Here are Gnarled Oak’s six Pushcart nominees for 2017 in order of appearance. I hope you’ll go back and reread them:

Natural Outlaws by Melissa Fu (from Issue 11)

The Past Is Not Where I Left It by Stephanie Hutton (from Issue 11)

In the Feet of a Refugee by Frank Eze (from Issue 11)

The Stars Are All Dead and Have Fallen by Barbara Young (from Issue 12)

Refuge by Steve Klepetar (from Issue 12)

sky poem by Tara Roeder (from Issue 13)

Congratulations to these authors and my sincerest thanks to them and everyone who allows me the honor of publishing their work at Gnarled Oak.