Preface Dear Family and Friends, I have been traveling globally since 2 September 2017. All of my travels have been in the name of poetry. I have attended festivals, communed with friends and visited other countries and cultures all in Poetry’s name. Poetry is a powerful instrument that can be utilized in so many ways to have a profound effect upon our humanity. I am a living testament to this fact as are so many of our conscious poetic colleagues. For myself and many us, we clearly understand our undertaking when we sit to examine our hearts, spirits, emotions and our consciousness when we offer the world our verse. Going forward, i would be amiss if i did not ask each of you to consider the effect you may have on our world and our humanity. Not all of us are poets, but we all have the ability to live a poetic life. I think it all begins with our attitude, and the way we express ourselves, not only to each other but to our own “Self”, that entity that we drag along through our lives not giving much consideration to at a soul level. Anyway, in conclusion, in this month’s issue of The Year of the Poet, i am absolutely sure that you will find an abundance of material to ponder and contemplate upon and perhaps consider in you own walk of life. Building Cultural Bridges Bless Up Bill PS Do Not forget about the World Healing, World Peace Poetry effort. Available here www.worldhealingworldpeacepoetry.com or Janet . . . gone too soon. http://www.innerchildpress.com/janet-p-caldwell.php For Free Downloads of Previous Issues of The Year of the Poet www.innerchildpress.com/the-year-of-the-poet
The Poetry Posse 2017 The brain-child of JamieBond & Bill Peters brings the Poetry Community together across Gender,Religion, Geography, Culture, Ethnicity.
*Gail Weston Shazor, author An Imperfect Love& Notes from the Blue Roof.
*Albert Carrasco project life philanthropist.
*Joe DaVerbal Minddancer's pen the rosined bowdrawn across the mind.
*Jen Walls brings soulful love pulsating deeplyinside a personality of rare positivity.
*Alan W. Jankowski (1961~2017) author of well over100 poems, plays & stories publications include Oysters &Chocolate, Zouch, Rusty Nail.
*Bismay Mohanty, engineer, poet whose worksmagically connect natural sceneries with romance, society, human tendencies.
*Faleeha Hassan is a poet, teacher, editor bornin Iraq & has received many Arabic awards.
*Anna Jakubczak vel RattyAdalan Polish poet,journalist & main editor eMagazine Horizon.
*Jackie Davis Allen authored narrative poetrybooks: Looking for Rainbows, Poetry, Prose, Art, & DarkSide of the Moon.
*Shareef Abdur-Rasheed, AKA Zakir Flo raised inNY, his education includes Brooklyn College and Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
*Kimberly Burnham, the Nerve Whisperer part poet,neuroscientist, author Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and theMind, a Daily Brain Health Program.
*Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo internationallypublished poet, creative writer & journalist in the Philippines.
*Nizar Sartawi is a poet, translator, essayist,and columnist. His last poetry collection is My Shadow.
*Hulya N. Yilmaz working on 3 poetry books,writes creatively to attain a comprehensive awareness for the development ofour humanity.
*Teresa E. Gallion published WalkingSacred Ground, Contemplation in the High Desert & ChasingLight, finalist 2013 New Mexico Arizona Book Awards.
*Caroline 'Ceri Naz' Nazareno multi-awardedpoet, linguist and women's advocate.
*William S. Peters, Sr.'s writing career spans aperiod of over 50 years, international poet and all things Inner Child Press.
