Volume 11.1, Winter 2010 TENTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE: A Celebration of Guest Editors Shaman 2009 alkyd on canvasboard, 7" x 5" more work by Kathy Keler Guest editors have been integral to Beltway Poetry Quarterly since its inception in January 2000. These writers gave generously of their time to help shape the journal, and so this tenth anniversary issue is dedicated to them, with deep gratitude. Visual art for this issue is provided by Kathy Keler, who suggested the idea for Beltway Poetry Quarterly, provided a home for the journal on washingtonart.com, designed its look, and has served as webmaster. Table of Contents Merrill Leffler Guest Editor, "The Distinguishing Voice," Fall 2000 Comments Four Poems: "The Indefatigable It," "On Stage," "Sparrow," and "Performance" Brian Gilmore Guest Editor, "The Woodshed," Fall 2001 Comments Three Poems: "A Soldier's Story," "Mississippi Burning," and "Make It Plain" Hilary Tham Guest Editor, "Activist Poets," Fall 2002 A Remembrance Two Poems: "Armchair," and "May Means Beautiful in Chinese" Saundra Rose Maley Guest Co-Editor, "Whitman Issue," Winter 2004 Comments Two Poems: "Stanley Kunitz at the Pearly Gates, Greeted by Walt Whitman," and "Critique" Grace Cavalieri Guest Editor, "The Bunny and The Crocodile," Spring 2004 Comments Four Poems: "Equipoise," "Tomato Pies, 25 Cents," "Transportation," and "A Matter of Record" Naomi Ayala Guest Editor, "Expanding Latino Identity," Spring 2005 Comments Four Poems: "Jesus Comes to Mt. Pleasant in Search of Sanzen," "A Man Buys a Box of Cupcakes," "In Adams Morgan, Two Years of Neighborhood-Wide Reconstruction Come to a Halt for the Night," and "You in the Me of I" Sarah Browning Guest Editor, "Wartime Issue," Spring 2006 Comments Four Poems: "Report Back: Torino in April," "Comfort," "How to Surrender the Red Shock of Want," and "Overnight Home" Andrea Carter Brown Guest Co-Editor, "DC Places," Summer 2006 Comments Four Poems: "Deutsche Bank," "At the ATM," "Learning to Write," and "The Old Neighborhood" Kwame Alexander Guest Editor, "The Science of Love," Spring 2007 Comments Three Poems:"Dancing Naked on the Floor," "When," and "If You Were a Couplet, I'd Rhyme You" Teri Ellen Cross Guest Co-Editor, "The Evolving City," Fall 2007 Comments Three Poems: "After The Return of the Prodigal Mother by Dawn Black," "Slip Skin Study: Broken," and "Induced" Regie Cabico Guest Co-Editor, "Split This Rock," Winter 2008 Comments Three Poems: "My Perfect Silence," "An Afternoon in Pagasinan with No Electricity," and "The Trick" Katie Davis Guest Co-Editor, "Audio Issue," Fall 2008 Comments Two Poems: "Truing the Wheel," and "Vocab Quiz" Maureen Thorson Guest Co-Editor, "Museum Issue," Winter 2009 Comments Three Poems: "Sea Shanty," "The Captain" and "Ye Mariners of England" Toni Asante Lightfoot Guest Editor, "It's Your Mug 15th Anniversary Issue," Summer 2009 Comments Three Poems: "Mothership Future Dream Palabramorphetic," "Jet Arrives with a Monster Inside September 1955," and "Papa, I Must Do Well in Poetry" Dan Vera Guest Editor, "US Poets Laureate Issue," Winter 2009 Comments Three Poems: "Reflex," "Artifact," and "Judicial Temperament"