Spring 2022
Issue Published January 15, 2022

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:

A Native American proverb says, “Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.” Another tells us, “Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it.”
 
UNESCO states, “Climate denial has increased the risk of catastrophic global change. Should international criminal law be used against those who promote this dangerous trend? Economic and political leaders can no longer pretend it is business as usual. Whether they actively induce environmental harm or just ignore the existential threat against the survival of the human species, states and corporations must be held accountable for their actions or inaction regarding climate change.”
 
Our Spring 2022 issue of the Monterey Poetry Review offers poetry addressing the theme “One Earth, One Chance,” voices that celebrate nature’s fragile wonders, propose solutions to the planet’s demise, mourn environmental losses.
 
One of our contributors, Lynn Hansen, writes:
 
no incantation can undo the braid 
between ecosystem and plunder of 
of our sacred creation, 
that before its collapse, trembles. 
 
​Let us not give up hope, however. As Margaret Mead once said, “Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have." 
 
May this assemblage of poetic voices sound the call to action and remind us of what is at stake. 
 
Kate, Laura & Jennifer

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Jennifer, Kate & Laura, 2021

 

2. Poems

• Kate Aver Avraham
• Laura Bayless
• Jeff Burt
• Joe Cottonwood
• Jennifer Fenn
• Edward Ferri, Jr.
• George Freek
• John Grey
• Cleo Griffith
• Lynn Hansen
• Nancy Haskett
• Louise Kantro
• Tricia Knoll
• Jennifer Lagier​​
• Danielle Lemay
• Kent Leatham
• Lisa Meckel
• Fabrice Poussin
• Will Reger
• Linda Scheller
• D.E. Steward
• Illia Thompson
• Katieann Vogel
• Deborah Wenzler






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Editor's Note

Our vision is to publish art, photography and the highest quality of poetry online twice a year drawing on the talents of artists, photographers and poets, especially those in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties.

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

Dr. Jennifer Lagier Fellguth – Editor & Webmaster

Kate Aver Avraham -- Associate Editor
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Laura Bayless -- Associate Editor

Megan Lee – Founder
John Laue – Editor Emeritus
Nicole Henares – Editor Emeritus
Belen Arellano – Graphic Web Design

Learn more about us and how to submit: Click here.

NEW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
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The submission period for poetry, photography and art for the Fall 2022 issue will open on April 1 and run through July 1, 2022. Theme: "Hope." 

​“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.