11 July 2013: The July 2013 issue of Ygdrasil is now available. 1 June 2013: The June 2013 issue of Ygdrasil, featuring Timewave Zero, Second Part by Rebecca Lu Kiernan, is now available. 4 May 2013: The 20th Anniversay May 2013 issue of Ygdrasil is now available. 1 April 2013: The April issue of Ygdrasil is now available. 1 March 2013: The March issue of Ygdrasil, featuring Garnet Eyes by Jack R. Wesdorp, is now available. 21 February 2013: Pleased be advised that the new URL for Ygdrasil will now be: http://users.synapse.net/kgerken. The email kgerken@synapse.net for submissions will remain unchanged. 5 February 2013: The February 2013 issue of Ygdrasil is now available. 5 February 2013: The Ygdrasil Art Gallery has been updated with new paintings by Ottawa artist Sheila Barclay. 5 January 2013: The January issue of Ygdrasil, featuring Timewave Zero by Rebecca Lu Kiernan, is now available. 5 December 2012: The December issue of Ygdrasil is now available. With this issue we complete our 20th year of publication. 18 November 2012: A special French issue of Ygdrasil: La poésie de Moïs Benarroch Traduction et introduction de Rosa Ramos, is now available. 10 November 2012: The November issue of Ygdrasil is now availble. 1 October 2012: The October issue of Ygdrasil, featuring Poems and Paintngs by Paulette C. Turcotte is now available. 11 September 2012: The September 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. 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. 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. 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
July 2013 Issue |
June 2013 Issue, Timewave Zero, Second Part by Rebecca Lu Kiernan |
May 2013, 20th Anniversary Issue |
April 2013 Issue |
March 2013 Issue, Garnet Eyes by Jack R. Wesdorp |
February 2013 Issue |
January 2013 Issue, Timewave Zero by Rebecca Lu Kiernan |
December 2012 Issur |
La poésie de Moïs Benarroch Traduction et introduction de Rosa Ramos |
November 2012 Issue |
October 2012 Issue, Poems and Paintings by Paulette C. Turcotte |
September 2012 Issue |
August 2012 Issue |
July 2012 Issue |
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 |
Previous Ygdrasil Spanish Issues |
Clayton Eshleman: Eight poems from "LIFE IN THE FOLDS" |
Movism |
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 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 200 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.
Klaus Gerken
kgerken@synapse.net
Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts (c) Klaus J. Gerken
1993 - 2013
Current pages created by Klaus J. Gerken and Michael Parker (c) 2012 - 2013
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: 1 June 2013.