<p>The second issue of Beechwood Review features minimalist writing and art &ndash; including haiku, flash fiction, and visual art &ndash; from 72 contributors. This issue highlights space, the gaps between milestones, life, and death, after which the world keeps moving. It questions: does nothing only exist around something or is it the other way around?</p>

<p>With haiku, haibun, haiga, one-word poems, and other short poetry, Beechwood Review 2 offers an overview of minimalist poetry in today&#39;s world. Topics for the work in this issue include:&nbsp;sci-fi, philosophy, nature, humor, family life, and more. BR2 does not characterize contributed work by topic, in order to let the work stand on its own, as its own, without a border of genre or type around it. Although readers can find common themes in this issue, which are: seasons, snow, winter, spring, summer, fall, nature,&nbsp;imagery, philosophy, death, birds, crows, family, outsiders, pain, loss, life, appreciation, magic, fantasy, science fiction, dystopia, utopia, humor, love, and more.</p>

<p>Contributors to this issue are: Bob Carlton, <a href="http://christopherwoods.zenfolio.com/" target="_blank">Christopher Woods</a>, Al Ortolani, <a href="http://jackcbuck.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Jack C. Buck</a>, <a href="http://www.sethjani.com/" target="_blank">Seth Jani</a>, Anne Britting Oleson, Richard Luftig, t. w., <a href="http://read.oldmanscanlon.com/" target="_blank">Ray Scanlon</a>, David He, <a href="http://aliznaidi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ali Znaidi</a>, <a href="http://courijohnson.blogspot.jp/" target="_blank">Couri Johnson</a>, Tyler Pruett, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Gill McEvoy, Marguerite G. Bouvard, James Keane, <a href="http://wjacksavage.com/" target="_blank">W. Jack Savage</a>, <a href="http://2toungues.blogspot.com">Johannes S.H. Bjerg</a>, <a href="https://kensalzmann.com/" target="_blank">Kenneth Salzmann</a>, <a href="http://darrell-black.pixels.com/" target="_blank">Darrell Black</a>, Daniel Davis, Jimmy Pappas, Jeffrey Zable, <a href="http://www.kariefugett.com/" target="_blank">Karie Fugett</a>, Marc Alexander Valle, Ernesto P. Santiago, <a href="https://ninjamindcontrol.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Josh Brown</a>, Matt Dennison, Darrell Petska, <a href="http://chasingthegrey.com/" target="_blank">Rachel Nix</a>, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/johnreinhart" target="_blank">John Reinhart</a>, Helen Buckingham, Nikki Boss, Maureen Kingston, Phil Slattery, Ross White, Bradley Babendir, Matthew Fort, Ariadna Shugaevsky Ocone ' Ann Quinn, <a href="http://www.middlewesterner.com/" target="_blank">Tom Montag</a>, Kasha Nystrand, <a href="http://www.darylmuranaka.com/" target="_blank">Daryl Muranaka</a>, Richard King Perkins II, Joann Grisetti, Anna Lowe Weber, Jinapher J. Hoffman, Chella Courington, DM O&#39;Connor, Robert Del Mauro, <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/aberrantword/" target="_blank">Doug Hawley</a>, Ernest Williamson III, <a href="http://www.jimjakk.com/" target="_blank">James Croal Jackson</a>, Mark Jackley, James W. Morris, <a href="https://matthewsmart.net/" target="_blank">Matthew Smart</a>, <a href="https://dawnclaflin.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dawn Claflin</a>, <a href="http://www.cathrynshea.com/" target="_blank">Cathryn Shea</a>, Mitchell Krockmalnik Grabois, <a href="http://jononaito.com/" target="_blank">Jono Naito</a>, Shari Crane, <a href="http://palimpsesticpoetry.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Sandee Woodside</a>, Dave Read, Matt Hollingsworth, Barry Blitstein, John K. Webb, Mark Danowsky, <a href="http://www.kimpeterkovac.tumblr.com" target="_blank">Kim Peter Kovac</a>, <a href="http://www.dallaspoetscom.org/index.html" target="_blank">Sylvia Riojas Vaughn</a>, Darrell Lindsey, <a href="http://mariaspicone.com" target="_blank">Maria S. Picone</a>, <a href="http://www.jacobmfisher.com" target="_blank">Jacob M Fisher</a></p>