The winter issue of The 2River View is coming together over at 2River. In early December be sure to look for it, with new poems by Sally Albiso, Devon Balwit, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Renee Emerson Howie Good, Kathleen Hellen, Michael Mark Douglas Nordfors, Karen June Olson, J. J. Starr, and Nancy Takacs
Just came across this kind review of last winter’s issue of 2RV.
Before dawn, before other crews pull up,
even my own; before a tailgate drops
and coiled cable, pipe and drills scrape the truck bed,
emerge and unpack themselves; before the apron
slung from the waist is weighted: fasteners, driver bits,
meter and tape; before conduit saddles obstacles, saws
wind up and roar; before a compressor kicks the drums of my ear,
I rub a cricked neck, look across the cove. A tanager whistle.
The soft swell of light. The sharp profile of a spruce on the ridge.
It’s near the beginning of the Fall semester, and that means a new Fall issue of The 2River View, with exciting poems by Maggie Hess, Erin Carlyle, Clara Chu, Mark Conway, Caitlin Ferguson, Sandra Kolankiewizc, Josie Levin, Mark Prudowsky, Jill Roberts, Jonathan Scruggs, and Rebecca A. Spears–all fine poets ranging from long established writers to a high school senior. Keep in touch with Muddy Bank for a few teasers prior to the full release of the issue.
While you wait for Mother’s Day this coming Sunday and the Summer release of The 2River View, go ahead and spend time looking again at 30 Po’ Cards in 30 Days, 2River’s celebration of National Poetry Month: April 2018.
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