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When I sit down to write these notes, I am often at a crossroads of elation and exhaustion; elated at the content of Pegasus issues and exhausted with the expectations, pressures, and assaults of everyday American life in Kentucky. These challenges are just a part of life. And yet, they can become exhaustingly complicated and…

Chaffin/Kash Poetry Prize – Kentucky State Poetry Society1st Place: Lucie Brooks “Inheritance” “Inheritance,” struck me immediately for its daring, intelligence, poignancy, and the skillful way it incrementally unveils the emotional and historical truths via the speaker all the way to it’s very last words. It is a dark and painful, but important poem that deserves…

Grand Prix Poetry Prize – Kentucky Poetry Society1st Place: Linda Bryant “Justine Introduces Sex, Faulkner & Godzilla”A portrait for a beloved teacher, this poem is sure of itself from the first line. Its subject, Justine, is dynamic as the voltas of each line break. She is god-fearing but not afraid to teach youngsters about sex,…

Spurlock – by Jessica Bentley I spy glimpses of your silver strands,as you lay white linens on the sloped lawn,billowed sails in the breeze,as shuck beans dry for Sunday supper.The vegetables canned from the year before,are marched out in proud succession.The dirt cellar had done its work.You stroll down the lavender lined path to the…

Jessica Weyer Bentley is an Author/Poet. Her first collection of poetry, Crimson Sunshine, was published in May 2020 by AlyBlue Media. She has contributed work to several publications for the Award-Winning Book Series, Grief Diaries, including Poetry and Prose, and Hit by a Drunk Driver. Jessica’s work has been anthologized in Women Speak Vol. 6…

At Pegasus we draw great pleasure in celebrating the work of our colleagues. Although Book Beat only reviews poetry, we will be happy to announce books members publish in other genres. If you are a member of the Kentucky State Poetry Society and interested in having a recently published work reviewed for publication in Pegasus,…

In our brief conversation not long ago, we delved into your biography a bit, which was fascinating. Can you give a brief overview for our readers? I was born in Italy, while my father was studying medicine at the University of Milan. He was also born in Italy. Both of his parents were from West…