{"id":308,"date":"2025-07-27T16:52:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T16:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/?page_id=308"},"modified":"2026-09-07T22:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T22:28:51","slug":"poems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Poems<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Arils&#8221; is a poem I wrote in response to Visual Artist, Caitlin Gildrien&#8217;s &#8220;I leapt\/to freedom.&#8221; (Stone Valley Arts Ekphrastic Show, 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1007\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/g___I_Leapt_to_Freedom--1007x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1279\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9833912486783484;width:211px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/g___I_Leapt_to_Freedom--1007x1024.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/g___I_Leapt_to_Freedom--295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/g___I_Leapt_to_Freedom--768x781.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/g___I_Leapt_to_Freedom--1511x1536.jpg 1511w, https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/g___I_Leapt_to_Freedom--2014x2048.jpg 2014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Arils2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1280\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5968813641537456;width:239px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Arils2.jpeg 382w, https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Arils2-179x300.jpeg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Halloween&#8221; is my poem that Visual Artist, Angela Alaya Sillars, responded to in pencil for the Stone Valley Arts Ekphrastic Show, which opened June 27, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Angela-Alaya-Sillars1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Angela-Alaya-Sillars1.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Angela-Alaya-Sillars1-300x118.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1276\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6343859649122807;width:237px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween2.jpeg 203w, https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween2-190x300.jpeg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What Bubbles Your Blood?&#8221; <em>Touchstone<\/em> (Vol. 68.1, Spring 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;While the Crow Played&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/stonepoetryjournal.com\/julia-fonte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Stone Poetry Quarterly<\/em> <\/a>(11\/15\/25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A pea deprived a princess of sleep&#8221; Finalist, New England Poetry Club&#8217;s 2025 E. E. Cummings Prize, selected by Chard DeNiord, <a href=\"https:\/\/nepoetryclub.org\/a-pea-deprived-a-princess-of-sleep-by-julia-h-fonte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NEPC&#8217;s Prize Winners&#8217; Anthology<\/a> (11\/09\/25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Meadow Prayer&#8221; Honorable Mention, 2025 HEART Poetry Award<em>,<\/em>  <a href=\"https:\/\/heart.aflip.in\/f6c50137ae.html#page\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>HEART<\/em><\/a> (10\/04\/25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Grieving Horses&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themilkhouse.org\/grieving-horses-by-julie-h-fonte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Milk House<\/em><\/a> (10\/09\/25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If not a miracle, then what&#8221; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/braidedway.org\/if-not-a-miracle-then-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Braided Way<\/a><\/em> (09\/13\/25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Half Moons Have Always Been Toothless,&#8221; &#8220;Genetics of Paternal Love,&#8221; &#8220;My Grove&#8221; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verse-virtual.org\/2025\/September\/fonte-julia-h-2025-september.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Verse-Virtual<\/a><\/em> (Vol. 12, No. 9, September 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA Measure of Love and Life\u201d Honorable Mention, 2025 Ekphrastic Poetry Contest, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/psnh.org\/ekphrastic-poetry-honorable-mentions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Touchstone<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat Took You So Long\u201d <em>The Mountain Troubadour<\/em> (Vol. 71, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWindows\u201d Shortlisted poem, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/poetrysocietyofvermont.org\/windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Mountain Troubadour<\/a><\/em> (05\/22\/25) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBlack Star\u201d <em>Touchstone<\/em> (Vol. 67.1, Spring 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShooting Stars\u201d <em>Steam Ticket, A Third Coast Review<\/em> (Vol. 28, Spring 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWaiting for Spring\u2019s Wisdom\u201d <em>Poem City Anthology<\/em> (Spring, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCarrying Our Lives,\u201d \u201cGrief\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verse-virtual.org\/2025\/March\/fonte-julia-h-2025-march.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Verse-Virtual<\/a><\/em> (Vol. 12, No. 3, March 2025)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Grace of Intuition\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/braidedway.org\/the-grace-of-intuition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Braided Way<\/a><\/em> (01\/27\/25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome leave this world while still in it\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernewenglandreview.com\/online-archives\/some-leave-this-world-while-still-in-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Northern New England Review<\/a><\/em> (11\/05\/24)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn Elderly Mountain Highway\u201d <em>Touchstone<\/em> (Vol. 66, Fall 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the Wake\u201d <em>The Mountain Troubadour<\/em> (Vol. 70, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy Woods\u201d Shortlisted poem, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/poetrysocietyofvermont.org\/my-woods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Mountain Troubadour<\/a><\/em> (Spring, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBattenkill Through Mill Pond\u201d <em>Poem City Anthology<\/em> (Spring, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poems &#8220;Arils&#8221; is a poem I wrote in response to Visual Artist, Caitlin Gildrien&#8217;s &#8220;I leapt\/to freedom.&#8221; (Stone Valley Arts Ekphrastic Show, 2026) &#8220;Halloween&#8221; is my poem that Visual Artist, Angela Alaya Sillars, responded to in pencil for the Stone Valley Arts Ekphrastic Show, which opened June 27, 2026. &#8220;What Bubbles Your Blood?&#8221; Touchstone (Vol. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/poems\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Poems&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-308","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1285,"href":"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions\/1285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliahfonte.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}