SPRING
2023
April
may be
cruel
but
still
looks
and
smells great
when the
magnolia
trees
sprout
blossoms
over
already
glowing
forsythia,
crocuses,
daffodils, hiacinths,
and
tulips.
Trees, undamaged
by a
late and
brief
frost,
push out
their
thousands
of buds.
Cherry
blossoms
start to
appear.
It may
be
barely
forty-five
degrees,
but
flowering
plants
are
oblivious
while
some of
us still
wear
winter
coats.
This
morning
I passed
three
dogwoods
freshly
bloomed.
Fortunately,
seasons
don't
depend upon
superannuated
leaders
to guide
their
progress.
Poems
this
month
are from
C.B.
Anderson, Bruce
Bennett,
Susan
Jarvis
Bryant,
Sally
Cook,
Michael
Curtis,
Robert
Darling, Steven Duplij,
Claudia
Gary, Arthur
Mortensen,
Wade
Newman,
Bryan
Palmer, Carolyn
Raphael,
Jennifer Reeser, Joseph
S. Salemi,
Charles
Southerland,
Frederick
Turner. Dr. Salemi,
in
addition
to new
poems,
offers
an essay
on
re-using
old
subject
matter.
Poetry:
Select
to see
new
and past
postings.
Essays:
Joseph
S. Salemi's
essay
"Poetic
Encores"
Reviews:
From
previous
issues
Archives:
Divided
into two
sections,
New and
Old.
Online
Prosody:
As of now
this
will
remain
in the
Old
archives
until
editing
and
rewrite
are
complete.
Contributions
are
by
assignment,
as we do
not have
the
resources
to
manage
online
submissions.
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