Welcome to the premier issue of Holly Rose Review,
the first online poetry & tattoo literary journal.

We begin the journal with the theme of peace.  And
what better way to share peace, then to let poetry and
art "speak" across many levels of meaning.

The poems here are immediate, striking, and fierce; yet
they are gentle and honest.  The art brings with it
human canvases, expressing not only the limitless ways
to create but also the importance of commitment,
permanence, and imagination.

Please absorb the many nuances of peace in this issue,
whether they are reflections or subtle protests of war,
conveyances of childhood innocence, or effortless
moments of discovery.

Thanks so much,

Theresa Edwards
Editor-in-Chief
Peace on Skin (oils) by Lori Schreiner
Copyright © 2008 Lori Schreiner (art), All Rights Reserved.