Welcome to the Summer 2026 Issue of Gyroscope Review. We're happy to have you here and hope you enjoy reading all the wonderful poetry in this issue. As usual, we were lucky to get a variety of forms and free verse showcasing unique perspectives. There are a lot of heartfelt emotions in this issue, exploring grief, relationships, and our interactions with nature. Life and death are investigated in all their depth and meanings. Every time I reread the issue (and I do this many times) I find a nuance I hadn't noticed before. That's the great thing about poetry: you can read the same poems at different times in your life and come away with new meanings and insights. I'm sure we all have our favorite poets we come back to time and again to fill the well. Let the Summer 2026 Issue start you on your journey to finding a poem that resonates within. We have our old favorites, but every issue I find new favorites as well. We hope you do the same. The Summer 2026 Issue's fine poets include:
Maude Adjarian, Ellen Austin-Li, Tom Barlow, Julie Benesh, Marion Brown, Suzanne Bruce, Erin Carlyle, Dolo Diaz, Allison Dobscha, Xi Fang, Mae Fraser, Michael Galko, Kimberly Hall, David Hughes, Paul Ilechko, Tyler Jagt, Marc Janssen, Matt Jasper, Kara Knickerbocker, Maria Koors, Barbara Krasner, Danmi Lee, D Anson Lee, Everix Machan, Punyasloka Mohapatra, Carrie Myers, Justine Pechuzal, Phillip Periman, Drew Pisarra, Hudson Plumb, Alexander Poon, Ellen Romano, Rikki Santer, Janette Schafer, Ivy Sherrard, Lisa Sloan, Michael Dwayne Smith, Erika Spadavecchia, Meghan Sterling, Alison Stone, Charles Stringer, Rahat Tasneem, Brett Thompson, Jim Tilley, Keren Vishny, Elizabeth Vrenios, Ann Weil, Jane Wiseman, John Wojtowicz, Jim Zola
