Margaret Coombs

I’m grateful to editor Firestone Feinberg for including three of my poems in the March issue of Verse-Virtual.  The theme was Prayer. You can read the poems here:   http://www.verse-virtual.com/peggy-turnbull-2018-march.html

I am honored that my poem, “Ode to Seeing,” is featured in the Winter 2018 Solitary Plover. To be published in the Lorine Niedecker newsletter is simply unbelievable. In ModPo, I learned that she is one of the greats, an eminent American modernist. Check out page two. I’m grateful to Tom Montag, the poetry editor,…

I’m honored that my poem for Plum Tree Tavern was published today, the final day in 2017. This is a personal favorite. Once again, I wish to thank Tom Montag for his tutelage and the inspiration he offers. And Russell Streur, editor of the journal, for accepting and publishing this. Highway T In the Kettle…

I have long been a fan of One Sentence Poems and the pithy, often funny poems they publish. I am so happy that one of mine is now included in that journal. Please read “Country Boy” here.

Three of my poems are now available in the online journal, Soul-Lit. They include, “When Big Tuba Goes to Heaven,” “Church of the Holy Urban Messengers,” and “At Evening the Faithful Gather.” It’s the Winter Solstice today. The last poem, “At Evening the Faithful Gather,” might interest anyone wanting an earth-oriented poem for the Solstice….