Note from the Editor:
The Place of the Poet in Modern Society
--What the poet can't imagine,
the philosopher can't think,
the scientist can't do.
When one stops to consider all of the professions available in the world, what they are and how each of them contributes a value to society as a whole, the profession of poet is an unlikely candidate for first on the list. This, however, should not be the case. That it is an unpopular profession, on the whole, is given easy testimony by the fact that it is completely impossible to earn a decent wage at it. Try supporting a family on complimentary issues of journals your work has appeared in. I should think that the cost of condiments to make them palatable should exceed their value as a nutritional supplement.
Having established the insignificance of the poet in modern times, I shall now go-about the proof of how this commonplace approach is completely in error, and can lead to the downfall of a people or even an entire nation.
--Poetry weaves the spider's web of symbols for thoughts to dance upon.
[to be continued...]
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