Here are your waters and your watering place. 
Drink and be whole again beyond confusion.
-- Robert Frost

We are now accepting submissions for a special Spring 2012 issue, centered around the theme of "Drink." Submit 3-5 poems or visual art pieces (each piece submitted as a separate file) that relate somehow to the theme of "Drink" via our submissions manager.

By drink, we don't mean to limit submissions to poems about frat parties and praying to the porcelain gods (though they are certainly welcome). We encourage submitters to be creative with the theme. 

Here are a few possible subcategories: 

• Communion (wine & those wafer things...)
• Celebrations!
• Hangovers
• Addiction
• Drinking things other than booze (ie: water, coffee, orange juice, etc)
• Things that make you really thirsty (ie: pretzels, walking uphill, hot summer days, sex, etc).

Here are a few examples of poems Stevie (the editor-in-chief) likes that deal with the theme of "Drink" in somewhat differing ways:

1) "A House is Not a Home" by Terrance Hayes
2) "Small, Generic Night Towns" by Erika Meitner
3) "Bar Xanadu" by Lynda Hull
4) "Directive" by Robert Frost
5) "Alcohol" by Franz Wright

We encourage readers to comment on this blog entry with links to their favorite poems that fit the theme of "drink" in some way. 

We are thrilled to launch Muzzle's One-Year Anniversary Issue today!  We are incredibly proud of the caliber and breadth of work we've been able to showcase in our first 5 quarterly issues. Thank you to everyone who has supported Muzzle thus far by submitting work, reading our past issues, editing, contributing work, and telling friends about what we're doing here. We hope the next year of Muzzle will be filled with more inspiring and brave work that pushes boundaries and challenges us all to be better poets, artists, and humans. We've come a long, long way already, and we ain't going nowhere. 

As always, this issue includes a beautiful and fierce line up of poets:

• Stephanie Wortman
• Bianca Spriggs
• Sam Sax*
• Aaron Samuels*
• Angel Nafis
• Anis Mojgani*
• Eugenia Leigh*
• Geoff Kagan Trenchard
• Rachel Eliza Griffiths*
• Weston Cutter*
• Rachelle Cruz*
• Corrina Bain
• Derrick Austin*

This issue also features some stunning photography from the likes of Todd Brown, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Gwynne Johnson, Eleanor Leonne Bennett, and Beth Massura. Additionally, you won't want to miss JW Basilo's review of Gypsee Yo's performance at the Rustbelt Regional Slam and Stevie Edwards' review of Kevin Coval's soon-to-be-released book, L-vis Lives!: Racemusic Poems)

If you would like to support Muzzle's future endeavors, we highly encourage you to consider donating via paypal and/or purchasing a copy of our "Best of the First Year" print issue. 

Another way to support our future issues is to submit your own poetry, artwork, reviews, and interviews. We take the task of reviewing submissions very seriously, and we are incredibly grateful to all of those who entrust us with their work. For more information on how to submit your work to Muzzle, please review our submission guidelines.