Tag: Pegasus: Spring 2025 Edition

Dear Pegasus readers,   My name is Suz, and I’m the editor of Pegasus. I am an  English/ESL teacher and poet living with my wife in Lexington,  KY. We have four cats and a senior chihuahua whom we  affectionately call “the stinky babies.” I joined the editorial team  about a year ago, and I’ve fallen utterly…

by bill simmons Back when the pines were blackBefore the sun was upAnd our embers had gone hand cold,The whippoorwill would not sing;The nighthawk wouldn’t fly;We were asleep, you and me;It was that dark.

by Dudley Stone “I am large with poem” — anonymous, apocryphal, possibly misheardAfter Wisława Szymborska’s “To My Own Poem” There’s no Planned Parenthood,only the overflowing trashfilled with your unborn sibsdisposed of without shame or compassion.I won’t apologize because I can’t keep my penin my pants.Before you were realI questioned the wisdom of you,before you crowned…

We are happy to announce the new editorial voice of Suz Spearman (she/they). Suz is the Secretary of Kentucky State Poetry Society (KSPS). She is a queer, Appalachian poet who teaches ESL and English at Bluegrass Technical and Community College. She very much enjoys being a part of Kentucky’s robust poetry community in her spare…