“No one ever wrote a poem about the middle / Because the middle is elusive and good…”
Raphael typed poems on paper trimmings given to him by a friend at the antique letterpress shop next to his apt—the same shop designed & printed our journal. Long story short, we were delighted to debut his work.
Raphael stepped in as co-editor when I left, eight issues after we published “The Average Heart” and three other poems from that first raw-edged bundle.
