Afterthoughts

Afterthoughts is one of those typical poetry journals that you usually see grouped together with The Queen Street Quarterly and Fiddlehead on your local bookstore’s shelves. That is to say that you’d probably miss it if you weren’t into literary journals in a pretty big way. After having put it in that context, now I have to say that the various pieces do sometimes shine above the boring old norm. Good examples of such are Kenneth Salzmann’s “August 6, 1997,” concerning the execution of Eugene Perry, and Wayne Ray’s poem dedicated to the year 2000. On the down side, Afterthoughts also tends to give you more than your fair share of “Beauty” and “April” poems. (DP)

poetry journal, vol. 5, no. 2, issue 13, 108 pgs, Andreas Gripp (editor), Harmonia Press (publisher), $4.50, 1100 Commissioners Rd E, P.O. Box 41040, London, ON, N5Z 4Z7