Editor's Note

The inaugural issue of Fire Poetry explores the nature of fire. Fire not only consumes, cleanses, and rages; it also possesses the power of regeneration and revelation.

Conceptually, the poems within this collection ask us to delve into the unbound precursors and repercussions of destruction, alienation, longing, and renewal. Fire touches us all, bestowing upon each individual a moment of raw purity. Much like how foresters and farmers carried out controlled burnings, fire is at times necessary and preventative, a waning warning to temper the animalistic, to steer the land, and to ultimately recognize the power of appetite.

Whether ciphering through the remnants of seething cinder and ashes, or finding yourself, unadorned, among the silence and finality of despair, within the realm of destruction arises a voice, an inherent instinct which commands to be heard, even among the silent earth.

​Listen.

Joy Bowman
Shaun Turner
co-editors, Fire Poetry
January 15, 2017

Fire Poetry Issue One (January 2017)

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Featured Poet:

 5 Poems by Allison Joseph

Poems by:

Dylan Weir
Shirley Jones-Luke
Chad M. Horn
Goldaline Verdi
Mercedes Lawry
Raymond Luczak
Justin Holliday
Andi Stout
Judy Shepps-Battle
CLS Ferguson
​Steve Tomasko

Featured Artist: Krista C Graham

Fire Poetry, Issue One (January 2017)
Editors: Shaun Turner and Joy Bowman
Cover Art: Forest Fire by Krista C Graham, acrylic