Editor’s Notes

Greetings Dear Readers,

As summer approaches with its long light, this month’s poems invite us to take pleasure in the game, the harvest, the coy. It is a time for taking a pause to notice what is good in the world and celebrate its joys. I hope you enjoy the issue.

I urge you to read poetry over the summer, by the shade of a tree, on a dock being gently rocked by the waves, in an air-conditioned local library, on a slow-moving train to a remote town. There is poetry in the sweet-scented air, in the night-sky, at a concert beneath the stars, everywhere you look and listen, you will find poetry. Keep your mind and your heart open, your senses awake to the poetry around you.

Thanks to our selection committee this month:

Jesse Aubin
Dan Boland
Chris Johnson
Sarah Kabamba
Margo Lapierre
Stephanie Mason
Kemisha Newman
Jade Riordan
Sonia Saikaley
Jagjeet Sharma
Marjorie Silverman
Carol A. Stephen
JC Sulzenko

If you have questions, comments, suggestions, or quiet moments to share, please e-mail me at amanda@bywords.ca.

Amanda Earl
Managing Editor

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