![]() ![]() She was poetry editor of the 2007 issue of rock, paper, scissors, and has served on the poetry editorial board of Water~Stone Review. ![]() Jen March received her MFA in Writing from Hamline University. In this way - the stream of language and ideas flowing both ways - poetry continues to inspire and surprise both writer and reader. Certainly I have discovered layers in my own work through the eyes of others. A good reader is also a teacher, opening doors to psyche and spirit, just as the poet has attempted to do through his or her work. Likewise, a piece I may view as a virtual throwaway, shared with a friend or acquaintance on a whim, can have a great emotional impact on that person. A poem I may feel strongly about, a “success” in my eyes, may leave another feeling cool, uninspired, or ambivalent. So often I am surprised by those poems which seem to have had the most effect on readers. His latest, The Distance Between Two Hands, will be published in early 2008. His most recent poetry collections are Pale Light from a Distant Room and Things You Will Never See Again, both published by March Street Press. Greg Watson‘s work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including The Seattle Review, Sulphur River Literary Review, and Poetry East. ![]()
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