Fire Poetry
Issue Four
Foxfire
Editor's Note
In the decaying late-fall woods, for years, Appalachian people have talked of the fairy lights that beckon travelers off the marked path--most of the time into danger. Sometimes called 'will-o-the-wisp,' another name for these mysterious object/beings is 'foxfire.' Foxfire is also real: a type of fungus that primarily grows in the autumn's decaying woods. Also called fairy fire, this fungi creates its own light through a chemical reaction that occurs when the fungus consumes wood--it glows. Scientists call this bioluminescence 'cold fire.'
With work by Jesse Breite, Alec Hershman, Laurinda Lind, Simon Perchik, Juanita Rey, and stephanie roberts, in our fourth issue, our poets each summon a cold fire of their own, whether it be in a corporate park or a basement meeting room, whether it be a call to action or a mantra you tell yourself, whether it be hymn or proclamation, these poems ask you to look for the faint glow.
Maybe its a chemical reaction caused by fungus or a mythic fairy creature. Somewhere in the canopied woods of Kentucky, or in your everyday commute, you'll see it and know. Maybe it's inside yourself, that cold fire.
Joy Bowman
Shaun Turner
co-editors, Fire Poetry
July 30, 2018
With work by Jesse Breite, Alec Hershman, Laurinda Lind, Simon Perchik, Juanita Rey, and stephanie roberts, in our fourth issue, our poets each summon a cold fire of their own, whether it be in a corporate park or a basement meeting room, whether it be a call to action or a mantra you tell yourself, whether it be hymn or proclamation, these poems ask you to look for the faint glow.
Maybe its a chemical reaction caused by fungus or a mythic fairy creature. Somewhere in the canopied woods of Kentucky, or in your everyday commute, you'll see it and know. Maybe it's inside yourself, that cold fire.
Joy Bowman
Shaun Turner
co-editors, Fire Poetry
July 30, 2018
Fire Poetry Issue Four (Summer 2018)
Poems by:
Jesse Breite
Alec Hershman
Laurinda Lind
Simon Perchik
Juanita Rey
stephanie roberts
Fire Poetry, Issue Four (Summer 2018)
Editors: Shaun Turner and Joy Bowman
Cover Art: Foxfire, wikipedia
Editors: Shaun Turner and Joy Bowman
Cover Art: Foxfire, wikipedia
