The Fictional Cafe -- a weekly online magazine -- featured six of Paula Bonnell's poemsin its September 8, 2016 edition.
The titles are "Waking from a Nightmare," "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," "Stories, Doors", "Instrumental", "Migration", and "Someday."
"Canoe Trip"a ten-in-one summertime series, from the 2016 issue of The Poetry Porch
"Crossing the Equinox"a poem about the autumnal equinox published in the Spring 2016 issue of Calliope
"[SHOT]"first published in the 2014 print edition of Slippery Elm Literary Journal,
then in 2015 published in Slippery Elm Literary Journal Online Edition
"Entr'acte"an avian encounter, from the 2015 issue of
The Poetry Porch
A Spy at Large in the Printed Mattera sequence of six Reportsfrom the 2015 Slippery Elm Literary Journal Online Edition
"My Ordinary Love" (including an audio of Paula Bonnell reading it)from Rattle #43,the Love Poems issue, Spring 2014.
Also featured on Rattle's website as its daily poem for September 4, 2014
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Winner of the John Ciardi Prize for Poetry Selected by Mark Jarman
In October 2008, USA Book News selected Airs & Voices as one of seven finalists for its Best Poetry Book 2008 Award.
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Richard Wilbur called Airs & Voices "enchanting," adding that it deals "subtly with painful or touching things,
as in 'History & a House.'"
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Maxine Kumin said Airs & Voices is "full of quirky insights that keep Bonnell's poems fresh and interesting."
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"A clear, subtle, witty, and authentic voice," said X. J. Kennedy. " 'The Voices' may be one of the wisest comments on the catastrophe of 9/11 an American poet has made."
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