Charlotte Pence

The Branches, the Axe, the Missing began in a way that scared me. I knew it was going to be a long poem. And I knew that it wanted me to...

It has arrived. When I returned home yesterday and saw the box by my door, I knew what it was. And I was a bit hesitant to open it. I...

I am happy to announce that my first chapbook, Weaves a Clear Night , is now available from Flying Trout Press . I wrote this c...

I’m a member of The Rumpus online poetry book club . All the books are soon-to-be-released, so this sense of discovery is exc...

This month of July is one of solitude and writing for me. I am in Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica, which is home to the David and Julia White ar...

Last week, I assigned writing a persona poem to my beginning poetry class, which is always an interesting way to explore new material. To ...

Here are links to some new work of mine if you're interested. In Kenyon Review Online , I have an essay/poem in syllabics on collectiv...