Poets in a Hot Summer Tent

Warm thanks to everyone who attended the readings delivered by contributors to the Spring 2013 issue of DJST. Meticulously crafted subject matter in a variety of lyrical forms ranged from a piece in praise of pronouns (but really about civil rights, in honor of Jake Adam York's passion) to missing deceased loved ones; from a shared bottle of wine to wake-up lovemaking. They are set in places that range from a library to the smoldering ashes of a burned house to Biafra and even a San Francisco parade honoring the pope.

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Back row (left to right): Joe Hester, Rich Uhrlaub, Jon Leslie, Uche Ogbuji, Sue Bickert, Dale Schellenger. Front Row: Andrea Doray, Joslyn Green, Martha Kalin, Sherry Leonard, Kimberly O'Conner, Malinda Miller. Seated: Therese Sampson Wenham. Not pictured: Shirley Sullivan.