The Potomac Review's Summer 2000 issue shows a strong bent toward poetry, prose and essays about nature. The poetry is straightforward and accessible, as well as tremendously enjoyable, especially for the outdoorsy among you readers.
As an example, these lines from "Sculling the Potomac," by Betty MacDonald:
Wading herons look askance
As if to say flying is better.
Not able to compare,
This gliding is what makes me soar.
The prose and essays focus on the authors' relationships with their environment, and include such titles as: "Confessions of a Trail Guru," "Bear-Hugging Chesapeake Bay," and "Potomac Sojourn."
As you can probably tell by the subject matter, there is a prominent showing of regional writers (Maryland, D.C. and Virginia). But The Potomac Review also includes writing from elsewhere in the United States, and this issue includes a writer from Australia. The journal also features a section called "Young Talent Pages," which is solely for students grade K-12. Drawings, sketches, and photographs complete the Potomac Review.
