Prologue
Summer Home Review Anthology is a literary Labyrinth an honoring of the written word, and a dream come true.
The circle of poets and writers herein are, nurses, researchers, firemen, high school and college teachers, healers, artists, soldiers, lawyers, singers, doctors, union members, playwrights, and entrepreneurs. They have in common their participation at the same writer’s workshop.
Some of the poets are strangers; some know each other’s names and some are friends. One poet has passed. While it is true that some are Vietnam veterans, this editor does not want the reader to assume. that this book is either “war poetry” or writing that is of “workshop” quality. All the poems in Summer Home Review have an edge.
Over the past thirteen years, I have attended writing conferences, workshops, classes, and courses and participated in many writing groups. The William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequence, UMass Boston, Boston, Massachusetts is just one of those experiences, but it is the one Summer Home Review celebrates. READ MORE