This month’s edition of rez is a special
one – our fourteenth anniversary issue!
Fourteen years of showcasing the best writers on the grid or, frankly,
anywhere. We start things off with a
heartbreaking piece from battle-weary Ukraine entitled Ballad of a Russian
Soldier’s Wife,” by Nellie Bly. It’s visceral and real. Our thanks to her for opening our eyes and
hearts. Julianna Juliesse contributes Waiting
for Cremation, a difficult but necessary look at our own demise. Art Blue’s
first stab at poetry (at least in these pages) is a brilliant riff on Hitchhiker’s
Guide to the Universe, called Ode to the Extravoxellic Polyregurgitation
of Rezzification. Inner Dancer is Merope Madrigal’s contribution
and, as always, she is attuned to
the dancing of light beams. Shadow
Liberty brings us a short, taut poem of things usually unseen in The Iron
Numbers. June Stormcrow delves into her glorious Irish roots in Caretakers. We
also reprise one of our favorite poems by Mariner Trilling called Flying
Monkeys. And no issue would be complete with the poetry of Donald Trump.
His Windmills poem is nothing short of a classic. Is there any reason he
shouldn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize AND the Nobel Prize for Literature?
We hope to have at least another 14 years ahead. It’s been our privilege
to entertain (and maybe enlighten) you over these years. Enjoy!
