Poetry

Spring 2008

Daylight Savings, Lucky Hours
Martin Mitchell, Guest Editor

The poetry section of this issue is dedicated, in loving memory, to Sarah Hannah (1966-2007), colleague and friend, who took her own life towards the end of last May, just short of her 41st birthday and a few months before the publication, by Tupelo Press, of her second book, Inflorescence. The section begins with poems written for Sarah by her Columbia professor, Colette Inez; by her close friend Rachel Wetzsteon; and by an admirer, Alison Woods, and continues with three hitherto unpublished poems by her. We hope that readers will be prompted to look further at her remarkable work, so full of joy and promise. The bulk of this poetry section consists of work by various poets writing in America today (three of them settled or based here; see bios), representing a range of styles but all essentially lyric/narrative; the poems appear in the alphabetical order of their authors' names.

For Sarah Hannah
Colette Inez

May Poles
Rachel Wetzsteon

Departure
Alison Woods

Bright Leaves
Sarah Hannah

Early Meadow Rue
Sarah Hannah

Coin, Byzantine Empire, A.D. 610-641
Sarah Hannah

Meeting
Dick Allen

The Bridegroom's Pantoum
Dick Allen

Rubbing the Penis with Ginger and Honey
Clifford Browder

The Man Who Has Never Owned a Dog Pets a Dog
Suzanne Cleary

Strong Bikini
Suzanne Cleary

Of the North
Anne Coray