A Nice Little Corner for Poets

Anny Ballardini has announced that the Winter issue of Poet's Corner is out. The anthology featues the following poets:

Martha King · Hiram Larew · James Cervantes · Laura Kennelly · Edward Mycue · Alicia Ostriker · Geof Huth · Elizabeth Smither · Daniel Zimmerman · Barry Spacks · Eve Rifkah · Gertrude Halstaed · Beverly Matherne · Donna Pecore · Jeff Harrison · Grace Cavalieri · Diane Lockward · Camille Martin · Dennis Barone · Alan Sondheim · Alexander Dickow · Douglas Clark · David Graham · Bob Grumman · Eileen Tabios · Sarah Menefee · Pam Brown · Ray DiPalma · Jerry McGuire · Henry Reed · Paolo Ruffilli · Allen Bramhall · J.P. Dancing Bear · Mark Weiss · Susan Rich · Karl Young · Ruth Fainlight · Geoffrey Gatza · Jim Leftwich · Alan Michael Parker · Barbara Crooker · Jerome Rothenberg · Deborah Humphreys · Paolo Dalponte · Susan Edwards · Jean Lamberty · Ned Condini · Jill Jones · Lois Roma-Deeley · Fan Ogilvie · Peter Ciccariello · Frank Parker · Jon Corelis · Tim Mayo · Alan Halsey · Spencer Selby · Márton Koppány · Wendy Vardaman · Dan Waber · Wendy Taylor Carlisle · Evelyn Posamentier · Sheila E. Murphy · Ann Fisher- Wirth · Bob Holman · Berty Skuber · Michael Peverett · Obododimma Oha · Richard Dillon · Diane Kendig · Jukka-Pekka Kervinen · Geraldine Monk · William Allegrezza

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