Editor's Note, Sarah Adeyemo (December 2025)
Editor’s Note
Dear Readers,
Welcome to the December 2025 issue of Poems for Persons of Interest! I am proud and pleased to offer you poems of love, memory, family, history and contemplation from the 27 wonderful poets who share their work in this issue, including:
Abiodun Peter Ekundayo, who with “In This Poem, Love Wears a Mask,” paints a portrait of yearning, desire, and hope.
Kate Bluett, who teaches both the reader and her son how to face the things we’re afraid of in “To My Son, On Fear.”
Idinye Eweha Favour, a new voice to watch for. “A pen that loves" takes us into the beauty and power of art.
I could go on, but it’s my hope that you’ll read the poems in this issue yourself, walking through their landscapes of nostalgia, pain, and everything in between.
Thank you to all our past and present contributors
for trusting us with their words and their voices. And thank you to our readers
– we appreciate your support and your interest in reading poetry in what can
seem like a very prosaic age. We wish you all words that ignite and verses that
resonate. Merry Christmas, and a happy and poetic 2026!
Yours in poetry,
Sarah Adeyemo,
Poetry Editor
Thank you, Sarah! (and Alex) I have loved reading some of the poems already and am looking forward to reading the others. --Isabel C
ReplyDeleteThank you, Isabel! We're really pleased with this issue, and you're no small part of that.
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