“At the heart of every poem I love are images that haunt,
delivered by a voice I trust. Rachel Cruz, Melinda Dubbs,
Rodney Gomez, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Peycho Kanev, Joy KMT,
Pamela Taylor, and Gideon Young have ensnared me with
the scenes into which I was thrust, with the anger, ache,
and thrill they’ve shared. I hope you, too, are moved to return,
again and again, to probe just how they managed to make you
smile, wince, melt and muse.”