Shot Glass Journal Issue #48 features poetic voices from, Canada, India, Iran, Ireland, Kenya, Nigeria, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Ukraine, the UK, and the US.

The archive of the journal reflects the feelings of poets during particular times - the fear and uncertainty during the pandemic, the unrest during political turmoil, or the lack of hope for a peaceful world. Of the hundreds of submissions we received for this journal, there seemed to be a theme centered around death. As an editor, it's disheartening to feel these emotions from our poets, but I hope we've presented our readers with some uplifting poetry, and a look into the emotions that our poets are really feeling. We hope you enjoy this issue.

Please check out the Writer Archive to look back at previous issues to see the previous works of these poets, and check out our Archives to see the work of other poets from the past.

Thank you to our webmaster, Lonnard Dean Watkins, who keeps this journal looking great. And thank you to our editorial staff who helped tackle the huge volume of submissions we received.

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 #48.

Wishing you peace and health,
– Mary-Jane Grandinetti

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