Poem of the Week: “Facing the Wall” by Peter Serchuk

The VPR Poem of the Week is Peter Serchuk’s “Facing the Wall,” which appears in the Fall/Winter 2010-2011 issue (Volume XII, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Peter Serchuk has had recent poems appear in MARGIE, Third Wednesday Journal, Inkwell, New York Quarterly, and New Plains Review. In addition, a new collection, All That Remains, is published by MARGIE/Intuit House.

Tuesday of each week “One Poet’s Notes” highlights an excellent work by a poet selected from the issues of Valparaiso Poetry Review, except when other posts with news or updates preempt the usual appearance of this item, with the recommendation that readers revisit it.