Welcome to the Issue #50 of Shot Glass Journal which features poetic voices from Australia, Canada, Czechia, India, Ireland, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Scotland, and the US.

Our Glossary in Shot Glass Journal reflects all the poetry forms that we have published in our fifty issues. Most people may be familiar with some of the more popular poetry forms but we invite you to visit the long list of forms in the Glossary. All poetry forms are invented by someone, and we're pleased to say we have several new forms that were invented by one of our poets published in this issue. We are especially honored that one of the poetry forms, the "Curtal Villanelle", may also be referred to as the Shot Glass Villanelle by the poet.

Lonnard Dean Watkins, our esteemed webmaster, continues to performs miracles to make our journal look great.

Please check out the Writer Archive to look back at previous issues to see the previous works of these poets, and check out our Archives to see the work of other poets from the past.

Muse-Pie Press has a listing called MPP Community which features poems of the poets we have published in Shot Glass Journal and the Fib Review. Visit the site at www.musepiepress.com and click on MPP Community. This page gives information on the poetry books and how to obtain them.

It's been six years since we published the Community poem. In March 2020, Muse-Pie Press invited its poets to participate in creating a world-wide Community poem. We wanted to capture the individual experiences and insights of these poets regarding the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic. There were 220 submissions received from 16 countries. R. G. Rader, publisher of Muse-Pie Press, compiled each line and crafted the poem "Pandemic: A Community Poem" into a poem of seven parts. In these troubled times, it is a good reminder for what we've experienced in our recent past. To read and listen to the poem visit the Muse-Pie Press site at www.musepiepress.com and click on Community Poem.

We hope you enjoy Issue #50.

Wishing you peace and health,
– Mary-Jane Grandinetti

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