretched Vessel. Selected by three of Lexington’s fine poets, Hap Houlihan, Robin LaMer Rahija, and Christopher McCurry, this anthology is an exciting and varied gathering of poems written during Lexington Poetry Month by an exciting and varied gathering of poets—a showcase of the diverse, vibrant, new and established voices coming out of (and to) Lexington—reading This Wretched Vessel is a lot like taking a drive on a Kentucky road in the month of June—”night air sticky at our backs, we roam” (Erin Mathew’s “Calluses”); “haunches quivers” (tina andry); “The color of dry earth before a summer rain” (Jen Parks); “Ideal isolation” (Chuck Clenney).

– Julia Johnson

The complete list of poets is below, but you can also find their entries (formatted for the web) by clicking right here.

Authors

yahieisha adams, Mary Allen, tina andry, Bobby Steve Baker, Jenni B. Baker, Eduardo Ballestero, Jennifer Barricklow, Leslie Bartley, Allie Marini Batts, Elizabeth Beck, Gaby Bedetti, Maggie Brewer, Mattie Bruton, Jennifer Burchett, Joan Burke, Elizabeth Burton, Nora Burton, Linda Caldwell, Amy Camuglia, Erin Chandler, Sherry Chandler, David Cole, Deborah Adams Cooper, Sean L Corbin, Chuck Clenney, Naomi Clewett, Roger Conner, Taylor Emily Copeland, bront davis, Andrew Depew, Serena Devi, Bernie Deville, Julian DeVille, Laurel Dixon, Marta Dorton, M J Eaton, hb elam, Kate Fadick, Nettie Farris, Matt Finley, Chloe Forsting, Morghan Fuller, Duke Gatsos, Barry George, Karen George, S.R. Gollihue, Jaria Gordon, Pauletta Hansel, Marvis Lisso Hartman, Matthew Haughton, Pamela Gibbs Hirschler, Kristy Horine, Leigh Anne Hornfeldt, Sue Neufarth Howard, carole johnston, Elizabeth Kilcoyne, Robert S. King, corey kirby, Michelle Knickerbocker, Zlatna Kostova, Jim Lally, Jude Lally, Ann Neuser Lederer, George Ella Lyon, Patrick Maloney, Erin Mathews, Jay McCoy, Christopher McCurry, Chaiya Miller, Samantha Jean Moore, Ryan D. Mosley, J W Mullins, Cheyenne Neckmonster, Joseph Allen Nichols, Carmen Norris, Kristine Nowak, Bronson O’Quinn, Andres Ortiz, Pat Owen, jeremy dae paden, Rayny Palmer, Jen Parks, Catherine Perkins, Melva Sue Priddy, Robin LaMer Rahija, Katie Riley, Jonel Sallee, Douglas Self, Vijay Singh, Savannah Sipple, meadow dawn smith, MC Spam Bot, Matt Spencer, Bianca Spriggs, Jay St. Orts, Tina Parker, Liz Prather, Dennis Preston, Keith Stewart, Travis Stidham, Karah Stokes, Victoria Sullivan, Eric Scott Sutherland, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, Rudy Thomas, Alexis Tipton, Beatrice Underwood-Sweet, Milena Valkanova, Maggie Wells, Shuntella Whitfield, K. Nicole Wilson, J. Wise, Tyler Worthington