IMPORTANT NOTICE: ALL submissions MUST BE sent to kgerken@rogers.com
14 May 2016: The May 2016, 23rd anniversary issue, is now available. 6 April 2016: The April issue, featuring King Arthur by Jack R. Wesdorp, is now available. 12 March 2016: The March issue is now available. 21 February 2016: A Special Spanish issue, featuring Textos poéticos actuales—selección del autor Jorge Etcheverry Arcaya, is now available. 25 January 2016: The February issue of Ygdrasil, featuring A PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM by D.R. Wagner is now available. 8 January 2016: The January issue of Ygdrasil is now available. 21 May 2015: The Klaus J. Gerken 1999 Poetry Life and Times' interview has been restored thanks to The Wayback Machine on the Internet Archives. 28 August 2013: I am proud to announce that as of 2:10 am EST Ygdrasil's readership has reached the 40,000 mark. 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 July 2008: A note from the Editor. Ygdrasil's submission guidelines are such: text in the body of an email unless otherwise requested - special issues can be negotiated as to other formats. Currently I receive so many submissions, I will no longer reply to each one, but request that if your submission has not been acknowledged within 90 days, please either resubmit or submit elsewhere. Note that we do not accept simultaneous submissons. Ygdrasil is archived by: The Library and Archives Canada Ygdrasil Collection
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| March 2015 issue: Blackbird ( A trilogy of plays) By Jack R. Wesdorp |
| February 2015 issue |
| January 2015 issue: A Burnt Offering by Dee Sunshine |
| December 2014 issue |
| November 2014 issue |
| October 2014 issue |
| September 2014 issue |
| August 2014, Goonarr Stuurelaar, a poem by Jack R. Wesdorp |
| July 2014 Issue |
| June 2014, The Patrick White Memorial Issue |
| May 2014 Issue |
| April 2014 Issue, featuring: ra medland, Selected Poems and Art |
| March 2014 Issue |
| February 2014 Issue, The Poetry of Alysia Waters |
| January 2014 Issue |
| December 2013 Issue, Selected Works by Ron Whitehead with Photographs by Jinn |
| November 2013 Issue |
| October 2013 Issue, New Poems and Paintings by Patrick White |
| September 2013 Issue |
| August 2013 Issue, Medusa's Hairdresses by Maria Jacketti |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Previous Ygdrasil Issues (1993 to 2011) |
| 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.
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@rogers.com
Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts (c) Klaus J. Gerken
1993 - 2016
Current pages created by Klaus J. Gerken and Michael Parker (c) 2012 - 2016
Previous pages created by Klaus J. Gerken and Pedro Sena (c) 1997 - 2011
Previous pages created by Klaus J. Gerken and Igal Koshevoy (c) 1993 - 1996
Last revised: 14 May 2016.
