Poetica # 9

The effort of this series of Poetica anthologies is to contribute to the creation of a market for poetry throughout the calendar year. The idea is that, by providing a regular, published venue for poetry from all over the world, poems as media for the communication of important and heartfelt ideas and reflections will gain in respect and become more widely acknowledged. Voices will be heard; channels will be opened. Featuring the work of (in order of appearance): Ed Ahern, Michal Reiben, Craig Tickner, Justin Wiggins, Linda Sparks, Helen Jones, David Painter, Poetry by Christina, Richard Rose, Matthew Huff, Gabriella Balcom, Tim Law, Catherine A. MacKenzie, Sharon Frame Gay, the Birch Twins, Jim Bates, Thomas R. Bates, Linda M. Crate, Mike Turner, Catherine Lee, Kelli J Gavin, Raphael Merriman, Giuseppina Marino Leyland, DJ Elton, Tony Fyler, Trish Bailey and Jenean McBrearty, and with poems and commentaries on Matthew Arnold’s ‘Dover Beach’ and William Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet 18’.