Monday, June 18, 2007
Old Journal Review
Today's journal back issue is Gulf Coast, Winter/Spring 2006. As always, I'm listing all the poems I liked, bolding the ones I definitely would have wanted to publish, and italicizing any of those where I have a connection to the poet so you can see my conflicts of interest.
"Treatment," Robyn Art
"Rumination," Hadara Bar-Nadav
"Notes from the Boat Docks," Kristin Bock
"The Great Poet Makes an Offering," Eric Burger
"Manitoba Widow Flies," Lindsey Penelope Lewis
"White Room Dendrology," Lindsey Penelope Lewis
"Alba," Paul Muldoon
"Dry," Rachel Pridgeon
"Moonshine," Barbara Ras
"A Wife Explains Why She Likes Country," Barbara Ras
"Second Day of Autumn," Anthony Robinson
"Wilderness with Glowing Aperture," Tim Ross
"Trichotillomania Redux," Alison Townsend
"Loft," Ellen Wehle
That's 14 of 39 for 35.9%, a very good rate, and 4 of 39 I'd definitely have wanted to publish without a second thought, not bad either. Tim Ross's poem was particularly a standout--I'm not at all familiar with his work and may have to seek more now.
"Treatment," Robyn Art
"Rumination," Hadara Bar-Nadav
"Notes from the Boat Docks," Kristin Bock
"The Great Poet Makes an Offering," Eric Burger
"Manitoba Widow Flies," Lindsey Penelope Lewis
"White Room Dendrology," Lindsey Penelope Lewis
"Alba," Paul Muldoon
"Dry," Rachel Pridgeon
"Moonshine," Barbara Ras
"A Wife Explains Why She Likes Country," Barbara Ras
"Second Day of Autumn," Anthony Robinson
"Wilderness with Glowing Aperture," Tim Ross
"Trichotillomania Redux," Alison Townsend
"Loft," Ellen Wehle
That's 14 of 39 for 35.9%, a very good rate, and 4 of 39 I'd definitely have wanted to publish without a second thought, not bad either. Tim Ross's poem was particularly a standout--I'm not at all familiar with his work and may have to seek more now.
