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January 2025
It's been an interesting start to the year. Michael Smith
informed me that Winamop features just outside the top 1000 on the "Fish List"
of "indie lit mags". I was initially underwhelmed as 1089th place doesn't sound
terribly impressive until you see that it's actually about half-way down the
list! I guess the only way is up?
If quality is the watchword then this edition should raise
the profile. We introduce a new writer - Daniel Frears - to Winamop and his
story is well worth getting into. Also a new poet in the person of Rick K. Reut
who brings us his cyclic verses.
There's much to enjoy from our regulars too, but before we
get started I must let you know about KJ Hannah Greenberg's new poetry omnibus
(the best works from her first 16 poetry collections), "Miscellaneous
Parlor Tricks". It includes many poems and illustrations that were
originally featured on Winamop.
Right, that's done so let's get on with it..
Daniel
Frears is new to Winamop and his first for us is an epic tale about
a puzzling event. Settle down with a cup of your favourite beverage and read
The poor dogs of Budapest.
Michael
Smith is back to take us on a visit to Hell and this
version of Hell is one we're probably all familiar with!
Andrew
Lee-Hart takes us to the shady world of "The Chosen". Our
protagonist is a man on a mission - but he seems distracted. Read
Chosen to find out what's going on.
Simon
King looks into the lives of well-known figures from the past. This
time it's blues man Blind Willie Johnson who met a sad demise... as so many
did. Read Johnson.
Terry
Brinkman has been having a little car trouble. Just a slow puncture,
but these things can take up a lot of your day. Still.. it gives you time to
think. It's called Day by Day.
KJ Hannah
Greenberg. has a story for us concerning a young woman who has been
forced to go it alone with her health-care provision.. she is Off
Grid. What's the worst that could happen?
Terry Brinkman has a great new
piece of art called Wolf. It's on his art page where you can see
all his other pictures too.
KJ Hannah Greenberg again brings us
a collection of her photographic art. These desert scenes will warm you up on a
cold winter's day.
Rick K.
Reut is new to Winamop. He brings five excerpts from AROUND A WORD,
a collection of what he calls cyclic verse, which presupposes a poem having no
beginning or end and working in both rhyme and prose. Read Time - Leaf In
The Wind - Behind Every Door - In The Afterglow and Around A
Word.
Orbindu
Ganga has written a suite of four "Micropoems" this time. They don't
have individual titles, they just flow from one to the next..
Gary
Beck brings us five poems from ‘Rigors’, an unpublished
poetry collection that looks at the difficulties and demands that confront us.
They are: United We… - Efforts - Who Will Guard - Victims
and Dwindling.
KJ Hannah
Greenberg kicks off 2025 with a collection of three hard-hitting
poems. Here we have:Imprecation - Recusal and Aggressive
Attempts. Stand well back!
Terry
Brinkman is kicking off the New Year in the way he means to
continue; with five new poems: When I look in the Eight Sided Mirror I
see - Seven Churches - Eyes of Youth - Sonnet CCVIV and Lost
Moon.
Another magnificent edition to bring in the new year
eh?
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Toodle-pip.
Ed.
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"checks" in US "English" ;-)
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