Resolute: Volume 4, Issue 4

We are tremendously grateful at Blast Furnace for four full years of receiving and publishing fine poetry from all over the globe.

Since 2010, there have been many highlights to serving as editor and publisher of this little online journal, which, because of the quality writing it receives, has begun to be recognized in the literary world as a place to submit writing that resonates with a discerning audience. Volume 4, Issue 4—featuring the theme of resolutions, as well as poetry outside of that theme—is no exception.

In 2015, Blast Furnace looks forward to publishing and offering its first electronic chapbook (eChapbook) of poetry, along with its first annual chapbook poetry prize winner (Stay tuned for early Spring announcements!): One will serve as a fundraiser for a local (Pittsburgh region) library, another will be the first chapbook by a fine poet who we expect will receive recognition in years to come throughout the verse community.

Additionally, we will continue to publish interviews with reputable poets and artists who move us.

To our followers, we thank you for supporting and joining us on the journey.

- R. Clever