Peculiar Fire describes the inspiration and evolution of Gunpowder Poetry during its first ten years, with a foreword by Founding Editor David Starkey and a selection of poems from each of the exceptional writers who have shaped the growth of the press.

Poems by:

Kellam Ayres

Aaron Baker

Christopher Blackman

David Allen Case

Nan Cohen

Todd Copeland

Meghan Dunn

Keith Ekiss

Michelle Bonczek Evory

Glenn Freeman

Lee Herrick

Catherine Abbey Hodges

Holly Karapetkova

Susan Kelly-DeWitt

Joshua McKinney

Sandra McPherson

Kurt Olsson

Jim Peterson

Catherine Esposito Prescott

Peg Quinn

Dennis Schmitz

Gary Soto

Barry Spacks

SM Stubbs

Chryss Yost