Sensations Magazine
Issue 38, Spring 2005:  Released May 8, 2005

Sensations Magazine
Issue 39, Summer 2005:  Released
Summer 2005

Sensations Magazine
"Election" Supplement,

Fall 2005:  Released November 2005

Sensations Magazine
"Losing A Child and Other Loved Ones" Supplement,

Winter 2005:  Released November 2005

2005

A new era begins with a return to northern New Jersey ...

(Above) The 1991 Pontiac Sunbird, lead car for all Sensations Magazine events since August 1991, turns 300,000--and rolls with us into our 20th anniversary

. . . the release of two new issues and two thematic "supplements"--the end of our quarterly publication era . . .

Sensations Magazine continued its tradition of independent publishing without grant funding in 2005:

. . . and a healthy diversity of low-key poetry readings, in pleasant surroundings and with pleasant people.

(Above) New York City poets Davidson Garrett and Velma Jean Reeb at Le Cafe Nicole, Bloomfield, NJ, Tues Feb 7, 2005--the first of several Sensations Magazine open readings for subscribers.

(Above) Poet Leighton Hollar reads at Le Cafe Nicole, Bloomfield, NJ

(Above) LaMar Giles and the Publisher at our reading at LeCafe Nicole, Bloomfield, NJ

(Above, L-R) Davidson Garrett, David Messineo, and Vera Gelvin on the Ocean Grove Boardwalk, before our final Mother's Day brunch at the Manchester Inn, Ocean Grove, NJ, Sun May 8, 2005

(Above) Dancer Kleber de Freitas performs Amazon Indian tribal dance at the Secret Garden Restaurant at the Manchester Inn, Ocean Grove, NJ, on Sun May 8, 2005, as part of our Mother's Day brunch with poetry, music, and dance

(Above) The camera zooms in on Fiction Editor Paul Nash, at our reading in The Secret Room of Richie Cecere's Supper Club, Montclair, NJ, Tues June 21, 2005

(Above, L-R) Margaret Brisco, Thelma Johnson, Vera Gelvin, Davidson Garrett, Velma Jean Reeb, and David Messineo at the Australia portion of "The Seven Continents of Asbury" - debut of the Sensations Magazine "Vacation" issue - at rockpaperscissors gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, Sat Aug 6, 2005

(Above, L-R) Velma Jean Reeb, Margaret Brisco, Davidson Garrett, John J. Trause, Gilda Kreuter, Thelma Johnson, Vera Gelvin, Eddie Rivera, and David Messineo at the Asia portion of "The Seven Continents of Asbury," at Taka Restaurant, Asbury Park, NJ, Sat Aug 6, 2005

(Above) Poet Vera Gelvin reads at the Antarctica portion of "The Seven Continents of Asbury," at Wesley Lake Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, Sat Aug 6, 2005

(Above) Singer Karen Kelly wows the crowd at the America portion of "The Seven Continents of Asbury" at Wish You Were Here Cafe and Gelatoria, Asbury Park, NJ, Sat Aug 6, 2005

(Above) Fiction writer Margaret Brisco reads at the Europe portion of "The Seven Continents of Asbury" at When Pigs Fly Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, Sat Aug 6, 2005

(Above) Members of the Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation Community Youth Ensemble offer a riveting grand finale of music and dance, at the Africa portion of "The Seven Continents of Asbury" at El Lobo Negro Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, Sat Aug 6, 2005

Yet the sour mood of half of the country in 2005 leads us to examine why . . .

(Above) The Grover Cleveland Birthplace, Caldwell, New Jersey:  debut site of the Fall 2005 Supplement, "The 2004 Presidential Election, One Year Later"

(Above, L-R) Participants at the Sensations Magazine Fall 2005 Supplement debut, "The 2004 Presidential Election, One Year Later," at the Grover Cleveland Birthplace, Caldwell, NJ, on Tues Nov 8, 2005 include poets Daniel P. Quinn, David Messineo, Leighton Hollar, Vera Gelvin, Elaine Barden, Davidson Garrett, LaMar Giles, Velma Jean Reeb, and Thelma Johnson

(Above) "The 2004 Presidential Election, One Year Later" has the right-wing Republicans laughing - and many others griping.  This photo (apparently a composite) arrived in our e-mail.  Since it's being widely circulated, we'll put it up for a laugh.  If you can prove ownership, we'll take it down immediately, upon request.

. . . and to take what action we can.  Joining the war effort, the Publisher declares war on those who are too cheap to pay a $2 per poem entry fee (and offers the Sponsor-A-Writer program for those who truly cannot:  being cheap and being in debt are not the same) . . .

(Above) The Publisher rolls out the heavy artillery in his escalating war against the astounding cheapness and selfishness of SOME in the poetry community (present Sensations Magazine subscribers naturally excluded)

. . . and, akin to Abraham Lincoln, appeals to "the angels of our better nature" by donating a portion of proceeds from ALL issues, from 2006 forward, to a hand-picked selection of worthy charities--and asks poets to join him in this effort, by purchasing magazine issues and thereby supporting fellow writers, the poetry community, and his merging of literary activity with charity support.

(Above) The Publisher donates full proceeds from the "Losing a Child" supplement to the Velie Memorial Fund, and infuses literary magazine publishing efforts with community activism and support, as he commits a portion of proceeds from ALL future issues to selected charities - and hopes subscribers will join in support.