Dream Catcher 27The overarching theme to Issue 27 is memory: memories themselves are gems in their own right, shifting and changing in the altering light, abrasive, or polished silky smooth; uncomfortable to wear yet a sexual adornment and the foundation of ego. Daryl Donahue juxtaposes memories of today and yesterday as he looks at the Books in the Attic while Donna Puccini responds viscerally to La Bohme while John Gilham recalls Paradise as he sinks into his

that responds to the idea of edging

and The Mischievous Boy

Andy Croft

This London

the first book on Muldoon

and the intellectual honesty

With contemporary poems to illustrate each prompt

The reader inhales its atmosphere…" — Rachel Campbell-Johnston The Times

Laura Cesarco Eglin and Ida Vitale

translated by Timothy Adès

Leaving the army as a Major

full of people like himself whose only desire has been to put bread into the mouths of their families