YET A NEW ISSUE OF IBBETSON STREET

YET A NEW ISSUE OF IBBETSON STREET



Well in spite of the trials and travails I have been through the last year --- a new issue of Ibbetson will hit the street this June. I hope to have the manuscript in my eager little hands this weekend, when our great, loyal, and fastidious editor ( Who is also a fine poet --don't forget that!) Dorian Brooks will present the manuscript to me at Bruegger's Bagels on Mass. Ave. in Cambridge--our birth place in (1998)-- of the magazine that is. And as always the talented Steve Glines will design and put it together, and send it off to the hinterlands to be printed.


Ibbetson Street has defined a great part of my life, and from it so many things have sprouted. Friendships, The Bagel Bards, The Newton Free Library Poetry Series, The Somerville News Writers Festival, jobs, even some money now and then. I want to thank folks like Robert K. Johnson, Ray and Linda Conte, Richard Wilhelm, Dianne Robitaille, Irene Koronas, Gloria Mindock, Timothy Gager, Steve Glines, Harris Gardner, Mary Rice, and so many more who have supported us throughout the years.


If you have appreciated the magazine please send your donations to: Ibbetson Street Press 25 School Street Somerville, Mass. 02143 Contributions of $100 will get you a lifetime subscription to Ibbetson, and one new book title a year, when they are released. But we will take anything--it all helps!

As always, we have some fine talent in the new issue. Poets like Miriam Levine, Kate Chadbourne, Ed Galing, Lo Galluccio, George Wallace and others grace our magazine. Ibbetson has given a voice too many for the first time-- and many have gone on to other magazines and broader horizons. We hope to be here for our mission in the years to come.

Here is the list of contributors for the new issue:




CONTENTS






BENNY GOODMAN 1

Ed Galing



JULY FOURTH... 2

Susan Lloyd McGarry



CHILDREN OF THE SUN................... 3

Paul Kareem Tayyar


SMALL VISITORS. 3

Ginny Sullivan


SKETCH # 37................... 4

Lainie Senechal


STRAWBERRIES.......... 4

Laura Rodley


AFTER HAYING.... 5

Sheila Nickerson



THE GARDENER, IN OCTOBER 5

Sheila Nickerson



ON THE ROAD TO AMHERST 6

JoAnne Preiser



THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A MOVIE................... 7

JoAnne Preiser



THAT SUMMER.……… 8

Karla Huston



HAIR DRESSERS IN HELL... 9

Karla Huston



SMUGGLER STOPPED AT THE EGYPT/GAZA BORDER
WEARING A GIRDLE OF LIVE CROCODILES 9

Jean Monahan





SILENT AS THE DAWN 10

Michael Estabrook



WHAT IT IS 11
Margaret Young



How could I learn what to pass on to you 11
C.L. Oxley



DEAR WORLD YOU ARE COURTED TO DEATH 12
Lo Galluccio



VANISHING POINT..... 13

Harris Gardner



“ON BEAUTY’S BUM”...... 13

Philip E. Burnham, Jr.



THE MAD GIRL WANTS TO SING “GOT ALONG WITHOUT YOU
BEFORE I MET YOU”................. 14

Lyn Lifshin



TOO EARLY FOR THIS 14

Lyn Lifshin



THE SPIDERS ARE SLEEPING 15

Kate Chadbourne



KITCHEN SPIDER... 16
Cheryl B. Perreault



WATERBURY 18
William Gilson



SWEATER ON THE BEACH.... 20
Miriam Levine



RELEASE 21

Miriam Levine

HATCHES 21
Jay Matthews







APPARITIONS............ 22

Joyce Meyers

IF ONLY.. 23

Joyce Meyers



TO SEE TREES DIE................. 23

Joyce Meyers



SESTINA WRITTEN IN THE LIBRARY 24
Barbara Bialick


TURTLE SHAPED BOX 25

Ashley Trace



FROM THE BACK WARD TO THE BLACKBOARD: FROM MCLEAN HOSPITAL
TO THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM 26
Doug Holder



LOUIS XVI’S LAST THOUGHT 30

Zvi A. Sesling



THE LOVE AFFAIR... 31

George Wallace



SMOKE IN THE WIND 31

Fredrick Zydek



CATCH.... 32

Ken Seide



REVEILLE 33

Linda M. Fischer



ON THE DOCK 34

Linda Haviland Conte



TOMATOES 34

Mary Rice



THE PERFECT WORLD OF ALUMNI MAGAZINES 35

Dan Sklar



SILENT GREEK... 35
Richard W. Moyer

HALLOWEEN/COTTAGE................. 36

David Giannini



MASSACHUSETTS AUTUMN 37

David Giannini



PASSION.… 37

Sanghi Ehrlich



POLE BARN................. 38

Dale Cottingham



WALTZ IN A ROOFLESS CHAPEL.. 39

Ray Greenblatt



HOSPICE……. 39

Keith Tornheim



BOMBARDIER............ 40

Dorian Brooks



GEORGIA 41

Kirk Etherton



WAR AND PEACE ON THE PRAIRIE. 42

Ellaraine Lockie



HOME OF THE BRAVE................. 43

Ellaraine Lockie



RED CEDAR SWAMP.. 44

Anne Cope Wallace



WRITERS’ BIOS 45