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Presented here is a world-class issue featuring poetry, art, fiction, and an arresting work of creative non-fiction, written by authors from around globe. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001YFOcJ1n5EQf21W3YzrII0T7IxXPlPWnPMTrvrnt_qPKOeCQevS5oXjmpSVTvKnpa8dUZnnVa9HwIIpKPceWjvVHAM5eWHvs0oI-8jcGwu4IN4sqIhv8r_-tXguhQ1lxhSChavEdabpQPrtyuZAUpAQ==] 'April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.' -Sonnet XCVIII William Shakespeare I am writing this while an unprecedented manhunt is going on in Boston for the two Boston Marathon bombers. One is now dead and the other is trapped in Watertown, MA in the middle of the model of the modern law enforcement gauntlet. It is difficult to concentrate while we wait to see how this event will unfold. There is the feeling of excitement, worry, fear for friends, sadness of those hurt, those that might get hurt. Trauma from gunmen is playing on all the television channels and I am seated at my desk reading poems and prose pieces. It is best to just continue on, I suppose. My heart is racing as I flip through word documents. It is spring once again; it is late April and the weather unpredictable. Yesterday it was sunny, warm for the time of year, almost summer time weather. Today it is cold and the rain is falling in dark swirls around our house. I was to take the covering off of the roses this afternoon. I think I will keep the burlap on until the weekend. A few more days of protection from the frozen months of winter, even though it is clearly spring. Buffalo knows how to do a proper winter, and this year did not disappoint. Springtime in Buffalo is an erratic time, a time of life fighting to come into it's greenery. Poetry is very much like April, and this issue represents that spirit of youth Shakespeare's April embodies. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001YFOcJ1n5EQf21W3YzrII0T7IxXPlPWnPMTrvrnt_qPKOeCQevS5oXjmpSVTvKnpa8dUZnnVa9HwIIpKPceWjvVHAM5eWHvs0oI-8jcGwu4IN4sqIhv8r_-tXguhQ1lxhSChavEdabpQPrtyuZAUpAQ==] Spring Matters : We are pleased to present our regular journal issue and we are pleased to announce our new BXtraordinary section to the BlazeVOX web site. Our journal features 45 poets and 12 prose writers presenting some spectacular work. Our BXtraordinary section has twenty-eight Video Poems and eight interviews. The video poems consist of two full-length poetry readings from AWP and the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair, and our Wednesday's Poem series. In these short video readings, poets read from their BlazeVOX book. We have also gathered up our Friday series, 15 Questions into this issue. In this issue we have eight interviews consisting of fifteen questions with BlazeVOX writers. This is a wonderful way to bridge readers and writers and hopefully open a connection. 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