Fire Poetry Journal
Issue Five
Counterfire
Editor's Note
January in Kentucky is gray and cold. Night starts before dinner time. Snow dusts the streets. In the gloaming, dozens of headlights travel in rows down highways, toward the idea of home. With the new year comes time for reflection. People make resolutions. They plan ahead. They prepare for the coming light, the activity and warmth of spring. It can be agonizing, this flaying cold and ice before the inevitable thaw. But there is also power in a waiting season--if one makes use of the hours of darkness. We beings are not made for continuous light.
In these times where much is in flux, make use of the dark of night and prepare the sustenance you need to survive the new year. No longer passive and waiting, we can take ownership of this time as we wait for the warming light. Bring your poems, your plans, your resolutions, and your talismans. Now is the time to prepare for that which lies ahead.
These poems are more than words presented horizontally on the page: poems are objects constructed with purpose--to confess, to volleys, to be held in glass. In this publication, our third year and fifth issue, we are delighted to share the work of all our contributors with you: poetry by Raluca Balasa, Madelyn Chen, Carol Hamilton, Jennifer Judge, Scarlett Peterson, and Wesley Sexton. Like the poets and artists in this collection, make use of the time, whether it be in light or in darkness.
Get ready for counterfire.
Joy Bowman
Shaun Turner
co-editors, Fire Poetry
January 30, 2019
In these times where much is in flux, make use of the dark of night and prepare the sustenance you need to survive the new year. No longer passive and waiting, we can take ownership of this time as we wait for the warming light. Bring your poems, your plans, your resolutions, and your talismans. Now is the time to prepare for that which lies ahead.
These poems are more than words presented horizontally on the page: poems are objects constructed with purpose--to confess, to volleys, to be held in glass. In this publication, our third year and fifth issue, we are delighted to share the work of all our contributors with you: poetry by Raluca Balasa, Madelyn Chen, Carol Hamilton, Jennifer Judge, Scarlett Peterson, and Wesley Sexton. Like the poets and artists in this collection, make use of the time, whether it be in light or in darkness.
Get ready for counterfire.
Joy Bowman
Shaun Turner
co-editors, Fire Poetry
January 30, 2019
Fire Poetry Issue Five (Winter 2019)
Poems by:
Raluca Balasa
Madelyn Chen
Carol Hamilton
Jennifer Judge
Scarlett Peterson
Wesley Sexton
Fire Poetry, Issue Five (Winter 2019)
Editors: Shaun Turner and Joy Bowman
Cover Image: Attack of the Birds by Lucas Carl
Editors: Shaun Turner and Joy Bowman
Cover Image: Attack of the Birds by Lucas Carl
