ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ þ From: Klaus J. Gerken : Editor-in-Chief þ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ YGDRASIL - A monthly Journal of the Poetic arts. Ygdrasil was conceived as the first truly significant and serious international poetry journal to use the electronic medium for it's distribution network. It was also meant to rival the many standard poetry journals one might find on the bookshelves. And of course it was most of all meant to provide a permanent place to showcase some of the truly wonderful poetry which appears rather fleetingly on our monitors through the various Poetry Conferences scattered throughout the Networks spanning North America and Europe, especially it's home Network Centipede. Ygdrasil publishes, along with many new poets each month, on a regular basis, such fine poets as Pedro Sena, Igal Koshevoy, Andrew Blevins, Jan Kingsford and Bob Ezergailis, all with an established reputation throughout the poetry metworks for the excellence of their work. Ygdrasil is Officially distributed by Paul Lauda through his Revisions Systems BBS, and is available on many fine supporting BBSs such as Tom Almy's Bitter Better Butter BBS (Portland Oregon), Daniel Coulombe's Synapse BBS (Ottawa, Ontario) and many more. A full listing can be requested from Revisions Systems BBS. The Editorial staff includes, Editor, Founder and Publisher, Klaus Gerken; Assosiate Editors, Paul Lauda, Igal Koshevoy, Pedro Sena; and, European Editor, Miodrag Djordjevic. Ygdrasil attempts to maintain a very high professional standard, which will bring the works of some very fine poets to the forefront and give them the attention and audience they so richly deserve.