BlazeVOX 2k8 Spring 2008 BlazeVOX [books] Buffalo, New York BlazeVOX [books] BlazeVOX 2k8 Spring 2008 Copyright © 2008 Published by BlazeVOX [books] All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without the publisher’s written permission, except for brief quotations in reviews. Printed in the United States of America Book design by Geoffrey Gatza First Edition BlazeVOX [books] 14 Tremaine Ave Kenmore, NY 14217 [email protected] publisher of weird little books BlazeVOX [ books ] blazevox.org 2 4 6 8 0 9 7 5 3 1 Archipelago of Ananda BlazeVOX 2k8 ................................................................................................................................................. 1 BlazeVOX [New Frontier] ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Ben Lyle Bedard.............................................................................................................................................. 7 Adam Strauss.................................................................................................................................................. 9 Andrew Zitka................................................................................................................................................ 17 Robert Calero ................................................................................................................................................ 20 Gerald Bosacker............................................................................................................................................ 27 Christian Nicholas........................................................................................................................................ 28 Rob Cook....................................................................................................................................................... 32 Jeff Daily........................................................................................................................................................ 39 Dave Schiralli................................................................................................................................................ 41 David Thornbrugh ....................................................................................................................................... 43 David Applegate........................................................................................................................................... 46 Emily Brink ................................................................................................................................................... 51 Evelyn Hampton........................................................................................................................................... 60 Felino Soriano ............................................................................................................................................... 65 J.D. Mitchell-Lumsden ................................................................................................................................. 68 J.D. Schraffenberger...................................................................................................................................... 70 J. F. Quackenbush......................................................................................................................................... 76 John Estes ...................................................................................................................................................... 82 Mark Cunningham....................................................................................................................................... 87 Megan Martin ............................................................................................................................................... 89 Michael Haeflinger..................................................................................................................................... 102 Michael Estabrook...................................................................................................................................... 105 Nava Fader.................................................................................................................................................. 110 Betty Stork................................................................................................................................................... 118 Stephen Baraban......................................................................................................................................... 122 Phillip Lund ................................................................................................................................................ 127 Paul Siegell.................................................................................................................................................. 130 Peter J. Grieco.............................................................................................................................................. 145 Ralph-Michael Chiaia................................................................................................................................. 150 Richard Lighthouse .................................................................................................................................... 153 R W Sturgess ............................................................................................................................................... 156 Robert Hellam............................................................................................................................................. 159 Rosemarie Crisafi........................................................................................................................................ 163 Kyra Saari.................................................................................................................................................... 169 Sam Dillon................................................................................................................................................... 175 Sarah Louise Parry ..................................................................................................................................... 178 Mary Ann Sullivan ..................................................................................................................................... 183 Tyler Cobb................................................................................................................................................... 185 Zachary C. Bush.......................................................................................................................................... 188 Steven Zultanski ......................................................................................................................................... 193 Mare Mikolum............................................................................................................................................ 202 Brian Foley .................................................................................................................................................. 206 Alan May..................................................................................................................................................... 209 sTEVEN p. rOGGENBUCK ....................................................................................................................... 217 Allen Itz....................................................................................................................................................... 219 BuffaloFOCUS 224 Michael Sikkima // Russell Pascatore Bibliophones ............................................................................................................................................... 272 BlazeVOX [New Frontier] Welcome back to another great issue of BlazeVOX! I have had the great honor to work as a full time poet for the past three months. In this time I have worked to my full, if for nothing else than to hide from the bitter winter we had in Buffalo. I was lucky enough to have prosperous writing moments, able to directly focus in BlazeVOX [books] publishing efforts, and gathering for this issue of BlazeVOX2k8. This is our opening issue for our eighth year and the biggest so far! There are no statements here; only great art from great artists. Some you know and many you may not. So give a good look and watch now this all unfolds into a splendid afternoon. As always, we take a good look at the Buffalo poetry scene in BuffaloFOCUS. This time we have a double shot from two wonderful poets, Michael Sikkema and Russell Pascatore. Check out the full catalog here http://www.blazevox.org/catalog.htm! It is well past time for us to have a full page easy to navigate list of all our books. Closing in on one hundred books we needed to get our act in gear! There is an alphabetical listing of authors and a full list of covers. There is a quick link to the Amazon page to buy as well as to the author’s BlazeVOX page. Our ebooks and Moblis in Mobli Series is there too! So get ready for a lot of book! Also check out