The Cafe Review

by David Budbill Po Chü-i believed in idleness — we might call it “staring at the wall” — that waiting, listening for the words of the poem to

by Zara Raab In one corner, a chair; near the door, another, cover in mottled blue, twin beds like box cars jutting into the room, beds crisply

a teacher and writer, he works at Scarborough High School. He has published several books of poems, including To the Promised Land Grocery

is originally from northern New England. He received his M.F.A. from New York University and now teaches exceptional learners at a high school

is excited. He recently received his B.A. in Media Writing from the University of Southern Maine, with a Creative Writing minor, and there’s no

is an M.F.A candidate at Chatham University, where he also serves as a poetry editor for The Fourth River literary journal. His poetry has been

the son of poet James Wright, was born in Vienna, Austria in 1953. During his youth, his family moved to the Northwest United States, the

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