This issue coming up is issue #39. We are interviewing John Dorsey and reviewing interviews from our east coast editor Doug Holder.

We have extended our deadline to November 30, 2009 for al photography, revews and poetry.

Comments (2) Nov 08 2009

The issue is out…. the copies are mailed….you can order a hard copy by going to http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26501397. I will mail you one out. The mere 3 bucks is worth it and gets us closer the next issue…

…a 38th in depth look into poetry… a passion that has become the only sane outlet of my thoughts. A poem is a deep intuitive look into one’s soul. I guess that is why all of my friends are poets and writers or artists in deepest sense. It is an instant connection trustworthy of investing in. A passion worth investing in.

Debbie did a great job selecting the poems and her and I agreed it was a little too easy for us to work together since we agree on everything. We wondered where the fights were and egos butting heads, but she understands the magazine’s intent since she has been reading it since the early days of issue 15.

Her main squeeze, Dave Hite, did a great job colorizing the cover photo by Michael Bernstein too. The Berlin Wall photo is amazing and symbolizes defiance appropriately for this issue. Dave has been a tremendous help with the revamp of the website and other graphic needs to boot.

The main feature this issue was on Dave Church who passed away Thanksgiving 2008. Dave and I corresponded for years. He would always send me $5 in with his letters and tell me to take it as a donation to POESY, but I kept his subscription going for years with those random fivers. If you ever wanted a true opinion, he was your man. I saw him as a humanist (believe it or not) who was always interested in what you were doing at the time. He supported the mag enough to get us into the well-respected Brown University. Like many of us in the poetry community, I miss him.

I often talk to my friend Pablo about the magazine and how issue 50 (”L”) will be a “Best of POESY” thick brick and then I want to move on to maybe only do books for the poets I love. Or who knows, maybe even focus on my own poetic musings. Or who knows, maybe it has become such a staple of my life I won’t be able to let it go. All I know is, I love doing this. It is the one space I feel secure enough to call my calling in life.

I hope you enjoy the issue!

Comments (3) Jun 30 2009