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Welcome to our inaugural poetry section of the International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. Poetry submitted to the journal should aim at imaginative expression. The essential gift of the poet, it has been said, is metaphor. In addition, poems move differently from prose to approximate music. They employ sundry rhythms and vowels for the matter at hand, for it has also been said that a poem with a tin ear is a contradiction in terms. Finally, poems are said to mean things in ways different from prose. The content may cover enormous or highly focused ground; but good poetry readers generally look for emotionally sensitive and carefully thoughtful treatment of the subject. Rigid ideas, racial bias, religious extremism, and radical politics may work well in theater, movies, and propaganda; but in poetry, discernment works better. In fact, in brief poems, as well as long ones, depth of thought and feeling works best. Therefore, contributors should present their best possible expression in a short poem because space is limited to two (or no more than three) double-spaced pages. We hope you enjoy!