Congratulations on the acceptance! I've been reading the last issue of Not One of Us in between other things. I liked Patricia Russo's piece (as always), a nice metaphor for how we can get used to/stuck in anything--love how well she evoked the place and time. Reading your poem beside Tentchoff's made me think how well the images take us into another time as well as being. Wow, I really felt the hammer clang in your poem and love how the feeling of the lines shift with the later "laurel leaves" and "coronal of her hair." I also loved Lingen's story; the dialogue was fun, tight, and real, and the characters so likable. I love how she unfolded the story with a great play on the date relationship and extraterrestrial passion and connection in general. Germain's story really captured the trapped, restless feeling (the gerbil going around in the confined space, her pacing, all of it). A real sense of disconnection in a consistent piece.

But that's as far as I've gotten!