NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW

This is a long-lived cut & paste small press publication, and a good example of what is definitely (and sadly) a disappearing breed.

Editor Hraska seems to be open to just about anything with the possible exception of visual poetry. Each issue of QUICKENINGS is jam packed with truly international work, and the middle section of this issue contains a few pages of autobiographical(?) prose, presumably from the editor. There is no wasted space as both the front and back outside covers contain poetry. White space on the inside is filled in with quotations and/or epigrams, three-sentence book reviews and the odd newspaper excerpt.

The poetry in this particular issue is of uneven quality. For example, there are two excellent and rare examples of Science fiction "haiku" on the front cover. Both are from Tim Scannell, and to tantalise you here is one of them:

	The time machine
	touches Omega. Loneliness
	makes the rainbow gray.

Also present is work from a very well-known small press names like Patricia Prime, Hazel Goddard and Joseph Verrilli.

Finally, take note: QUICKENINGS may just be the alternative haiku market you have been looking for. There are plenty of haiku here from Hraska, as well as Tom Noyes and others. Hraska also promises a list of exchange magazines in the next issue. There is no price listed anywhere, I suspect the editor would be willing to trade. If you have nothing to trade then send some loose stamps or IRCs? The effort invested in doing so will reap benefits.