the economy, we can rise again . . . West of the Mississippi, everyone my age thinks Cleveland is drowning is one breath short of dead, Not knowing we’re a special breed, a Northern Phoenix – born of water, rising from pollution (‚Northern Phoenix,‛ Dorla Moorehouse, 43).
One thing is certain about editing an anthology; it takes commitment and it takes a lot out of the editor as a human being. Heyen was given the go-ahead to edit an oil spill anthology, but after just completing a book-length poem on Hiroshima decided not to undertake the task: ‚Etruscan Press said go for it. I changed my mind: it would have been depressing for about a year, and I don’t have that kind of commitment in me just now.‛ It is clear that editing an anthology is no simple arts-and-crafts project, but it is a craft that requires hard work and dedication to get the perfectly-tailor-made outcome that editors aim to achieve.
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Danielle Blasko Danielle Blasko
“Woven Swatch 2‛ By D. J. Bryant, 2010
Danielle Blasko is a Detroit native who has been enjoying life on an east coast beach for the past three years. However, she is a city girl at heart and is currently in the process of moving back to her hometown. Danielle is the Senior Fashion Copywriter at Eidia Lush, a custom design shoe company based out of Chicago. She edits The Feline Muse Literary Blogzine, and her poetry has most recently appeared in
The Legendary, escarp, Short, Fast, and Deadly, Gutter Eloquence Magazine and The Moose & Pussy journal. This is Danielle’s second appearance in The Centrifugal Eye. Website http://www.danielleblasko.com