This fifth anthology by Benicia poets, like previous volumes, represents a wide variety of skills, development, and perspective on the part of the participants. In addition, a number of out-of-town poets are also published here, illustrating the reach and influence of our vibrant poetry community. A Word For All Seasons was my attempt to encourage poets to express their world in whatever variety serves them, in all its complexities, diversities, challenges, and beauty. In the Biblical words from Ecclesiastes, "to everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose..." Poetry reaches...