THE
      CADRE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      OEMS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      APRIL
      3,
      2002
     
    
   
   
    
     
      editor-in-chief
     
     
      Matthew
      DORRELL
     
    
   
   
    
     
      production
      manager
     
     
      Jeff
      COLL
     
    
   
   
    
     
      advertising
      manager
     
     
      Kim
      TRAN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      distribution
      manager
     
     
      Andrea
      STEELE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cover
      /
      graphic
      design
     
     
      Mike
      LECKY
     
    
   
   
    
     
      poets
     
     
      A.
      ARSENAULT
     
     
      Lesley-Anne
      BOURNE
     
     
      Jonah
      CAMPBELL
     
     
      Brad
      DEIGHAN
     
     
      Matthew
      DORRELL
     
     
      Erin
      FAGAN
     
     
      Alex
      FIELD
     
     
      Melda
      GIBSON
     
     
      Christopher
      GOODING
     
     
      Richie
      K.
     
     
      Chie
      KATSUDA
     
     
      Richard
      LEMM
     
     
      Thomas
      LLOYD
     
     
      Mariéve
      MACGREGOR
     
     
      Brent
      MACLAINE
     
     
      Stephan
      MACLEOD
     
     
      Marc
     
     
      Kelly
      Leanne
      MASON
     
     
      Ruth
      MATHIANG
     
     
      Matilda
     
     
      Sarah
      MOSHER
     
     
      Brooke
      MILLER
     
     
      Stewart
      NEATBY
     
     
      Rick
      SPARKES
     
     
      Ryan
      STETSON
      ©
     
     
      Jonathan
      STEWART
     
     
      Matt
      STEWART
     
     
      Clarisse
      THORNTON
     
     
      Kim
      TRAN
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Introduction
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      twenty-nine
      writers
      included
      here
      range
      from
      first-time
      poets
      to
      hardened
      .
     
     
      scribblers,
      from
      first-year
      students
      to
      published
      poet-professors.
      Many
      thanks
     
     
      to
      production
      impresario
      Jeff
      Coll
      who,
      as
      always,
      understands
      what
      I’m
      talk-
     
     
      ing
      about
      better
      than
      I
      do,
      and
      an
      especially
      large
      thank
      you
      to
      all
      the
      poets
      who
     
     
      submitted
      their
      work,
      voluntarily
      or
      under
      duress.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      poems
      speak
      for
      themselves.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Matthew
      Dorrell,
     
     
      Editor-In-Chief