Raven Publishing Co. of West Virginia invites you to take an enthralling voyage of the senses and insightful journey of the mind with all of us.Introspection, reflection, observations of the external,and musings on the past, present, and what lies ahead... it's all inside the Compass Rose: A Poetic Sojourn Home, To The Horizon, and Beyond anthology. Now turn the page ~ find your direction.~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ "Smell the brine, salty on your nosesee the crests, white foaming, spumingspiralling, crashing, rollingazure green splendour rising...Hunting silvery treasure, shiny glisteningwaiting to be harvested in deep-blue wave..."Day Trip by Judy Edwards..................................................."Stroll into a loaded baralong the stripcircles of smoke on the glassesfull of aged Scotch, ash, salt, and ginguitar so kinetic, wails on the jukebox so hardLoud pangs surround the roomlike a devil's touch on salvation..."Road To Somewhere by Joseph Smith