Month: March 2025

It’s Our Anniversary Year!

Hard to believe that it’s been ten years since Kim Bridgford successfully organized and ran the first Poetry by the Sea Conference, in Madison, Conn. Much has changed—new faces, new poetry—but the essentials are the same, including Kim’s vision  of a conference that fostered “interconnectedness, enrichment, acceptance, and inspiration.”  To mark the year, we’ve co-sponsored (with Wild … Read More

2025 Kim Bridgford Memorial Sonnet Contest Winner

Slowing Time by Erica Reid My husband is a podcast guy. He says that scientists believe now climate change is starting to affect the length of days:for the first time in a geologic age Earth’s molten core is slackening its spin,our day-long cycles longer by a breath. It’s slowing time, he says — then, earbuds in, returns to stories of our … Read More