Hobble Creek Review
2012 is the beginning of yet another year, the start of a whole new
life. This issue of Hobble Creek Review brings be around again to
the things I love best about editing a journal. All of the contributors
for this issue have been a real joy to work with, and I hope you will
be able to sense some of that joy as you take some time to read
through the poetry and prose inside this issue.
For the past several months I have been engaged in new writing of
my own. It’s been a re-awakening of sorts, and so as I make this
issue available to all of you, I would like to let you in on one specific
secret: This issue is a celebration of my own writing as much as it is
a celebration of these fine writers and writing in general. Of course I
do not publish my own poetry within any issue of Hobble Creek
Review, but I do give you a sense of the world because as editor, I
choose what will come out in each issue. This time around I can
safely say I am doing quite a bit of jumping in my own right.
I have also been writing more letters to friends these days, talking
poetry and life of course, but really taking a look back over the past
several years and remarking how fortunate I really have been. As a
writer I have seen a good deal of success over the past few years and
in recent months it has come to a point with the return of my
inspiration and intrinsic desire to write. For that, I am ever
thankful. Not much else to that. I just thought I would share.
I have also been doing a lot of reading, and I think there is about to
be an explosion of really good writing about to come out in the next
year, and I am extremely pleased to be a part of that wave as it crests
in the coming months. Each of the writers in this issue have really
impressed me and given me a lot to admire in their words, and that is
why I am giving them to you. I think you will be pleased by the
choices I made, and it certainly would be an added bonus if the poems
and essay in this issue encouraged you to write something of your
own. More than once I have found myself picking up my own pen
after reading through these poems and it was time well spent.
Some things to consider: Hobble Creek Review has just started its
sixth year with this issue. Coming out three times or so a year is just
the way I like it, but if you have suggestions for things you would
like to see in the future, don’t think twice about sending me those
ideas. The worst that can happen is that I decide not to do
something. I’d love to read your suggestions and it’s my opinion that
change, if it makes sense, is always worth exploring and discussing.
As for now, welcome to the latest issue of Hobble Creek Review.
Please spread the word around, and as always, let me know if you
have any specific praise to communicate with any of the writers. I
take a great deal of pleasure passing on your praise to them.
Sincerely,
Justin Evans, editor