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PPP Ezine, Vol 1 Issue 2

The beginning lays foundation and sets the tone. So, our beginning did the same for us. We published the first issue of PPP Ezine on time and sent the call for the second issue. The response was warm and poets from the ‘four corners of the world’ sent their poems to our Ezine. They also sent their wishes for its success, and their expectations form it in future. That future is not here, in front of us today, but we will travel together to it. To make the journey pleasant, we have poetry with us. In this issue we will meet sixteen poets and their poems. Morning tai chi by Joanne Olivieri Growth by Mike Griffith Thou Shalt not Bow by Sofia Kioroglou Lost and Found by Ann Christine Tabaka Advaitic Terra Firma by James Dennis Casey IV Prometheus Should Have Doubled Down for More by Scott Thomas Outlar Perfect Form by Darrell Herbert As far as eyes could see by Sanghpriya Gautam In Flames by Yajnaseni Mukherjee Silent Communication by Asha Visvas Temp shelter by Sunil Sharma Let me hear
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PPP Ezine Vol1, Issue 1, June 2017

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It’s difficult to choose and pick poems for an anthologist when so many alternatives, and good ones at that, are available at any given point of time. It becomes even more difficult when the selection is for a poetry ezine as the poets are contemporary and the decision has to be made on poetry hitherto unread, unheard and un-judged. Of course, it’s refreshing, invigorating and pleasant to know that so many good people are taking (stealing, should I say) time from out of their modern day urban everyday life in order to create a thing of beauty. Look at the profile of the poets in this issue. There are students, teachers, professionals and amateurs, full-time and occasional writers and they take pride in what they do, and identify themselves as poets. It’s a privilege, and a pleasant one, to get a chance to get exposed to so many novel and valuable ideas arranged in a way that declares: Though this be common man’s language, and the words used are of everyday use, the syntax too i
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