Shot Glass Journal Issue #47 features poetic voices from Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Croatia, India, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Switzerland, the UK, and the US.

At the close of each reading period, I look at the volume of submissions we've received and wonder how we'll choose which poets to publish with the limited number we've set for our journal. Although we've expanded the limit the past couple of issues, we still find this process difficult because of the quality of poems we receive.

If you like one of our poets, check out the Writer Archive to look back at previous issues to see their other works.

Being a webmaster for this journal is no easy feat, but Lonnard Dean Watkins keeps creating miracles to make this journal look great. Our journal would not be successful without his invaluable poetic talents as part of the editorial staff, and his "geeking" talent to format our poets' works.

Muse-Pie Press has a listing called MPP Community which features poems of the poets we have published in Shot Glass Journal and the Fib Review. Visit the site at www.musepiepress.com and click on MPP Community. This page gives information on the poetry books and how to obtain them.

It's been five years since we published the Community poem. In March 2020, Muse-Pie Press invited its poets to participate in creating a world-wide Community poem. We wanted to capture the individual experiences and insights of these poets regarding the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic. There were 220 submissions received from 16 countries. R. G. Rader, publisher of Muse-Pie Press, compiled each line and crafted the poem "Pandemic: A Community Poem" into a poem of seven parts. In these troubled times, it is a good reminder for what we've experienced in our recent past. To read and listen to the poem visit the Muse-Pie Press site at www.musepiepress.com and click on Community Poem.

We hope you enjoy Issue #47.

Wishing you peace and health,
– Mary-Jane Grandinetti

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