Summer 2018
Issue Published July 21, 2018

This issue is organized in two sections; scroll down the page or click the links below to jump to a section:

1. Introduction
2. Poems

1. Introduction

To Readers of Monterey Poetry Review:

I didn’t reject many of the poems that were submitted for this issue; they all had won the approval of editors and deserve to be republished and remembered. 

I can see why some of them won prizes. I kept wanting to return to a few and read them again for enjoyment and enlightenment,

I’ll not single out which ones I favor; you will have your own choices. Their quality, in my opinion, varies from very good to magnificent.

Some had appeared in quite prestigious journals but that didn’t mean they were necessarily the best of the lot.  Often editors prefer certain styles or subject matters and accept on those bases which eliminate many wonderful poems.

I do think you poets interested enough to read this issue of MPR should try to publish your work.
In my view, each poem is an attempt to communicate and very little communication can happen without publication.

So keep sending your work out and don’t be discouraged by rejections. I get my poems rejected over ninety percent of the time and I still persist.
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I believe poetry, good poetry, exists in abundance. It’s just a matter of finding a home for it.
Is poetry important? I’ve included two of my published pieces which might shed some light on that.

John

 

2. Poems

• Laura Bayless
• Eli Ben-Joseph
• Cynthia Bryant
• Cathleen Calbert
• Dane Cervine
• Susan Giddings
• Victor Henry
• John Laue
  
• George Lober
• Robin Lysne
• Lisa Meckel
• Ruth Mota
• Charles Rammelkamp
• Doren Robbins
• Marina Romani
• Illia Thompson
• Andrena Zawinski
• Marc Zegans

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Editor's Note

Our vision is to publish the highest quality of poetry online in succeeding issues from the many talented poets in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, as well as from poets anywhere with a connection to the Monterey Peninsula.

Please note that we are no longer a tax-deductible organization as before, and although we welcome donations to pay the renewal fees of about $200.00 for the website each year, our financial needs are much smaller than when we were a print publication.

The Monterey Poetrey Review is made possible by the following volunteers:

Megan Lee – Founder and Editor
John Laue – Editor
Nicole Henares – Consultant
Jennifer Lagier – Webmaster
Belen Arellano – Graphic Web Design

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