Journal: Ponder 2023, The Book: Part 4
Ponder 2022 was a great experiment. It moved beyond poetry but also added a tribute series. This series has another special feature — cool collaboration. Co-labor means to toil together. But this was cool.
Collaboration:
She has reviewed my poems in Ponder 2022. Now, she has written tributes to great poets along with me, much like the 2022 version. Priya Patel’s growth as a contributor in her reviews. We see her poetic prose in her tributes to Leslie Xavier and Rosemary Davison.
Well, time for us to unveil the roster of Ponder 2023.
Ponder 2023 Poem Review Series: ( 8 reviews, 19 poets, 24 poems)
- Winter Collection -4 poems
- Birth of a Poem — 4
- Irony -2
- Spring -4
- Beautiful Nights -3
- Celestial Interplay in Popsicle Skies-2
- Park Bench Poems -3
- Blindfolds -2
Featured Poets in Ponder 2023 Review Series:
- Bishal Dey
- Leslie Xavier
- Donovan Baldwin
- Chloe Douglas
- Sourabha Rao
- George L Thomas (2)
- Ramsey Hanhan
- Olivia Rytwinski
- Richard Lacoursiere CD (2)
- Melanie Moses
- David Shapiro Zysk (2)
- Michelle Morris
- LL Mack
- Pranav Rajesh
- Lisa Chater PhD
- Shweta Hitesh Joshi (2)
- Kyle Caster
- Shobana Kumar
- Priya Patel (2)
Tribute Series ( 5 reviews — 5 poets, 11 poems)
The tribute covered four continents — Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. The reviews focused on those poets who have an exemplary depth of poetry and have been prolific.
- Art with a Heart: Chloe Douglas (2)
- I will never write this way again: Rosemary Davison (1)
- Sunshine Verses: Adedoyin Olaleye (3)
- Miracles in Stillness and Flow: Sourabha Rao (3)
- Under the Weather on a Cloudy Day: Leslie Xavier (2)
Total: 35 poems, 21 poets, 13 reviews.
The Way Forward:
The compilation and editing of Ponder 2023 starts in April and should finish by May. The most important part is to finalize the publisher. Notion Press has worked well for me in India and Amazon for international publications.
Ponder 2024 is already underway, and as usual, there is a lot of catching up to do in terms of reviews. I promise another treat in the making.
~Ashok Subramanian © 2024
