Poetry. In our "systematically stupefied society" (Franklin Rosemont) what refreshment and joy to find these poem-hits in SOFT LAUNCH by Jim Dunn, "flashes of emotional perception that transfigure the sad remains of the City" (Gerrit Lansing). This is the first title in the publishing collaboration, B Is for Beans, with Pressed Wafer, which features Boston-based poets. Also available from SPD is the Jim Dunn title CONVENIENT HOLE.