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Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts is the first Literary Journal to be published on the Internet (1994).


NEWS


8 June 2012: The June issue of Ygdrasil is now available.

5 May 2012: The May issue of Ygdrasil, featuring, Contemporary Iraqi Poetry, Edited and Translated by 
Khaloud Al-Muttalibi, is now available.

7 April 2012: The April issue of Ygdrasil, featuring, "Her Eyes", Poems by Joseph Farley, is now available.

8 March 2012: The March issue of Ygdrasil is now available.

6 February 2012: The February issue of Ygdrasil, featuring, Selected Works of Patrick White is now available.

11 January 2012: The January 2012 issue of Ygdrasil is now available. With this issue we enter our 20th year of publication.

2 December 2011: The December issue of Ygdrasil, featuring the Selected Poems of Francesca Castaño
is now available.

12 November 2011: The November issue of Ygdrasil is now available.

16 October 2011: The October issue of Ygdrasil, Selected Works in Translation 
by Jorge Etcheverry is now available.

10 September 2011: As you can see, Ygdrasil has a new appearance. A new banner has 
been graciously created by Michael Parker and the site has been updated to bring it 
into accordance. All previous issues are now in the Previous Issues page and all 
special feature issues have been identified. Redundant pages have been removed and 
everything has been brought up to date. Hope you enjoy the new look.

10 September 2011: The September issue is now available.

18 March 2011: Susan McMaster has been shortlisted as a candidate for Poet Laureate of Ottawa.
Ygdrasil strongly supports this endeavour. To that end the Susan McMaster special issue has been 
posted below.  

5 March 2011: The March issue of Ygdrasil is now available. Also available: the 12th Spanish issue featuring the 
Poetry of Carlos Salem.

5 January 2011: Gail Taylor informs me that her new book, Tornado and Other Seasons, is now available 
from Punkin House Press at http://www.punkinbooks.com . Her short story Caravan was published in the 
May 2010 issue of Ygdrasil.

31 December 2010: I have posted an update to the Cats of Parliament Hill blog by Brian Caines.

5 July 2008: A note from the Editor.

Ygdrasil's submission guidelines are such: Ascii text in the 
body of an email unless otherwise requested - special issues can be negotiated 
as to other formats. Currently I receive up to 200+ submissions a week, therefore	 
I will no longer reply to each submission, but 
request that if your submission has not been published in the next three 
issues, please either resubmit or submit elsewhere. 

Ygdrasil is archived by:

The Library and Archives Canada Ygdrasil Collection



June 2012 Issue
May 2012 Issue, Contemporary Iraqi Poetry, Edited and Translated by Khaloud Al-Muttalibi
April 2012 Issue, Her Eyes, Poems by Joseph Farley
March 2012 Issue
February 2012 Issue, Selected Works of Patrick White
January 2012 Issue
December 2011 Issue, Selected Poems of Francesca Castaño
November 2011 Issue
October 2011 Issue: Selected Works by Jorge Etcheverry
September 2011 Issue
August 2011 Issue - Rose Lucidé by Jack R. Wesdorp
July 2011 Issue
June 2011 Issue - "Letters to the Bat" by Rebecca Lu Kiernan May 2011 Issue
April 2011 Issue - "History of Love" by Michael Main March 2011 Issue
Previous Ygdrasil issues
Susan McMaster Selected Poems 2008
Doug Tanoury: The All Saints Poems
Doug Tanoury: The Tataya Poems
The 9/11 Memorial issue, September 2001
Ygdrasail Vol I No. 1 - July 1976
Juan O'Neill's translation of Pablo Neruda's Macchu Picchu
Ygdrasil Spanish Issue #12: Poemas de Carlos Salem
Previous Ygdrasil Spanish Issues
Clayton Eshleman: Eight poems from "LIFE IN THE FOLDS"
Movism
The Ygdrasil Book Rack
The Ygdrasil Art Gallery!
The Ygdrasil Photo Gallery!
Ygdrasil Music
The Poetry, Life & Times' Klaus Gerken Interview
The Athens Review
The Cats of Parliament Hill Blog

Welcome to Ygdrasil, a Journal of the Poetic Arts. Ygdrasil is dedicated to providing the best in Modern International Poetry and Literature. Ygdrasil is a monthly Publication and welcomes submission from around the world. To submit poetry, short stories or plays, please send an email to the address below.

Klaus Gerken, EDITOR and Founder
kgerken@synapse.net

Heather Ferguson, Production Editor

Mois Benarroch, European Editor -- specializing in Hebrew and Spanish submissions
Mois Benarroch

Michael Collings, Contributing Editor

Oswald Le Winter, Contributing Editor

Michael Parker, Site Banner Design 2011

Recommended Sites

  • Milan Georges Djordjevich's Home Page
  • The Poetry Kit
  • The Melic Review
  • Carvezine website
  • 'Writer's Deadline
  • The Danforth Review
  • Bywords--"Poetry and Ottawa literary events"
  • Sasquatch Writers' Performance Series
  • Red Fez Publications
  • Ron Silliman's Literary Blog
  • Jorge Etcheverry's home page
  • zafusy | contemporary poetry journal
  • The Puritan: Ottawa's Literary Prose Journal
  • The Friday Circle - University of Ottawa Creative writing program
  • Ink Provoking creative writing site
  • Turning Point Music, Ottawa, Ontario - the best 2nd hand music shop in the world
  • Sandy Shreve Poetry homepage
  • Poetry Victims
  • Unshod Quills
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    Biographical Information

    Klaus Gerken
    Editor and Founder of Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts

    Klaus Gerken, born Cuxhaven, Germany, 1949. Came to Canada age 9, 1958. First published work, Dynasty 1968. Since then over 100 titles, Poems, Plays and Novels. Many available on this site. Editor and Founder of Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts (1993). Residence: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

    Heather Ferguson
    Production Editor

    Heather Ferguson lives in Ottawa, Canada. Her work has been anthologized in Symbiosis and Sounds New, and has appeared in Arc, Ygdrasil, Alter Vox and the Ottawa XPress. She is the author of the chapbook A Mouse in a Top Hat. Heather produced an anthology and two books of poetry through her press, Agawa. She is the Athens group's webmaster.

    Mois Benarroch
    European Editor

    Mois Benarroch was born in 1959 in Tetuan/Morocco, between Tangier and Gibraltar. He grew up in a mixture of cultures and languages, Spanish being his mother tongue, attending a French school, hearing the Arabic of the streets and praying in Hebrew. In 1972 He emigrated to israel, and lives since then in Jerusalem. Published books in Hebrew: The Immigrant's Lament (poetry) 1994. The Coming Book (prose) 1997. The Bread And The Dream (poetry) 1998. His poems and prose have been published in numerous publications in Israeli literary magazines, and international magazines, recently in Ygdrasil, Perihelion, Miller's Pond, Revue Europe, Emotions, Xero, The Poet's Guild Quarterly, Poetry magazine. His works have been published in hebrew, spanish, french and english. He writes in Hebrew, Spanish and English. He is Ygdrasil's European editor, and has e-published a book in Ygdrasil titled 'Moben's Poems' in English. His first novel 'Benshawen' will be published in 1999. And a book of poems in Spanish will be published by Esquio in Spain.

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    Contact Information

    Klaus Gerken
    kgerken@synapse.net

    Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts (c) Klaus J. Gerken 1993 - 2012
    Current pages created by Klaus J. Gerken and Michael Parker (c) 2012
    Previous pages created by Klaus Gerken and Pedro Sena (c) 1997 - 2011
    Previous pages created by Klaus Gerken and Igal Koshevoy (c) 1993 - 1996
    Last revised: 5 May 2012.

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