Rosemary Petracca Cappello

Welcome to my website.  On it, I will be talking about Philadelphia Poets -- the journal that I edit and publish -- and the many readings that I organize throughout the year.  You'll find information about the publication; our current issue, Volume 18, 2012, is now available. Its 184 pages contain the poetry of 59 poets, from Lisa Alexander Baron, Peter Baroth, and Bert Barry to Nathan Whiting, Michael Wurster, and Robert Zaller, as well as reviews of the poetry chapbooks of Fereshteh Sholevar, Michael Wurster, Daniel Abdal Hayy-Moore, and Lili Bita. Poets who have been published regularly in this publication appear again. as well as many new to us, such as Marisa Frasca, Ann Settel, and Norma West Linder. The cover features the art of Barbara Barasch Rosin, and in its floral beauty with blue predominating commemorates the life of Diana Festa (1930-2011) to whom the issue is dedicated. Four of Diana Festa's poems are published here, as well as an essay by M. Ana Diz that relates to Diana, and recollections in poetic form by three other of her colleagues. I also had the bittersweet experience of publishing the four last poems that Louis McKee (1951-2011) sent me. Lou submitted to Philadelphia Poets from the very beginning, back in 1980, and will be greatly missed.

Our annual Center City Book Launch, featuring the work of 20 poets who appear in the issue, took place on March 31st, and more readings will follow. Please check out this website occasionally for news of our upcoming readings, and please attend!

Previous issues are still available, from Volume 9, Number 1, upwards. At the top of this page, you will see various headers of the several sections of this website, and clicking on the one you are interested in will get you there.  If you are interested in submitting, click into Philadelphia Poets Journal above for submission guidelines. It is advisable to query before sending a submission, to make sure the issue is not yet full.

Meanwhile, I hope you will be inclined to purchase a copy of Philadelphia Poets.  For more information, click on to the Blog section, under the topic Philadelphia Poets.  Your support is needed and appreciated.

I will be adding pertinent information to my website from time to time, so be sure to visit often. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Rosemary Cappello