Anthology of World Poets 1976

Anthology of World Poets 1976

You need not be a poet or enthusiast
to enjoy this book. This true freedom of expression.
Times may change, along with how we put our
feelings into words, but human dreams, aspirations,
and emotions never change. This is poetry from the
heart shared in words. While at first a poem may
sound simplistic or enigmatic, if you read it again
you’ll uncover its special merit.

I am confident that the poetry selections published by J. Mark Press
represent the best poems of our era in America by the best poets.
Our editors considered thousands of entries to select the poems
included here. After several years of publishing many amazing
contributions of poetry in Penman Magazine, it became apparent
that anthologies were needed, dedicated only to poetry. I tried to
quote exciting lines of expression that every reader will enjoy.
To do so was nearly impossible.

These early anthologies 1966 to 1972 were painstakingly
handmade using primitive stencil tools and an electric mimeograph
machine. Sometimes plugged ink holes on the drum escaped our
weary eyes and and some bald spots were printed. But we weren’t
going to let a modest budget stop us. We did whatever we could to
keep on publishing. Barbara Fischer invented a method to mimeograph
replicated color (similar to silk screen).

Professionally printed and bound anthologies were only a dream
back then because the sale of poetry could not support the cost.
It caused us to detour to more lucrative fields 1977. But in 1999 the
dream became a reality! High speed laser printing and the computer
made “real anthologies” affordable, a well-earned reward, professional
books with magnificent rare archival art became a standard at. J. Mark
Press. We published and copyrighted primitive poetry anthologies from
1999 to 2003. (Due to caring for my late husband, I took “time-out”)
My current husband has been encouraging me for a long time to roll
that press again.
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