Regrets loss of Poetry page
by Julie Cadwallader-Staub, South Burlington, Vt.
I was sorry to read in the November 2011 issue that you will be discontinuing your poetry page. I have been grateful to The Mennonite for publishing my poems over the years and have found that The Mennonite fills an important gap for those of us inspired by our faith and by poetry. The Mennonite is unashamedly Christian, but it was also willing to take risks with the way faith is described and experienced in the poetry it publishes. It didn’t only publish poetry that followed tradition, either in content or in style. It was willing to publish poetry that came at faith from new and different angles, angles that can make the faith journey more accessible to more people.
In addition, The Mennonite did a beautiful job in presenting each poem it accepted by juxtaposing that poem against a gorgeous photograph. This made the poem and its message a more accessible, more appealing experience for its readers.
People ask me why so many of my poems have been published by The Mennonite. I tell them it was because The Mennonite was my favorite place to be published.
I want to thank The Mennonite for helping my poetry reach its own readers as well as many others when those poems are featured on The Writer's Almanac or disseminated through my website. Also, I want to express my sincere hope that The Mennonite will reinstate its Poetry page as soon as possible and allow this unique and potent form of Christian ministry to continue.
Editor's note: The Poetry page was one of eight deleted from the magazine to offset postage and paper price increases initiated this month.
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