New Site - POESY XXXVII

Issue XXXVII is packed and on the way back from the press right now!

INTERVIEWS with Len Fulton of Small Press Review by Brian Morrisey and Pushcart Prize Winner Afaa Michael Weaver with Doug Holder

POETRY: john dorsey, jane stuart, sam silva, normal, b.r. strahan, david c.
orsheski, william taylor, jr., ally malinenko, afaa michael weaver, guy r. beining, tim suermondt, eileen kennedy, coleen t. houlihan, brittony johnson

PHOTOGRAPHY: a.d. winans, alethia drehmer, michael berstein, eugenia hepworth petty,brian morrisey, john bower, randy thurman, christopher robin

REVIEWS: tam lin nelville reviews Louis McKee’s, “Still Life” and brian morrisey reviews the first issue of the magazine “poeisis”

If you would like to order a hardcopy of the issue, you can send us $3.00 or order online at http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15937872

(I apologize for any rejection or acceptance letters not received yet. I am still catching up.)

Thank you all for your continued support!

Need photographs - XXXVII

Working on the poetry for POESY #37, but more immediately, working on getting some good images going and getting the inpiration nailed for a cover. Send your creative, nutty, poetic photographs to submissions@poesy.org

I should have the interview subject nailed down in the next week because we have to get rolling on this. Either option I am aiming for will be a great addition to our past victims, this I am sure of!

FREQUENCY of PUBLISHING POESY and Issue #37

I have been mulling over this for the past year and it is only going to get worse. I have decided to make POESY a bi-annual publication. Quarterly at today's printing prices with the new format is going to put me in the poor house indefinitely.

This may only be temporary until I get used to my new schedule and things slow down, but for now plan on POESY coming out in March and September.

I have been reading submissions like crazy and wish I could only be inspired... come on.. give me something I can sink my teeth into and grapple with for a while!

I also considered running a Wired Poets (poets of the Wired Wash Cafe open mic in santa cruz) issue, but since it shut down in June due to the rent being stolen (allegedly), that has dissolved as well. I don't want to step back into the tracks of poetry, I want to carry what is groundbreaking now into the future. Something that poets of today can relate to and identify with what is happening in the poetry world as of now, this very moment, today.... I need answers!

Bloggin out and San Francisco Zinefest

Everyone seems to be doing this blogger thing. I guess that is the trend. I guess its cool. I guess I could try it. Anyway, I will try to stick to the subject. POESY #36 was a complete success. Erika King did an amazing job as guest editor with her creative mind and approach to poetry. I know she will go far in the poetry world. It was nice having a co-conspirator.

This past weekend I attended the San Francisco Zine Fest. It was quite impressive. The last time I went, it was at Cellspace in the Mission District of San Francisco. This year it was at the San Francisco County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park. There seemed to be much more traffic and participation. I hope they can keep up the momentum next year too. A decent stack of POESY's were sold consisting of the current #36 and of course, the Diane di Prima issue (#25) went pretty fast.

I shared a table with Christopher Robin from Zen Baby. Here's a couple pics…