ISSUE XX MAY 2014

The current Issue XX 2014 of “The Enchanting Verses Literary Review” (www.theenchantingverses.org) features a wonderful line up of some of the best international contemporary poets present today.

Read the complete issue at : http://www.theenchantingverses.org/issue-xx-may-2014.html

The poetry section includes poetry by Sidney Wade, Donald Revell, Risto Vasilevski, Bertha Rogers, Charles Harper Webb, Diann Blakely, John FitzGerald, Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, Mary Biddinger, Martha Collins, Mariano Zaro, Suzanne Lummis, Linda Ibbotson and Marc Vincenz.

Enchanting Poet: Sidney Wade
Editor’s Choice: Donald Revell

Poetry in Translation:

Poems by Rodica Draghincescu

Translated from the French by Howard Scott

Poems  by Miguel Barnet

Translated from the Spanish by George Henson

Poems by Pedro Serrano

Translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver

Essays:
Celtic and Urban Landscapes in Irish Poetry

by Linda Ibbotson

Put Your Hands On Me: Poetry's Erotic Art

by Elena Karina Byrne

Amir Khushrau: The Musical Soul of India

by Dr Shamenaz

From The Hidden World of Poetry: Unravelling Celtic mythology in Contemporary Irish Poetry

by Adam Wyeth

Alchemy’s Drama: Conflict, Resolution and Poiesis in the Poetic Work of Art by Michelle Bitting

Trickster at the African Crossroads and the Bridge to the Blues in America Michelle Bitting

Book reviews:
Music for the Black Room – poems by Sarah Maclay(University of Tampa Press)

Reviewed by Mariana Dietl

Bare Soul by Kalpna Singh Chitnis Reviewed by Satyapal Anand

No Faith At All by Lahab Assef Al-Jundi(Pecan Grove Press -The Louis J. Blume Library, St. Mary's University) Reviewed by Imene Bennani