L.A. Poetry Then      & Now
Eugene Rhodes         Charles Harper Webb
   Nora May French    Elsa Frausto
                                   Elena Karina Byrne
                                     Mark Irwin
                                      Tahirih
                                        Charlotte Innes
Charlie Russell                                                      ...and more

Great Salutations Eugene Manlove Rhodes & Charles Fletcher Lummis. Around the turn of the century the roughriding Westerner and budding writer found in Lummis a publisher, demanding editor, and lifelong correspondent.
Visual Cues Artist Charlie Russell: The fastest "draw" in the West, could also write.

Guest Star Joyce Jenkins presides over this issue's Guest Star page wherein she deepens our knowledge of Poetry Flash, and introduces a selection of poetry from associate editor Richard Silberg, and the Flash's assistant and contributing editors.
Essay The Mystique of the Difficult Poem, Round 2 of 4, by Steve Kowit
Poetry Goes to the Fights "Decisions, Decisions..." (What's the commonality between the Trinidad/De la Hoya match and the poetry manuscript you just submitted to a competition?)—essay by Suzanne Lummis; and "September 18"—Poem by David Lehman
Re-Discovered "Carmel Bohemian" poet Nora May French
Anne Silver Award Cece Peri's clever Shakespearean sonnet receives our first Anne Silver Award

Summer 2006