Not all poetry anthologies are alike. “Poetry 2022” is the title of a book made of sixty-five pages. A book sharing rhyme and free verse made of different styles and levels of intellect, and yet each poem reveal the moral qualities of forty-two poets not afraid to share feelings and thoughts that resemble freedom of the spirit penning down poetic words.
“Dawn enters its stages,
like a silent thespian
dancing in the footlight
of the drowsy moon.”
(From the poem “DAWN’S DANCE” by Connie Trump, page 45)
The book itself, an annual anthology published by Pennsylvania Poetry Society, Inc., contains a variety of subjects, and poetic topics that open the curiosity of any reader.
“The sound of air slamming
like ram heads together
this windswept weather
was wildly worrying.”
(From the poem, “TREES” by Thasia A. Lunger, page 30)
This new poetry book is a hidden treasure and historic achievement by the members of PPS. Individuals who believe in the power of poetic words. To all contributors and the editors... a well-deserved round of applause.
“I cast my dreams upon the wind
and hope they take flight
bobbing, dipping, swirling, soaring
like a little child’s kite.”
(From the poem, “THE SECOND WIND” by Philip McDonald, page 33)
Emiliano Martín, Spanish-born and longtime resident of Bucks County, PA., is the founder and former director of Philadelphia Poetry Forum and past president of the Latin American Guild for the Arts. Currently and since 2018, he is president of Pennsylvania Poetry Society. He has authored over a dozen titles of poetry (and prose), besides having been published in Mad Poets Review, Philadelphia Poets, The Lite Fuuse, S.V. Journal, US 1, The Swarthmorean, and other Spanish language publications in Spain, such as Mizares and Marejadas. He is the author of Footprints of Spain in Philadelphia (2020), and his latest book of poems is Caught Between Layers.