Greetings to poetry lovers and book lovers!
We feature nine (9) new poets in this Spring 2005- June issue of Muses Review. Six (6) poets are from the US while three (3) poets live outside of the US and live in Cyprus, India and Sweden.
In this Spring - June 2005 issue, the editor gives at least 9 poem reviews to selected poems. (See Poem Review Section.)
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Meanwhile, the last poems nominated for the Muses Review- Best Poem of the Year 2004 are:
a. "Marooned" by Mark Stellinga (Iowa)
b. "Def Poet" by Joseph Powell (California)
c. "Seasons of Fire, Seasons of Light" by Lisa Suhair Majaj (Cyprus).
d. "Tata Bahiyeh" by Lisa Suhair Majaj .(Cyprus)
e. "The End of An Affair" by Vihang Naik (India)
f. "At The Racetrack" by Henry Denander (Sweden)
g." Dirty Ball" by Jilly Dybka (Tennessee)
We have new poems nominated for Muses Review - Best Poem of the Year 2005- .
a. "And So the Zoo Lion Paces" by Harry Gilleland Jr. (Louisiana)
b. "Summer Gold" by Harry Gilleland Jr. (Louisiana).
We have a guest reviewer from in the person of Kris Rued-Clark who reviews the poetrychapbook of Charles P. Ries entitled Monje Malo Speaks English (2003) .
I made a short chapbook review on Jilly Dybka's poetry chapbook Fair Territory (2004).
Our featured poet for June is Charles P. Ries from Wisconsin who is the author of the three poetry chapbooks - Bad Monk, Monje Malo Speaks English, and Odd.
Meanwhile, the search for the best published poems for the 2nd Muses Review Awards 2006 or Muses Prize 2006 has begun last June 1, 2005. The search for the best poems, best poetrybooks, best poetrychapbooks will end tentatively on Dec 31, 2005.
Only poetrybooks/chapbooks/poems published in 2005 are eligible for Muses Prize 2006.
Enjoy the poems, our poem reviews and book reviews.
The winners of the 1st Muses Review Awards 2005 or Muses Prize 2005 will be announced on July 2005.
See you again next month in July in our summer edition.
Very truly yours,
Andrew Angus
Founder-Chief Editor
Muses Review
PS: The Save the Planet Earth entries is moved to July 2005.
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