Edward Byrne

The VPR Poem of the Week is Floyd Skloot’s “The Reading,” which appears in the current Fall/Winter 2010-2011 issue (Volume XII, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Floyd Skloot’s Selected Poems: 1970-2005 (Tupelo Press, 2008) won a 2009...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Mark Conway’s “Orpheus Speaks,” which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2006-2007 issue (Volume VIII, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Conway will be presenting his poetry this Wednesday, October 13 at 4:00 p.m., in...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Deborah Bogen’s "October," which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2008-2009 issue (Volume X, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Deborah Bogen’s book-length collections are Let Me Open You a Swan (Elixir Press, 2009)...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Sherod Santos’s “A Writer’s Life,” which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2003-2004 issue (Volume V, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Santos will be presenting his poetry this Thursday, September 30 at 6:30 p.m.,...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Barry Ballard’s “Autumn,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2002 issue (Volume III, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Barry Ballard’s poetry has been published in American Literary Review, Chariton Review,...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Susan Elbe’s “Will Come Back,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2009 issue (Volume X, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Susan Elbe is the author of Eden in the Rearview Mirror (Word Press), which received...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Stanley Plumly’s “‘The Morning America Changed,’” which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2002-2003 issue (Volume IV, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Stanley Plumly is the author of various books of poetry,...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Floyd Skloot’s “Labor Day Party,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2002 issue (Volume III, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Floyd Skloot is a nonfiction writer, poet, and novelist whose work has been...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Peter Cooley’s “The Climbers,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2008 issue (Volume IX, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Peter Cooley has published eight books of poetry, most recently Divine Margins...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Patricia Clark’s “Grove,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2005 issue (Volume VI, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Patricia Clark is Poet-in-Residence and Professor in the Department of Writing at Grand...