
IFWG is very pleased to reveal the cover art and design of our upcoming chapbook, Infectious Hope: Poems of Hope and Resilience From the Pandemic. Silvia Cantón Rondoni has edited an amazing collection of poems by leading poets and writers from around the world, and has exhibited additional talent by actually creating the cover art to boot.
Infectious Hope is a call out for positivism and resilience during lockdown and isolation. Editor and poet Silvia Cantón Rondoni has curated a poetry anthology that includes a spectacular range of diverse poets from around the globe, and focuses on their insights and strength during the pandemic.
A poetic vaccination of the soul, and a reminder that we are in this together and are stronger than we know.This anthology contains the creativity of 47 poets, including luminaries Fiona Wright, Joe R. Landsdale, Isobelle Carmody, Roz Kaveney, and Linda D. Addison, as well as an introduction by Lee Murray.
The following is a complete TOC of the publication:
Foreword by Lee Murray
Preface To Infectious Hope by the editor
Linda D. Addison… HERE/NOW
Ryka Aoki… HUNGRY ONCE AGAIN, IN AMERICA
Crisosto Apache… A PRAYER FOR US—Ik ł’dá beedaajindánde
Allen Ashley… SYMPTOMS MAY VARY
Eugen Bacon… WHAT THE MASK SAW
Esther Belin… WASHING DISHES IS GOOD MEDICINE
Jenny Blackford… THE DANCE
Isobelle Carmody… THE CHICKENS OF THE APOCALYPSE
Jay Caselberg… CHRYSALIS
Anne Casey… WHERE GULLS CRY
Kat Clay… SMALL CHOICES
Claire G. Coleman… I CANNOT SING WITH THE RIVER
PS Cottier… PATTERNS
Cardinal Cox… BEFORE THE DAWN
Jack Dann… HOUSE ARREST
Sebastien Doubinsky… IS POETRY CONTAGIOUS?
Nigel Ellis… IN THE TIME OF BREATHING
Stephanie Ellis… ANOTHER EVE
Rebecca Fraser… #breathe
Owl Goingback… QUIET STARS
Oz Hardwick… THE TROCADERO SHOPPING MALL
Dominique Hecq… FIVE DAYS IN FOUR HUNDRED WORDS
Dominic Hoey… THEY ONLY BECOME DREAMS WHEN YOU WAKE
Robert Hood… THE BALLAD OF THE MONSTERS 2020
Roz Kaveney… PERSIST
Joe R. Lansdale… THE MOMENT PASSES
Steph Lum… RECREATE
Alessandro Manzetti… WHEN SHE LEFT
Kirstyn Mcdermott… UNTOUCHED
Donna McLeod… Ka whawhai tonu mātou
Fiona Murphy… PERPETUAL STASIS
Jason Nahrung… GROUNDED
Biola Olatunde… THE UNBUCKLING
Yenn Purkis… A HAPPY THOUGHT
Dan Rabarts… DISJOINTED
Hester J. Rook… the things that would not have happened, were it not for this
Sumiko Saulson … WITH DECEMBER COMES ELUNE
Angela Yuriko Smith… A NEW MATCH
Ruby Smith… HOME ALONE
Christina Sng… OUR BRIEF TIME IN THE SUN
Heather Truett… GHAZAL FOR THE GOOD IN 2020
Kyla Lee Ward… WARDROBE MALFUNCTION
Janeen Webb… HOTEL QUARANTINA
Adam Wolfond… IN THE HEART OF MUSIC OPENS HOPE
Tabatha Wood… OF TIME AND TIDE
Fiona Wright… & normal
Marty Young… AN ENDLESS BARRAGE
Infectious Hope will be released world wide on 1 November 2021, and preorders will be available in coming weeks.
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