It is an honor to curate Blue Heron Review and bring you a beautiful selection of thought-provoking, meditative poetry. I am proud of all of our talented contributors. I wish I could have nominated more than just 6 authors for the Best of the Net Anthology. It is always very difficult to choose. Please join me in celebrating the work of these fine writers. The following poets nominated appear in either BHR Issue 17 / Fall 2023 or BHR Issue 18 / Spring 2024.

Visit the BHR 17 and BHR 18 pages of this site to read all of these beautiful poems. Simply scroll down to find the work of each author within the issue.

Nominations from BHR 17 Fall 2023

Jill McGrath / “Meditation”
Susan Martell Huebner / “Tracking Progress at the YMCA”

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Nominations from BHR 18 Spring 2024

Karen Elizabeth Sharpe / “The Sixth Type: A Prescription”
Cynthia Knorr / “Portent from the Space Between the Stars”
Dianna MacKinnon Henning / “In the Collage of My Mind I’m a Simple Design”
Tova Kranz / “Fermentation”