Welcome to the first issue of Blue Heron Review!  To read all of the beautiful poetry and art offerings in this issue, please visit the Blue Heron Review Issue 1 Winter/2014 tab on this website.

I hope you will find poems and images that speak to you this winter, as we gently prepare for spring and come out of hibernation.  The contemplative months of winter allow us to search within and re-connect with the self.  Each poem in this issue, shines a light on all that is sacred about existing in this beautiful world.  Enjoy!

~Cristina M. R. Norcross, Editor

(cover photo by Robert Lee Haycock)

CONTRIBUTORS
Poets:
Sharon Auberle * Pd Lietz * Paula Schulz * Maureen Hand * Liz Rhodebeck* Jeannie Roberts * Ingrid Goff-Maidoff * Mary Jo Balistreri * Kristi Martel * Anjie Kokan * Kimberly Blanchette * Shannon Jackson Arnold

Artists:
Robert Lee Haycock (cover photo) * Jason Iffert (photography) * Jane Riley (photo credit, “Canoeing on the Kickapoo”) * Pd Lietz (artwork, “Your Wings”)