Editorial Board

Board of Editors

Editing a magazine or a newspaper is very much different from reading and commenting on things. Its like performing a sea swim by an experienced swimmer who has been in the sea for many times before yet mistakes are no exception and the simplest mistake could be disastrous.In the same way editing is done by experts in their respective fields.The editors at each moment remain cautious not to underestimate or overestimate any author's work just as a swimmer remains cautious never to underestimate the nature's fury but at the same time he never lets the sea overwhelm his own capability.Underrating a work can be disastrous in the sense that it may discourage the author to an extent that all his/her creativity which were still to be deciphered through his pen might stop forever and overrating may prevent the author from further improving his write ups.So a perfect balance of mind along with an impartial attitude has to be maintained while reviewing hundreds of works.Also the editing should be of such type that new authors get an opportunity to learn the best by reading the selected published works. Coming to editing of poetry , it becomes more difficult to edit poetry than other objects of literature because of the very fact that poetry has got a license what we call as "Poetic License" which empowers poets to introduce new elements and ways of writing in their poems. Yes we have the power to select few for a particular issue but no one in this world can disapprove the new theories in the landscape of poetry writing.So editing poetry and choosing just a handful among them is like toiling to find Specks of Gold in a mist of sun rays.Also every poet when he is putting up a poem pens down his own thoughts and feelings and we have no right to neglect others' feelings or even sentiments.In these tough situations we select only those poems in three steps of deduction which is approved by all the editors including the chief editor of this magazine.We try to decipher every theme that a poem presents but it is not always possible to get to the person's real thoughts through his/her write ups.Only those poems are selected which appeal towards nature, tradition,modernism or any other aspect of life in a contemporary fashion with absolute clarity of language and nobleness of attitude.The certification of "The Enchanting Poet" is given to those individuals who have either contributed a lot to the literary arena of poetry writing or who has been selected simultaneously by all the editors for his/her excellent poetry.

Last but never the least "One should take pride in his own work in a daily basis without waiting for mentors to appreciate them".

Sonnet Mondal(Editor in Chief)

Sonnet Mondal has authored seven full length books of poetry published by renowned Indian publishers like Authorspress, New Delhi and Sparrow Publication, Kolkata. He was bestowed Poet Laureate from Bombadil Publishing, Sweden in 2009. His works have appeared in more than hundred literary publications including The Stremež, International Gallerie, The Penguin Review, Red Ochre Lit, The Blue Print Review, The Istanbul Literary Review, World Poets Quarterly, The Journal of Poetry Society of India, The Adroit Journal, Holler of Princeton Poetry Project and Midwest Literary Magazine to name a few. He was inducted in the prestigious Significant Achievements Plaque at the museum of Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur in 2011, nominated for Pushcart Prize and was featured as one of the Famous Five of Bengali youths by India Today magazine in 2010. At present he is the chief editor of The Enchanting Verses Literary Review, Editor of Best Poems Encyclopedia, Poetry Editor of The Abandoned Towers magazine,, Shibpur and the Sub Secretary Generalof Poetas Del Mundo.

Sandra Fowler, Dlit. (Book Review Editor)

Sandra Fowler was born in West Columbia, WV, on February 4, 1937, and has been writing poetry for almost fifty years. She was the Associate Editor of Ocarina from about 1978 to 1989.She has authored three books of poetry and was nominated for The Pushcart prize, 1998. Wazir Agha dedicated his Selected Poems to her in 1998. She was honored with Cultural Doctorate at World University Round Table,1981 and Honorary Doctorate from World Academy Of Arts And Culture, 2002. She was was awarded the Best Critic's award and International Best Poets Award 2005 by The International Translation and Research Centre,China.

Prof. Howie Good (Editor of Best of The Enchanting Verses print anthology)

Howie Good, a journalism professor at the State University of New York New Paltz, is the author of the full-length poetry collections Lovesick (Press Americana, 2009), Heart With a Dirty Windshield (BeWrite Books, 2010), and Everything Reminds Me of Me (Desperanto, 2011), as well as numerous print and digital poetry chapbooks, including most recently Love Dagger from Right Hand Pointing. His poetry has appeared in Catalonian Review, Loch Raven Review, Untitled Country Review, SN Review, Medulla Review, elimae and many other international literary magazines. He has also been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize and three times for the Best of the Net anthology. His poetry has appeared in The Catalonian Review, Loch Raven Review, Untitled Country Review, SN Review, Medulla Review, elimae and many other international literary magazines.

Ute Margaret Saine (Editor of Translation Project)

Born in Germany, Ute Margaret Saine lives in California, where she taught French and Spanish. She writes and translates in five languages. She has published 3 books of poetry and 5 chapbooks of haiku and has several manuscripts ready for publication.

Saine is an editor of the “California Poetry Quarterly”. She is one of six international women poets in the anthology “Seven Leaves of Autumn,” edited by Savita Singh and Sukrita Kumar, soon to be published in Delhi.

Jovica Tasevski - Eternijan(Consulting Editor for Macedonian Collaboration)

Jovica Tasevski - Eternijan (born 25 July 1976, Skopje) is a renowned Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic. He has authored six books of poetry.He graduated from the Comparative Literature Department, Faculty of Philology "Blaže Koneski" in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. He works in National and University Library "St. Clement of Ohrid" - Skopje as a Head of Sector Bibliographic Centre and Referral Centre. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Macedonian literary magazine "Stremež" and a consultant for Macedonian poetry of the director of "The Other Voices International Project" - an anthology of world poetry, included in the World Poetry Directory of UNESCO.He was bestowed the honour of The Enchanting Poet in 2010 from The Enchanting Verses much before he became a member of the editorial board.

Koketso Marishane(Interviewer)

Koketso Marishane is based in the Democratic Republic of South Africa. He is a servant leader with various global institutions promoting good developmental governance.

Andrzej Filipowicz(Arts Adviser and Painter)

Polish still life painter Andrzej Filipowicz (born 1974) is one of the most vibrant artists living and working in Europe today, better known by the stage name Phil.In 2000 he got an honorable art-prize from Sachssche Kulturstftung Dresden in a view of art-probation to Kunstlerhaus Schloss, Wiepersdorf, Germany, where afterwards he learnt west-european art and finished with individual exhibition. Since 2002 he has been the manager and web-designer of art-project Laboratory of Modern Art by financial support of Information Agency of USA. Since 1995 began actively taking part in the international pleners and exhibitions. He took part as a young artist in plener Lack in Poland, where masters of Polish modern art Jan Wolek, F.Starowieyski, E.Dwornik, Andrzej Kacperek and others also were presented by support Semper Polonia Foundation. His important exhibitions were presented in Jan Paderevsky museum in Warsawa, individual exhibitions also were presented in Dom Polonii, Warsawa and Krakow and other cultural centres. His picturesque works traces pertain to modern impressionist painting. He actively took part in work of the biggest Polish Diaspora on the East. In the past years his works were shown in corporative collections: Zemper Polonia, PKN Orlen, Sachssche Kulturstftung Dresden and in the private collections of many countries of Europe, in America and Australia.

Past Contributing Editors(2008-2009)

Dinabandhu Nayak
Dr. K.V. Venkataramana

Rajaram Ramachandran

Dr. Chandra Prakash Sharma
Prof. Dr. Ramesh Mukhopadhyaya