Celebrating Five Years of Global Poetry Poetry that binds, Poetry that is NOW, Poetry that BONDS. Thirty-six poets from 11 countries were selected through a submission process in which there were no restrictions on form, style, length of subject; instead the choices made were on the basis of emergent themes and congruency in the pool of work; a snapshot of the poetry of new media NOW, seeking to capture the zeitgeist of the moment. "Poetry, both reveals and shares our humanity" (Trevor Maynard, editor The Poetic Bond Series) The Poets of The POETIC BOND V (2015) are; Amanda Judd (Virginia, USA), Belinda DuPret (West Sussex, UK) Betty Bleen (Ohio, USA), Bonnie Flach (California, USA), Bonnie Roberts (Alabama, USA), Brian McCully (Victoria, Australia), Caroline Glen (Queensland, Australia), Christine Anderes (New York, USA) Cigeng Zhang (China), Claire Mikkelsen (Alabama, USA), Clark Cook (British Columbia, Canada), Diane Wend (Dorset, UK), Rhona Davidson (West Yorks, UK), Frances Ayers (New York, USA), Freddie Ostrovskis (Derbyshire, UK), Gilbert Franke (Texas, USA), GK Grieve (London, UK), Ian Colville (Bedfordshire, UK), James Sutton (IOWA, USA), Jill Langlois (Illinois, USA), Joseph Simmons (Maryland, USA), Julie Clark (Kent, UK), Kewayne Wadley (Tennessee, USA), Leander Seddon (New South Wales, Australia), Linda Mills (Oregon, USA), Marli Moreira (Brazil), Nana Tokatli (Greece), Neetu Malik (USA), Peter Alan Soron (Cheshire, UK) Pushpita Awasthi (Netherlands), RH Peat (California, USA), Robin Ouzman Hislop (Spain), Sonia Kilvington (Cyprus), Trevor Maynard (Surrey, UK), Wendy Joseph (Washington State, USA), William diBenedetto (Seattle, Washington, USA)
About the Author: Details of all the poets in the anthology can be found at www.thepoeticbond.com. Editor, Trevor Maynard is a Poet, playwright, and writer; his latest collection of poetry is GREY SUN DARK MOON. He is the managing editor of The Poetic Bond Series of international poetry anthologies, which so far have published the work of over 130 poets. The seventh volume of THE POETIC BOND will be published in Autumn 2017. He directed and produced ten of his own plays, six of which have been published, including four in the collection FOUR TRUTHS. He has had short stories published in several international magazines. He has also edited ECHOES IN THE EARTH the latest collection of poetry from award winning Indian poet Pushpita Awasthi. Trevor is married with four children, eight grandchildren, and two cats, Willow and Boston. In his spare time he enjoys life.