Poetic
Matrix
a periodic letteR on the poetic experience
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From the Publisher
John Peterson
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If you're going to be in Los Angeles, New York City or
Houston on these dates please stop by, say hello to the
Press members in LA and the event organizers at the
booths showing our titles in New York and Houston.
Be sure you mention that you are supporters of Poetic
Matrix Press.
If you’re going to be in the LA area come see us at the
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Saturday, April 26 • 10 AM to 6 PM
Sunday, April 27 • 10 AM to 5 PM
UCLA Main Campus
We’re at Booth #1038 near the Poetry Stage
on the Powell Library/Moore Hall grass.
We’ll have all our titles there and many of our authors
will be at the Festival available at our Booth #1038
reading and signing books. Come meet and greet,
Brandon Cesmat, Joe Milosch, Gail Entrekin, Tomás
Gayton, Sandy Stillwell, and John Peterson. We’ll also
have Charles Entrekin, poet, novelist and
husband to Gail, there with his soon to be released
novel, Red Mountain Birmingham Alabama, 1965,
published by El León Literary Arts.
For Poetic Matrix Press this will be a great
opportunity to present the work of our Press
to 140,000 book lovers.
Come say hello!
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A couple of other notes:
Our 2007 publications, The Unequivocality of a Rose by Joel Netsky;
TRIAL & ERROR by Arthur Campbell and News of the Day by John
will be in the:
16th Annual Poets House Showcase
April 12-19 during library hours.
The Showcase will be at the:
New York Public Library
Jefferson Market Branch
425 Sixth Avenue (at West 10th Street)
For library hours, call (212) 243-4334
Admission free
The yearly Poets House Showcase features new poetry publications
for the preceding year. All of our titles are in their 20,000 plus
collection of American poetry and searchable in their Directory at
www.poetshouse.org.
We joined the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses in 2007.
CLMP organizers are taking our titles to:
CLMP's Literary Magazine & Small Press Fair at the
Houston Indie Book Festival
Saturday, April 12th from 10am to 5 pm at
Domy Books
1709 Westheimer
Houston, TX.
This Issue
Thanks to all of the poets who
contributed to this issue. As we only
do 2 issues a year it has been
some months since some of these
authors sent their poetry. I thank
them for their patience. This started
as a periodic letteR so that I wasn't
held to a deadline, that still holds
though I see that we are doing a
spring and fall issue of late, that
may be the future
Thanks to Taiyu John Robertson,
Susan Marie Davniero, Barry Gale,
Brian Bronson, Liliana Alam, Taylor
Graham, Roger Desy, and Cordelia
Brown for their contributions. Also
Cameo Victor's Tarot Card art adds
beauty, color and insight as does
her poetry.
It seems some theme or intent
develops as these issues come
together. Taiyu John Robertson
begins with his insight into death
and hence life, with his deepening
Buddhist sensibilities. Susan, Barry
and Brian take us on a rhythmic ride
into the immediacy of life. Cameo's
Tarot art and her poetry shows us
the travail and the wisdom of a
beautifully lived life. Liliana, Taylor,
Roger and Cordelia do all they can
to give us a chance at the beauty all
around, outside and inside. We go
on the perfect human journey,
life...death...life... and on and on, all
wrapped in as much beauty as we
can find, as we can stand.
John
More notes
Joel Netsky's The Unequivocality of a Rose was entered in the 2007 L.L. Winship/PEN New England
Awards, given annually to a New England author or a book with a New England setting. Joel's book
was not selected, the award for poetry was given to Ms. Ann Killough for Beloved Idea (Alice James
Books).
The L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award was established by The Boston Globe in 1975 to honor
long-time Boston Globe editor Laurence L. Winship. It has been awarded in the past to, among
others, Mary Oliver and Stanley Kunitz.
Joel and this publisher would like to thank PEN New England, the L.L. Winship/PEN New England
Award organizers and the judges for the opportunity to enter Joel's fascinating book. We also
congratulate the winner in the poetry category, Ann Killough and wish her the best with Beloved Idea.
John