Poiesis Review #1-5
A Literary Journal Collected Archive
(Issues #1-5 Collected)
119 Poems by 73 Authors
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Poiesis Review #1-5 is a collected archive of poems that comprises the first five issues of the print journal from 2008-2012, with poems dating as far back as 1991. The journal contains 119 poems in 164 pages of writing by 73 of the best poets of the era, including those at the turn of the new millennium.
Poiesis Review is one of the only literary journals in existence that features a blend of today’s up-and-coming promising rookies alongside the staples and legends of the last few decades in the pre-Internet literary underground. Nowhere else will you find such a smattering of the writers’ spectrum or such a truly accurate cross-section of all walks of the literary world—what five-time Pushcart Prize nominee and Wisconsin Regional Writers Association Award winner Charles P. Ries called “young blood running with old blood.”
The Featured Writers in this archive are T. Kilgore Splake, with odes to his great Northern Michigan, and the late Robert Schuler, with his poems of jazz, France, skiing, and love.
Content Warning: abortion, AIDS, war, postpartum depression, domestic violence, death
Luminaire Poetry Winners
2008 Luminaire Poetry Award Winners
1st Place: “Cleaning Up at the Hamtramck Burger Chef” by Don Winter
2nd Place: “Jumper” by Kevin M. Hibshman
3rd Place: “In the Poetry Section of Brown University Bookstore, Providence, RI” by Zoe A. Jaimot
2009 Luminaire Poetry Award Winners
1st Place: “The Fall of Miss Sopa, Eater of Clay” by Julie Buffaloe-Yoder
2nd Place: “The Rosebud” by Jason Fisk
3rd Place: “A Mother’s Mantra” by Rebecca Schumejda
2010 Luminaire Poetry Award Winners
1st Place: “Contagious” by Stephanie Hiteshew
2nd Place: “Yardwork” by Gary Every
3rd Place: “Just Another Word” by Pamela Annas
2011 Luminaire Poetry Award Winners
1st Place: “Amphitheater” by Gary Every
2nd Place: “Quality Time” by Tim Scannell
3rd Place: “Understanding Anita” by Bob Sharkey
2012 Luminaire Poetry Award Winners
1st Place: “Kind to a Spider” by Tim Staley
2nd Place: “Suggestion Box” by Ray Larsen
3rd Place: “how to kill a flower” by Sharon Zeisel
Authors
• Pamela Annas
• Sherry Asbury
• Timothy Beer
• Michael S. Begnal
• Guy R. Beining
• John Berbrich
• Janice Brabaw
• April Michelle Bratten
• Ferruccio Brugnaro
• Dan Buck
• Julie Buffaloe-Yoder
• P. B. C.
• CEE
• Terry Clarke
• Glenn W. Cooper
• Bill Costley
• Henry Denander
• Jim DeWitt
• Joseph Dorazio
• R. Emolo
• Michael Estabrook
• Gary Every
• Jason Fisk
• Ashley Gatewood
• Lila Goodman
• Mary Guckian
• George Held
• Kevin M. Hibshman
• Jack Hirschman
• Stephanie Hiteshew
• Zoe A. Jaimot
• Mignon Ariel King
• Arthur Winfield Knight
• Zack Kopp
• Michael Kriesel
• Ray Larsen
• Father Luke
• Giovanni Malito
• William Martinez
• Patrick McKinnon
• Bruce McRae
• Jason Monios
• Rod Naquin
• Normal
• K. Nuzzo
• Kez Panel
• Alvin Park
• Simon Perchik
• M. P. Powers
• T. F. Rice
• Charles P. Ries
• Harland Ristau
• Justin Rogers
• Tim Scannell
• Robert Schuler
• Rebecca Schumejda
• David Sermersheim
• Bob Sharkey
• Denis Sheehan
• Arnold Skemer
• Joe Speer
• The Poet Spiel
• T. Kilgore Splake
• Tim Staley
• David J. Thompson
• Ross Vassilev
• Donovan White
• Neal Wilgus
• Patrice M. Wilson
• Don Winter
• Paula Anne Yup
• Sharon Zeisel
Praise
“Poiesis Review is an important collection of the best and brightest writers of the small press. Frankly, it just doesn’t make sense not to own a copy. Dare I say it might be the only small press journal you need? Every issue is an event not to be missed.”
—J. Lewis Fleming,
author of Why Is My Lemon Tea Red?
“Poiesis Review proves that there are wonderful editors left in the world. This journal has genuine heart and concern for its writers and the promotion of their work. That makes a big difference to me when I’m deciding which journals to promote and where to send my dollars.”
—Julie Buffaloe-Yoder,
author of Price Reduced Again
“Inside are some of the finest contemporary small press writers plying their trade in the independent scene today.”
—Doug Holder,
editor at Ibbetson Street Press and author of Last Night at the Wursthaus
Other Poiesis Review Issues
Other Violet Ray Series Books
Also by Jim DeWitt, Ashley Gatewood, Kevin M. Hibshman, Zoe A. Jaimot, Michael Kriesel, Giovanni Malito, Patrick McKinnon, Normal, Harland Ristau, David J. Thompson, & Neal Wilgus
Also by John Berbrich, Glenn W. Cooper, Henry Denander, George Held, Kevin M. Hibshman, Stephanie Hiteshew, & T. Kilgore Splake
Also by Charles P. Ries
Also by CEE, Michael Estabrook, Jason Fisk, George Held, Kevin M. Hibshman, Charles P. Ries, Robert Schuler, Denis Sheehan, & Paula Anne Yup
Also by CEE, Normal, & The Poet Spiel
Also by Gary Every & Donovan White
Also by Gary Every
Also by CEE, Normal, & Charles P. Ries
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• Poetry | Journal Archives 2008-2012
• 119 Pieces by 73 Authors
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LEAH ANGSTMAN is the founder and executive editor of Alternating Current Press since 1993. She has also been an editor/fact-checker for Pacific Standard, Underscore News, Mother Jones, Departures, and Smithsonian, and she is the author of Out Front the Following Sea, Shoot the Horses First, and Falcon in the Dive.
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