Poppy Road Review Annual Edition, 2015

Poppy Road Review’s Annual Print Edition, 2015, is now available from Createspace and Amazon.com.  This stunning 122-page book features the fine poetry of William Cullen Jr., Donal Mahoney, Marianne Szlyk, Danny Earl Simmons, Martin Willitts Jr, Laura Lovic-Lindsay, Paul Tristram, Corey D. Cook, Rick Hartwell, Steve Klepetar, Rachel Nix, Byron Beynon, Michael Keshigian, Ernest Williamson III, Richard Schnap, Michael Lee Johnson, Diana Decker, Arlene Mandell, Joseph Lisowski, Kasie Lee, Joan Colby, Don Thompson, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Douglas Polk, John Grey, M.J. Iuppa, Helen Losse, Mary Jo Balistreri, Michael Holme, Linda M. Crate, Harika Kottakota, Ute Carson, Jane Beal, Laurie Kolp, Akiva J. Savett, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal, Jessica Simonetti, Donald Brandis, J.K. Durick, Maryam Mir, B.A. Varghese, Joan Cannon, Anderson O’ Brien, Joan McNerney, and David Chorlton.

Cover art by Sandy Benitez

Annual Print Edition, 2011

Poppy Road Review's Annual Print Edition, 2011, is now available from Createspace and Amazon.com. This beautiful 146-page book features the fine poetry and haiku of Howie Good, Rick Hartwell, Donal Mahoney, John Swain, A.J. Huffman, Carla Martin-Wood, Lark Beltran, Karen Kelsay, Barbara Brooks, Kevin Heaton, Juliet Wilson, Wynne Huddleston, Paul Hellweg, Corey Cook, Jenny Enochsson, Martin Willitts Jr., M.J. Iuppa, Valentina Cano, Kyle Hemmings, Gordon Mason, Gary Glauber, John Grey, Andrew Taylor, Sharanya Manivannan, Ariana D. Den Bleyker, Scott Owens, Helen Losse, Jeanine Stevens, Joan McNerney, Harry Calhoun, Michael Lee Johnson, Kevin Ridgeway, Lori Lipsky, Joan L. Cannon, Ben Rasnic, Michael Holme, Neil Ellman, Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas, and many others.

Cover art “A Bed of Poppies” (1909), oil on canvas by Maria Oakey Dewing.

Annual Print Edition, 2012

Poppy Road Review's Annual Print Edition, 2012, is now available on Amazon and Createspace.  This beautiful 94-page book features all poets published in 2012, to include Lindsey Bellosa, Sandy Benitez, Nina Bennett, Byron Beynon, Isaac Black, Rose Mary Boehm, Harry Calhoun, Joan L. Cannon, Valentina Cano, Joan Colby, Corey Cook, Sarah Crewe, Jim Davis, Kristina England, Gary Glauber, John Grey, Craig A. Hart, A.J. Huffman, M.J. Iuppa, Peycho Kanev, Steve Klepetar, Duane Locke, Donal Mahoney, Larissa Nash, Sergio Ortiz, Al Ortolani, Jimmy Pappas, L.C. Ricardo, Bill Roberts, Nina Romano, Sy Roth, Walter Ruhlmann, Samantha Seto, Danny Earl Simmons, Michael Dwayne Smith, Robert Strickland, Martin Willitts Jr., Catherine Zickgraf, and many others.

The cover art is an impressionistic painting titled "The Poppy Field" by Willard Metcalf and is in the public domain.

The 2011 print edition is currently being worked on, so stay tuned for the release of this book in the future.  I hope that you'll consider acquiring a copy or two for your personal collection; it would also make a thoughtful gift to give a friend or family member who enjoys poetry.  

Annual Print Edition, 2013

Poppy Road Review's Annual Print Edition, 2013, is now available on Amazon and Createspace.  This beautiful 116-page book features all poets published in 2013, to include Mary Jo Balistreri, Byron Beynon, Joan L. Cannon, Sara Biggs Chaney, Kyle Hemmings, M.J. Iuppa, Michael Keshigian, Steve Klepetar, Donal Mahoney, Arlene L. Mandell, Joan McNerney, Al Ortolani, James Owens, Scott Owens, L.C. Ricardo, Richard Schnap, Samantha Seto, Jeanine Stevens, John Swain, Martin Willitts Jr., and many others. 

The poppy cover photo was generously provided by James Owens and his poppy images may be located in the "Art" link at the bottom of the page.

I'm working on the 2011 and 2012 print editions but it is a very slow process, so stay tuned for the release of those books in the future.  I hope that you'll consider acquiring a copy or two for your personal collection; it would also make a thoughtful gift to give a friend or family member who enjoys poetry.  I absolutely cherish my copy.