Editorial   Somebody should write a book about "recognition" as a literary phenomenon. What exactly does it mean to be a "recognized" poet? Recognized by whom? As what? Is a recognized poet a "real" poet? Ergo, unrecognized means what? Not real? Does a poet need a Canada Council grant to be recognized? A GG? It gets to be like that tree falling in the forest. Nobody hears it, but it's still a tree.   The original plan was for this to be an issue devoted to "unrecognized" poets of BC, but as Barry McKinnon and I read through the material submitted to us, we recognized that what we had were poems. How could we claim Donna Kain or Meryl Duprey or the others presented here were unrecognized poets, when the fact that they are poets is so recognizable in their work?   Perhaps we ought to have changed the theme to "not well enough known" poets of BC. But then the question arises "when is a poet well enough known?" There are writers we get sick of reading, but maybe the fact that they nauseate is a sign that we finally know them well enough to realize their true lack of worth.   The poets presented here reflect the variety that BC is. They come from the big city on the Coast and from rural towns in the Interior. They work as academics, guides, sales reps, and full time writers. They are young and old, male and female, widely published and neophytes. I hope that the little taste that we provide will make you hungry for more.