Last Stanza Poetry Journal, Issue #2

Book excerpt: Poets in this issue: David Allen, Shalom Galve Aranas, Michael Brockley, Michael Brownstein, John Cardwell, Dan Carpenter, K J Carter, W. B. Cornwell, Mary A. Couch, Dick Dalton, George Fish, James Green, John D. Groppe, Lois Hambleton, John Hinton, Liza Hyatt, LeAnn Jones, Jordan Krais, Oliver Lake, Jim Landwehr, Lucy J. Madison, Tracy Mishkin, Donna Monday, Guna Moran, Lylanne Musselman, Thomas Alan Orr, Bruce Reed, Mary Sexson, Michael Strosahl, David Vancil, Rp Verlaine, J.E.A. Wallace, Michael T. Young, and Joyce Zephyrin. Illustrations are by Bre A. Domescik.Each of these poems has a backstory, a side note, previously unrevealed truths, or specifics about their inspiration. I've always loved discovering the pain, joy, loss, love, drama, or unusual experience that went into creating works of art: paintings, songs, novels, and poetry. I asked contributors to let readers look behind the curtain for this issue, and the results are magnificent. Poets are, by nature, brave. Shards of their souls are on display with each piece of writing. With these postscripts, we are allowed to see even deeper into their hearts.