Happy National Poetry Month!

In honor of our celebration of poetry this month, we wanted to feature a voice from the past ~ Marianne Moore. To be reminded of the artistry of words, which has come before us, is to honor a valuable source of inspiration, and to call forth the many muses who surround us every day. I do believe, that if you listen carefully when reading texts from the past, you will hear whispers. I invite you to enjoy this month’s selection of poems by Marianne Moore on the Blue Heron Speaks Featured Author Page. Allow whatever messages you are meant to receive, to come through. Please visit our featured authors from past months, for an abundance of contemporary poetic voices, as well as a few poets from our rich history of letters.

(photo credit: George Platt Lynes / Poets.org)

The Poems of Marianne Moore (Penguin Classics, 2005)

Don’t forget that our current open call for submissions ends on April 20th, 2016. Visit our Submission Guidelines page for full details.

Artwork by Daniel Adams

Submissions now open for the SUMMER 2016 issue of Blue Heron Review from March 20th through April 20th!  Please read our Submission Guidelines Page for full details, and follow them carefully.  Some details have changed. We highly suggest that you read past issues before submitting work.  Looking forward to reading your best, meditative poems.  Go forth and write!

Send us your inspiration ~ your heart-centered words.
Warmly,
Cristina M. R. Norcross, Editor
Blue Heron Review

Blue Heron Review is very pleased to feature the work of poet, Trina Gaynon, for the month of March! Please visit the Blue Heron Speaks Featured Author page of our site to read three of Trina Gaynon’s poems, and to learn more about both her latest chapbook, The Alphabet of Romance (Finishing Line Press, 2013), and her current project, an anthology of poems in tribute to Anna Akhmatova called, Leaving My Shadow. Trina has a gift for capturing the atmosphere and imagery of a poem, with close attention to detail. Ms. Gaynon also very adeptly encapsulates ideas and themes with spare, carefully chosen words. There is great beauty and inspiration in these poems.

We hope that you enjoy this month’s featured, guest poet. Additionally, our latest issue, BHR Winter 2016 was just released at the end of February. There is much to read, ponder, and savor on the Blue Heron Review site, as we prepare for winter’s departure.

Trina Gaynon is currently assembling an anthology of poems in tribute to Anna Akhmatova called, Leaving My Shadow. A literacy tutor and a past volunteer at WriteGirl, an organization in Los Angeles providing workshops and mentors for high school girls interested in writing, she entered the new millennium with a degree from the creative writing program at University of San Francisco. Her poems appear in: The Great Gatsby Anthology, The San Diego Poetry Annual, Saint Peter’s B-list: Contemporary Poems Inspired by the Saints, Obsession: Sestinas for the 21st Century, A Ritual to Read Together: Poems in Conversation with William Stafford, Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: Anthology of Sonnets of the Early Third Millennium, Bombshells: War Stories and Poems by Women on the Homefront, Knocking at the Door: Poems about Approaching the Other, several WriteGirl anthologies, and numerous journals. Her chapbook An Alphabet of Romance is available from Finishing Line Press and Amazon.

Find out more about this author at:
http://tdgaynon.webs.com/
http://leavingmyshadow.webs.com/

The Alphabet of Romance (Finishing Line Press, 2013)

Welcome to our latest issue of Blue Heron Review!

Please visit the Blue Heron Review Issue 5/Winter 2016 page of our website to read and view all of the beautiful work in this collection.

(Cover art by Sharon Auberle)

CONTRIBUTORS
Poets:
Ethel Mortenson Davis * Chris Abbate * Elizabeth J Mitchell * Martin Willitts Jr * Joan Mazza * Richard King Perkins II * Kenneth Pobo * Lila Hope-Simpson * Steven Bucher * Robert Lee Haycock * Terrence Sykes * Su Zi * Karissa Knox Sorrell * Heidi Hallett * Mary Carroll-Hackett * Devi S Laskar * Philip Dacey * Gary Jones * Zara Raab * Anne Higgins * David Anthony Sam * Nancy Ann Schaefer * Patricia Williams * Sarah Gilbert * Emily Harel * Maryann Hurtt * Julia Rice * Marilyn Zelke-Windau * Katy Phillips * Bauke Kamstra * Linda Aschbrenner * Erina Booker * Judy Wucherer * Daniel Birnbaum * Florence Weinberger * Melissa Fu * Pamela Ahlen * Gonzalinho da Costa * Marcia J Pradzinski * Keith MacNider * Cathryn Essinger * Cindy Rinne * Cindy Bousquet Harris * Donna H DiCello

Artists:
Sharon Auberle * Phil Shepherd * Richard Havenga * Daniel Adams * David Kessler * Keith MacNider * Robert Lee Haycock

I hope you enjoy this stunning collection of poetry and photography. Each, unique creation offers up a rich tapestry of mindfulness and beauty for the reader.

With kind wishes,

Cristina M. R. Norcross, Editor
Blue Heron Review

Artwork by Daniel Adams

Our next open call for submissions will be from March 20th through April 20th, 2016. All poems received will be considered for our BHR Summer 2016 issue, due to be published at the end of July 2016.

Please follow us to read a NEW featured poet EVERY month on our BLUE HERON SPEAKS FEATURED AUTHOR page. Visit our ARCHIVES page to read past issues before submitting. Complete list of guidelines available on our SUBMISSION GUIDELINES page.

Still in the works, is our BHR Winter 2016 issue, due to be published at the end of February 2016!