Journal Intro

Welcome to the Spring Equinox issue of The KotaPress Poetry Journal. Make sure you check out our Poetry Contest announcement. We bet this is the only Contest with no entry fee that you'll find this year! We are also proud to feature Elizabeth Gray in our
Poet Chat Q & A along with four of her poems in this issue. And don't miss reading even a single poem. From the Whispered Voice of The Professional Chef, you'll find the most amazing Notes On A March Day right here at KotaPress! VERSION 1

This issue is dedicated to Anton, William,
Dakota Rain, and Dakota Jones.

Poetry Contest!!!!!
No entry fees nor reading fees here! Check it out, and send us your poems!

Poet Chat
This quarter we are proud to present
Q and A with the eloquent Elizabeth Gray.

Table of Contents Title

1. Not Like You by Sheri Hess	17. The Rest Between Two Notes by Elizabeth Gray
2. Fishing by Adam Clay	18. The Knife by Betsy Bell
3. Pistachio Shells by Rebecca Page	19. Meko photo by Mekosun
4. NiteLite photo by Susan Mello	20. The Operation by Cathryn M. Lai
5. A Seattle Woman Looks... by Elizabeth Gray	21. The Professional Chef by Seana Sperling
6. Notes On A March Day by P. L. Morningstar	22. Challiard Road by Clyde Kessler
7. And We Are All Idiots by William Benjamin Jenkins	23. Friends by Cesar Gutierrez
8. My Mother Is Dying by Patricia Schlick	24. Voices by Elizabeth Gray
9. Heart Anemone by David Sutherland	25. Mouth by Esther Altshul Helfgott
10. My Father Greets the Day by Charles Fishman	26. Forsaken Joy by Wenohna Joy
11. Whispered Voice by Robert A. Clay	27. Miracle of Hope by Barbara J. Richards
12. Urn photo by Ladybug	28. Requiem Lullaby by Jane Candace Bullard
13. The Brown Notebook by Allegra Wong	29. Amber by Elizabeth Gray
14. Scars by Barbara Ann O'Leary	30. The Red Louie by Nancy Talley
15. Leaving Time by Richard Fein	31. For Anton Erland Bloomquist by Anna Sorenson
16. Doll's Lesson by James Cervantes	32. Takeout Order by Kara L.C. Jones