Anacapa Review
  • Volume 3, Number 6
    • Andrea Carter
    • Estill Pollock
    • Mickie Kennedy
    • Anna Egeland
    • Mary Quade
    • Merridawn Duckler
    • Joshua Zeitler
    • Michael Smith
    • Jacob Herrera Spears
    • Elana Wolff
    • January Gill O’Neil
  • Archive
    • 2025
      • Volume 3, Number 1
        • Andy Young
        • Elya Braden
        • Shaun R. Pankoski
        • M. L. Brown
        • Ken Craft
        • Claudia Buckholts
        • Abbie Bradfield Mulvihill
        • Casey Killingsworth
        • Colleen S. Harris
        • Alicia Elkort
        • Claire Jean Kim
        • David Lee Garrison
        • Thu Anh Nguyen
        • Dean Díaz de León
      • Volume 3, Number 2
        • Jean Ryan
        • Kelli Charland
        • Charles Jensen
        • Ralph J. Long Jr.
        • Kelsey Stancliffe
        • Dion O’Reilly
        • Mary Elizabeth Birnbaum
        • Henry Israeli
        • Haley Hodge
        • Maureen Sherbondy
        • Steve Nickman
        • Virginia Watts
        • Jane Ann Fuller
        • Ciara Renaud
      • Volume 3, Number 3
        • Jim Daniels
        • Joshua Coben
        • Valerie Roach
        • Susan Gubernat
        • Christopher Nelson
        • JoAnna Scandiffio
        • James Owens
        • David Dodd Lee
        • Joshua McKinney
        • Robin Turner
        • Clayton Clark
      • Volume 3, Number 4
        • Lisa Shulman
        • Nancy Holt Wright
        • Sean Thomas Dougherty
        • Katherine Leyton
        • Perie Longo
        • Martha McCollough
        • Lisa Dominguez Abraham
        • David O’Meara
        • Veronica Kornberg
      • Volume 3, Number 5
        • Deirdre O’Connor
        • Frances Boyle
        • Janna Knittel
        • Dale Going
        • Jeff Hamilton
        • Nancy Murphy
        • Christina Hauck
        • Jane Zwart
        • Daniel Thomas
        • Michelle Bitting
        • Gary Soto
        • Kevin Boyle
        • Elizabeth Erbeznik
    • 2024
      • Volume 2, Number 1
        • Gabriella Klein
        • Nancy Murphy
        • Joseph Buck
        • Lois Levinson
        • Mark Jackley
        • Robert Estes
        • Arvilla Fee
        • Lisa Sewell
        • Michael Daniels
      • Volume 2, Number 2
        • Wayne Miller
        • SM Stubbs
        • Joseph Powell
        • Mirande Bissell
        • Catherine French
        • Annamaria Formichella
        • Kurt Olsson
        • Christien Gholson
        • Madina Tuhbatullina
        • Barbara Miner
        • Carmen Fought
        • Rebecca Pyle
        • Carine Topal
      • Volume 2, Number 3
        • Lauren Camp
        • Sandra Hosking
        • Jenny Lewis
        • Seth Hagen
        • William Aarnes
        • George Young
        • George Drew
        • Betsy Martin
        • Fran Davis
        • Keith Ekiss
      • Volume 2, Number 4
        • Amy Acre
        • Paul Willis
        • Catherine Hamrick
        • Gary Young
        • Elizabeth Rae Bullmer
        • Alyx Chandler
        • Emily Bernhardt
        • Cal Freeman
        • John Peter Beck
        • Susan Cohen
        • Amanda Chiado
      • Volume 2, Number 5
        • Aleida Rodríguez
        • Andrea Carter
        • Holly Fine
        • Dianne Nelson Oberhansly
        • Gail Newman
        • Kristine Rae Anderson
        • Susanna Lang
        • J.R. Solonche
        • Sandra Crouch
      • Volume 2, Number 6
        • Interview with James Morehead of Poets for Harris
        • Laura Mullen
        • Eric Roy
        • Elizabeth Oness
        • Milla van der Have
        • Libby Stott
        • William Ward Butler
        • Candice M. Kelsey
        • Mark McKain
        • Michael T. Young
        • Tom Barlow
    • 2023
      • Volume 1, Number 1
        • Jessica Jacobs
        • Emily Badri
        • Natalie Marino
        • Lisa Alvarez
        • Tom Laichas
        • Elise Hempel
        • Patty Seyburn
        • Lupita Eyde-Tucker
        • Emma Trelles
        • Michael Meyerhofer
        • Daniel Thomas
        • Brendan Walsh
      • Volume 1, Number 2
        • Catherine Abbey Hodges
        • Denise Duhamel
        • Joshua McKinney
        • Christopher Buckley
        • Gina Ferrara
        • Jon Lavieri
        • Gus Hernandez
        • Sharon Venezio
        • Jacob Strautmann
        • Garrett Stack
      • Volume 1, Number 3
        • Lynne Thompson
        • Sarah Maclay
        • Kyra Spence
        • Linda Neal
        • Alison Luterman
        • Bill Mohr
        • Adrian T. Quintanar
        • Matthew Thorburn
        • Susan Roney-O’Brien
        • Gail White
        • Patricia Nelson
        • Peter Cooley
      • Volume 1, Number 4
        • Susan Kelly-DeWitt
        • Kathleen McGookey
        • Cindy Ellen Hill
        • Vesper North
        • Beth Suter
        • B.A. Van Sise
        • Andrew Miller
        • Lynn Gilbert
        • Molly Fisk
      • Volume 1, Number 5
        • Laure-Anne Bosselaar
        • Gail Wronsky
        • Cory Henniges
        • Carol V. Davis
        • Bart Edelman
        • Jess Sand
        • John Surowiecki
        • Michelle Petty-Grue
        • Clayton Clark
        • Natalie Marino
      • Volume 1, Number 6
        • Heather Sellers
        • B. J. Buckley
        • Carson Sandell
        • Carolyn Jabs
        • Janet Bowdan
        • Elise Hempel
        • Gerry LaFemina
        • Anna Leahy
        • Stephen Kampa
        • David A. Goodrum
        • Mariano Zaro
      • Volume 1, Number 7
        • David Mason
        • Claudia M. Reder
        • Melanie Galizio
        • Karen Paul Holmes
        • Frank C. Modica
        • Elaine Mintzer
        • Hari B Parisi
        • Connie Post
        • Emilie Lygren
        • Robert McDonald
        • Hannah Englander
      • Volume 1, Number 8
        • Suzanne Lummis
        • David B. Prather
        • Sean Colletti
        • Mercedes Lawry
        • Sarah Carey
        • Jean L. Kreiling
        • Ron Koertge
        • Abigail Pak
        • Kathryn Petruccelli
        • Betsy Fogelman Tighe
      • Volume 1, Number 9
        • Elena Karina Byrne
        • Yael S. Hacohen
        • Carolina Hospital
        • Joanne Durham
        • Ken Haas
        • Jasmine Marshall Armstrong
        • Geraldine Connolly
        • Austin Allen James
        • Lane Devers
        • Deborah Bacharach
        • Evan Elsass
      • Volume 1, Number 10
        • Shirley Geok-lin Lim
        • Jo Angela Edwins
        • Rod Val Moore
        • Isabella Mead
        • Timothy Geiger
        • George Yatchisin
        • Margot Myers
        • Joseph Powell
        • Rusty Morrison
        • Shaun R. Pankoski
        • Mary Kay Rummel
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  • Volume 3, Number 6
    • Andrea Carter
    • Estill Pollock
    • Mickie Kennedy
    • Anna Egeland
    • Mary Quade
    • Merridawn Duckler
    • Joshua Zeitler
    • Michael Smith
    • Jacob Herrera Spears
    • Elana Wolff
    • January Gill O’Neil
  • Archive
    • 2025
      • Volume 3, Number 1
        • Andy Young
        • Elya Braden
        • Shaun R. Pankoski
        • M. L. Brown
        • Ken Craft
        • Claudia Buckholts
        • Abbie Bradfield Mulvihill
        • Casey Killingsworth
        • Colleen S. Harris
        • Alicia Elkort
        • Claire Jean Kim
        • David Lee Garrison
        • Thu Anh Nguyen
        • Dean Díaz de León
      • Volume 3, Number 2
        • Jean Ryan
        • Kelli Charland
        • Charles Jensen
        • Ralph J. Long Jr.
        • Kelsey Stancliffe
        • Dion O’Reilly
        • Mary Elizabeth Birnbaum
        • Henry Israeli
        • Haley Hodge
        • Maureen Sherbondy
        • Steve Nickman
        • Virginia Watts
        • Jane Ann Fuller
        • Ciara Renaud
      • Volume 3, Number 3
        • Jim Daniels
        • Joshua Coben
        • Valerie Roach
        • Susan Gubernat
        • Christopher Nelson
        • JoAnna Scandiffio
        • James Owens
        • David Dodd Lee
        • Joshua McKinney
        • Robin Turner
        • Clayton Clark
      • Volume 3, Number 4
        • Lisa Shulman
        • Nancy Holt Wright
        • Sean Thomas Dougherty
        • Katherine Leyton
        • Perie Longo
        • Martha McCollough
        • Lisa Dominguez Abraham
        • David O’Meara
        • Veronica Kornberg
      • Volume 3, Number 5
        • Deirdre O’Connor
        • Frances Boyle
        • Janna Knittel
        • Dale Going
        • Jeff Hamilton
        • Nancy Murphy
        • Christina Hauck
        • Jane Zwart
        • Daniel Thomas
        • Michelle Bitting
        • Gary Soto
        • Kevin Boyle
        • Elizabeth Erbeznik
    • 2024
      • Volume 2, Number 1
        • Gabriella Klein
        • Nancy Murphy
        • Joseph Buck
        • Lois Levinson
        • Mark Jackley
        • Robert Estes
        • Arvilla Fee
        • Lisa Sewell
        • Michael Daniels
      • Volume 2, Number 2
        • Wayne Miller
        • SM Stubbs
        • Joseph Powell
        • Mirande Bissell
        • Catherine French
        • Annamaria Formichella
        • Kurt Olsson
        • Christien Gholson
        • Madina Tuhbatullina
        • Barbara Miner
        • Carmen Fought
        • Rebecca Pyle
        • Carine Topal
      • Volume 2, Number 3
        • Lauren Camp
        • Sandra Hosking
        • Jenny Lewis
        • Seth Hagen
        • William Aarnes
        • George Young
        • George Drew
        • Betsy Martin
        • Fran Davis
        • Keith Ekiss
      • Volume 2, Number 4
        • Amy Acre
        • Paul Willis
        • Catherine Hamrick
        • Gary Young
        • Elizabeth Rae Bullmer
        • Alyx Chandler
        • Emily Bernhardt
        • Cal Freeman
        • John Peter Beck
        • Susan Cohen
        • Amanda Chiado
      • Volume 2, Number 5
        • Aleida Rodríguez
        • Andrea Carter
        • Holly Fine
        • Dianne Nelson Oberhansly
        • Gail Newman
        • Kristine Rae Anderson
        • Susanna Lang
        • J.R. Solonche
        • Sandra Crouch
      • Volume 2, Number 6
        • Interview with James Morehead of Poets for Harris
        • Laura Mullen
        • Eric Roy
        • Elizabeth Oness
        • Milla van der Have
        • Libby Stott
        • William Ward Butler
        • Candice M. Kelsey
        • Mark McKain
        • Michael T. Young
        • Tom Barlow
    • 2023
      • Volume 1, Number 1
        • Jessica Jacobs
        • Emily Badri
        • Natalie Marino
        • Lisa Alvarez
        • Tom Laichas
        • Elise Hempel
        • Patty Seyburn
        • Lupita Eyde-Tucker
        • Emma Trelles
        • Michael Meyerhofer
        • Daniel Thomas
        • Brendan Walsh
      • Volume 1, Number 2
        • Catherine Abbey Hodges
        • Denise Duhamel
        • Joshua McKinney
        • Christopher Buckley
        • Gina Ferrara
        • Jon Lavieri
        • Gus Hernandez
        • Sharon Venezio
        • Jacob Strautmann
        • Garrett Stack
      • Volume 1, Number 3
        • Lynne Thompson
        • Sarah Maclay
        • Kyra Spence
        • Linda Neal
        • Alison Luterman
        • Bill Mohr
        • Adrian T. Quintanar
        • Matthew Thorburn
        • Susan Roney-O’Brien
        • Gail White
        • Patricia Nelson
        • Peter Cooley
      • Volume 1, Number 4
        • Susan Kelly-DeWitt
        • Kathleen McGookey
        • Cindy Ellen Hill
        • Vesper North
        • Beth Suter
        • B.A. Van Sise
        • Andrew Miller
        • Lynn Gilbert
        • Molly Fisk
      • Volume 1, Number 5
        • Laure-Anne Bosselaar
        • Gail Wronsky
        • Cory Henniges
        • Carol V. Davis
        • Bart Edelman
        • Jess Sand
        • John Surowiecki
        • Michelle Petty-Grue
        • Clayton Clark
        • Natalie Marino
      • Volume 1, Number 6
        • Heather Sellers
        • B. J. Buckley
        • Carson Sandell
        • Carolyn Jabs
        • Janet Bowdan
        • Elise Hempel
        • Gerry LaFemina
        • Anna Leahy
        • Stephen Kampa
        • David A. Goodrum
        • Mariano Zaro
      • Volume 1, Number 7
        • David Mason
        • Claudia M. Reder
        • Melanie Galizio
        • Karen Paul Holmes
        • Frank C. Modica
        • Elaine Mintzer
        • Hari B Parisi
        • Connie Post
        • Emilie Lygren
        • Robert McDonald
        • Hannah Englander
      • Volume 1, Number 8
        • Suzanne Lummis
        • David B. Prather
        • Sean Colletti
        • Mercedes Lawry
        • Sarah Carey
        • Jean L. Kreiling
        • Ron Koertge
        • Abigail Pak
        • Kathryn Petruccelli
        • Betsy Fogelman Tighe
      • Volume 1, Number 9
        • Elena Karina Byrne
        • Yael S. Hacohen
        • Carolina Hospital
        • Joanne Durham
        • Ken Haas
        • Jasmine Marshall Armstrong
        • Geraldine Connolly
        • Austin Allen James
        • Lane Devers
        • Deborah Bacharach
        • Evan Elsass
      • Volume 1, Number 10
        • Shirley Geok-lin Lim
        • Jo Angela Edwins
        • Rod Val Moore
        • Isabella Mead
        • Timothy Geiger
        • George Yatchisin
        • Margot Myers
        • Joseph Powell
        • Rusty Morrison
        • Shaun R. Pankoski
        • Mary Kay Rummel
  • About
  • Send Your Poems


Gunpowder Press was founded by David Starkey in 2013 and is co-edited by David Starkey and Chryss Yost. Based in Santa Barbara, California, the name reflects our city’s namesake, Saint Barbara, the patron saint of gunpowder. The press publishes books, chapbooks, and anthologies, including winners of the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, the Alta California Chapbook series, and the California Poets Series.

Gunpowder Press

Volume 3, Number 3

Jim Daniels

Dreaming the Flowers Awake

Joshua Coben

Raft
Spoils

Valerie Roach

The Bite

Susan Gubernat

Atmospheric River
On Turning 75

Christopher Nelson

Before Everything

JoAnna Scandiffio

My Book Club

James Owens

Poem Ending with an Allusion to Issa

David Dodd Lee

Spoon

Joshua McKinney

Revelation

Robin Turner

Even Now

Clayton Clark

Introduction by Laure-Anne Bosselaar

Grief as Present
Ode to Confusion
—Thwt, Thwt, Thwt Through the Drizzly Day and into the Gray Night

Gunpowder Press | Edited by David Starkey and Chryss Yost | ISSN 2835-6888 © 2025
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