A reoccurring theme in roger

As a staff member last year and the Assistant Poetry Editor this year, I have noticed a reoccurring theme from Volume 5 into Volume 6.  This theme is nature.  Last year, we received many submissions all focusing on nature and learning to understand the environment and our place in this world.  This subject even extends into our art work, last year we displayed art centered on farm life.  For our poetry, we had pieces about sunflowers, winter, and blackberries in Volume 5, and this year, we have poems about cows, birds, and trees.  I believe the idea of nature is consistently being discussed in poetry and creative writing because we are attempting to understand our own existence.  Other than religion, nature seems to be the way humans analyze and become curious about their own lifestyle and gives a purpose for being a part of this world.  Not to reduce the subject to a single idea, such as a cow, but it is exciting to see what each poet will do with either an image or concept concerning nature.  Although some of these topics may sound simple, the poets we have published have insightful, imaginative, and brilliant parallels between our world and the natural world.  We are always looking for new, energetic, and heartfelt creative work for our literary magazine.  However, with these past two issues, the pieces we have received have mostly been focused on nature.  Yes, we are located by the water front in the beautiful town of Bristol, RI, but our ads have never indicated we are looking for natural themes, they just happen to come to us, naturally.  The overwhelming response of submissions over the past couple of years has made us confident in what our goals are for the magazine as well as our mark in the literary world.