Spring 2008 Poetry Selections
Edited by Charles H. Johnson
In this collection, reading and writing add up to a life lived
well. No distinction is made between the literary creation and the
human being. As Australian poet Em McAvan writes in her poem "Reading,"
"I think to myself that / our bodies are like books."
What's written in those books, if they are poetry, is elaborated
upon in New Jersey poet Doris Arnett Gary's revealing piece, "What's
Your Poetry?" Her answer may be surprising--as well as satisfying--for
anyone with a limited and academic view of poetry.
Charles H. Johnson
Poetry Editor
Spring 2008 Poetry:
WHAT'S YOUR POETRY by Doris Arnett Gary
FEATURED POET Joop Bersee
EDITOR'S CHOICE Ashok Niyogi
GUILIN NOODLES by CJ Hallman
FREDDY'S FATHER by Gil Fagiani
WOMEN AT THE DINER by Gina Larkin
WOMAN OF OLIVES by Emma Lorelei Brennan
GHOST by Arlene Tribbia
TO MY AUNT WHO WAS RECENTLY FOUND DEAD IN A MOTEL ROOM by JoHannah Ash
RED BANK'S CARLTON THEATRE by Gloria Rovder Healy
READING by Em McAvan
AMEN by Devin T.N. Tanchum
CHRISTMAS COLD by John Bowden
INSIDE by Laine Sutton Johnson
BEAUTY by John McDermott
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