POETRY BY TOM SHEEHAN

 

Tom Sheehan has 24 Pushcart Prize nominations. 375 western stories on Rope and Wire Magazine.  His published books include: In the Garden of Long Shadows, From The Quickening, A Collection Of Friends, and The Nations, about Native Americans, all available from Pocol Press.

 The Westering (appeared in Word Catalyst, 2009)               

               Born to Wear the Rags of War  (appeared in collection, This Rare Earth & Other Flights, 2003)

               A Last Moment Caught (appeared in Ken* Again, 2009)

POETRY BY WIN HARMS

 

win harms has been published in several anthologies, websites, and has two books published.  she lives in lille, france though she spent her formative years in philadelphia.

 http://winharms.wordpress.com/

CALIFORNIA

you were thinking of taking flight

i was thinking of you

you were talking of california

i was talking about fire

you were dreaming of california

i was dreaming of you

POETRY BY RICHARD FEIN

Richard Fein was a finalist in The 2004 New York Center for Book Arts Chapbook Competition

A Chapbook of his poems was published by Parallel Press, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

He has been published in many web and print journals such as  Cordite, Cortland Review,

Reed, Southern Review, Roanoke Review,  Birmingham  Poetry Review, Mississippi Review, Paris/atlantic,  Canadian Dimension, Black Swan Review, Exquisite Corpse, Foliate Oak,  Morpo Review, Ken*Again   Oregon East, Southern Humanities Review, Morpo, Skyline, Touchstone, Windsor Review, Maverick, Parnassus Literary Review, Small Pond, Kansas Quarterly, Blue Unicorn, Exquisite Corpse, Terrain Aroostook Review, Compass Rose, Whiskey Island Review, Oregon East, Bad Penny Review, Constellations, The Kentucky Review  And Many Others.

FICTION: "AN URBAN DIARY" BY RAYMOND GREINER

Raymond Greiner's writings include short stories and essays published frequently in various literary journals and magazines:  Branches magazine, La Joie Journal, Literary Yard Journal, Nib Magazine, Canary Literary Journal, Bellesprit Magazine, Freedom Journal, Grace Notes Literary Magazine.  Raymond lives in a remote area of southern Indiana in a cabin far off a lightly traveled road with his two dogs Orion and Venus.

 

An Urban Diary

    I awaken to the hydraulic whine of a trash truck.  Nearby, a massive waste incinerator emits a polluting stench mixing with the incessant rumble of traffic.   

           Detroit, once a grand city, is in steep decline with eroding tax revenue caused by urban flight becoming stagnated in the residue of its past.  Littered streets with blocks of abandoned homes are occupied by vagrants and drug addicts.  These vacant homes are windowless, empty remnants of thriving neighborhoods.

FICTION: "FOXIE" BY KERSIE KHAMBATTA

Mr. Kersie Khambatta is a semi-retired lawyer practising in New Zealand. He is also a part-time writer of articles and short-stories. His writing is recognizable by his simple style, with short sentences and carefully-chosen words. He has a diploma of Associateship of the British Tutorial Institute, London, in English, Modern Journalism, and Journalism in India, and a Certificate in Comprehensive writing awarded in October 2005 by the Writing School (Australia and New Zealand). His pieces have appeared in Senior Living (B.C., Canada), Her Magazine (New Zealand), The Rusty Nail magazine (U.S.A.), and many other publications.
                                                                                                                                                                              

                                      FOXIE

The hunter peered through the dense bush. The hot sun was way up in the sky. The herd of wild deer was grazing peacefully. The large stag with the formidable antlers snorted, and looked around suspiciously. He was the sentry for the rest of them, and also their leader. His dominance was not questioned, for might was right. He had driven away the other males who had been daring enough to challenge him.

FICTION: "FOLLOWING HER STEPS" BY DESIREE JUNG

Desirée Jung is a Canadian-Brazilian writer and translator. Her background is in
creative writing, literary translation, film and comparative literature. She has received her
M. F. A in Creative Writing and her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University
of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada. She has published translations and poetry in
Exile, The Dirty Goat, Modern Poetry in Translation, The Antagonish Review, The Haro,
The Literary Yard, Black Bottom Review, Gravel Magazine, Tree House, Bricolage,
Hamilton Stone Review, Ijagun Poetry Journal, Scapegoat Review, Storyacious, among others. She lives in Vancouver, Canada. Her website is www.desireejung.com

Following her Steps

The renovation of the house is in full motion. Shane steps on the shards of glass and hears the pieces being broken under his feet. The work continues despite being a holiday. The fence has spears selected personally by him at the Home Depot. He is the handyman in charge and likes using his hands. There are still a lot of things to be done in the future years. 

FLASH FICTION: "EXOTIC DOODAH" BY BELINDA HUBERT

In addition to writing fiction and poetry, Belinda Hubert is currently working on a novel, titled Shrink Wrapped and a collection of short stories about life in the Midwest. She works as a clinical psychologist in a private practice in Lowell, Indiana.
http://buelasprairiepractice.blogspot.com/

 

Exotic  Doodah

                                    

It's that Dr. Seuss time of summer now.  Sunflowers bigger than your 

head; black eyed Susans, purple cleome and orange coreopsis 

doi-oi-oin-ging in the breeze.  Birds perched on the feeders - bright yellow, red, blue - like flying jewelry.  And those lethal, three inch long sparkly teal hummers - tiny ninjas, dive bombing each other and hovering in open doors, giving you the eye.  Even the beetle bugs have luminescent flashers on their bums. And they just loll around close to the grass, waiting for three year old hands to catch them.

FICTION: "FLITTERY" BY DALLAS GORBETT

Although Dallas Gorbett now resides in the warmer climate of Mississippi, he was born and raised near Greensburg, IN. Recently, he had three flash fiction pieces appear in the local anthology Stories and Poems of the OLLI Writers but, beyond that, Flittery represents his first return to an earlier unfulfilled desire to write. The fact that this first outside publication is in a journal grounded in Indiana is especially satisfying. 

 

FICTION: "THE MASTER AND HIS DOG" BY CAROL ANNE ADAMSON

Many write as do I and partly for the memories that link us to our past and partly as that stream of creativity that runs through us all.  My charities are to those who seek as do I the ethical treatment of animals worldwide.
I resided on the ranch for years but have moved into the city for a new chapter in my life.  The ranch draws me close where most of my stories are written. ~Carol Anne Adamson



THE MASTER AND HIS DOG

       

      West Texas grows some of the best sheep and goats known for the fineness of their fleeces. The desolate semi desert landscape can burst forth with an abundance of grass when rains prevail, but then it can resemble a barren land with cracks,  fissure soil and rocks alike.  Any rancher worth his due had at least one Border collie or herding dog.  Where brush can be abundant, it is the dog that helps with rounding up and moving stock from pen to pen.  He can separate out the wooly or the lame as his master rides while instinct takes the lead.  A bond is formed between man and dog, a friendship that spans into the golden years of both.

INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL SPECIAL POETRY ISSUE

Wiki Commons PD Derivative by IVJ

 

 "THE HEART OF THE POET"

OCTOBER 18, 2014

 This "surprise" issue of Indiana Voice Journal was born through a sense of wonder, astonishment, prayer, and the powerful reality of "something more..."

The poems in this issue carry light.

 ~Janine Pickett, Founding Editor, IVJ

                  

                                                                  

FEATURED AUTHORS... 

in alphabetical order

~links to quick content~ 

 

  HOWARD DEBS

 DARREN DEMAREE

 NEIL ELLMAN 

JOHN GREY

  BELINDA HUBERT

 

LOWELL JAEGER

  WILLIAM KECKLER

  CRAIG KURTZ

  DAMON FERRELL MARBUT

 HEATHER ROSE

 TOM SHEEHAN

 AM SPENCE


~Or Scroll To Browse~

POETRY BY HOWARD DEBS

 Howard Richard Debs received a University of Colorado Poetry Prize at age 19; after spending the past 50 years in the field of communications with recognitions including a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Educational Press Association of America, he has recently resumed his literary pursuits, and his latest work appears or is forthcoming in The Germ, Calliope, Big River Poetry Review, Jewish Currents, Poetica Magazine, Misfitmagazine, Eclectica Magazine, Star 82 Review, The Review Review, China Grove, Belle Reve Literary Journal, Verse-Virtual, Dialogual, Sediments Literary-Arts Journal, and Piecemeal Review. His background in photography goes back many years, both creative and technical, having been involved in management with the notable Wollensak Optical Company and his photography will be found in select publications. Chicago born and bred, he now lives in sunny South Florida with his wife of 49 years, where they spend considerable time spoiling their 4 grandchildren..

http://communicatorsandcommunications.com/

POETRY BY DARREN DEMAREE

Darren's poems have appeared, or are scheduled to appear in numerous magazines/journals, including the South Dakota Review, Meridian, The Louisville Review, Grist, and the Colorado Review. 

He is the author of "As We Refer To Our Bodies" (2013, 8th House), "Temporary Champions" (2014, Main Street Rag), and "Not For Art Nor Prayer" (2015, 8th House).  He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology.

Darren is currently living and writing in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children.

POETRY BY NEIL ELLMAN

Neil Ellman, a poet from New Jersey, has published more than 1,000 poems in print and online journals, anthologies and chapbooks throughout the world.

THREE EKPHRASTIC POEMS

Small Worlds II

(after the lithograph by Wassily Kandinsky)

POETRY BY JOHN GREY

John Grey is an Australian born poet. Recently published in Paterson Literary Review, Southern California Review and Natural Bridge with work upcoming in New Plains Review, Leading Edge and Louisiana Literature.

ASSORTED WEAPONRY

Her dolls had
it in for me,

They used their cold stone eyes

as artillery.

POETRY BY BELINDA HUBERT

In addition to writing fiction and poetry, Belinda Hubert is currently working on a novel, titled Shrink Wrapped and a collection of short stories about life in the Midwest. She works as a clinical psychologist in a private practice in Lowell, Indiana.
http://buelasprairiepractice.blogspot.com/

POETRY BY LOWELL JAEGER

As founding editor of Many Voices Press, Lowell Jaeger compiled Poems Across the Big Sky, an anthology of Montana poets, and  New Poets of the American West, an anthology of poets from 11 Western states. He is author of five collections of poems, most recent of which is How Quickly What’s Passing Goes Past  (Grayson Books 2013).  He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Montana Arts Council and winner of the Grolier Poetry Peace Prize. Most recently Jaeger was awarded the Montana Governor’s Humanities Award for his work in promoting thoughtful civic discourse.
MANY VOICES PRESS
GRAYSON BOOKS

POETRY BY WILLIAM KECKLER

W.B. Keckler's Sanskrit of the Body won in the National Poetry Series, and was published by PENGUIN BOOKS. 

His poetry is forthcoming in Letterbox and other journals, and in the Sulfur Anthology (due out shortly from Wesleyan University Press).

POETRY FEATURES:  THE RETURNS, AN INSIGNIFICANT WOMAN, ROSEOPHILIA

POETRY BY DAMON FERRELL MARBUT

Damon Ferrell Marbut is a Southern novelist and poet. His works include the fiction title Awake in the Mad World and the poetry books, Little Human Accidents and Human Crutches. Available at Amazon.  He lives in New Orleans.

 Contact him at http://www.facebook.com/DamonFMarbut

Poems In This issue:   Mother's Day, 2014, Fragility, Reunion

POETRY BY HEATHER ROSE

Heather Rose lives in a small mountain town in Colorado with her three kids and guitar-playing husband.  She collects lots of little thoughts about living in a big world in her blog WORDS WHITTLE DOWN and is currently writing and illustrating a children's fantasy series called Knindrome.

 Featured Poems:  Rumors, Treasure Hunting, The Voice Of Should

POETRY BY TOM SHEEHAN

Tom Sheehan has 24 Pushcart Prize nominations. 375 western stories on Rope and Wire Magazine.  His published books include: In the Garden of Long Shadows, From The Quickening, A Collection Of Friends, and The Nations, about Native Americans, all available from Pocol Press.

Poetry Features:  Sign On A Wall,  The Semaphore In Sunlight Flew,  Moongate Talisman (or the short-stop remembers one put-out)

POETRY BY AM SPENCE

AM Spence was born
in Manchester
and read literature
as an undergraduate
at The University
of Manchester UK.
In 2009 she completed
her MA in creative writing
in poetry at the same university.

INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL OCTOBER 2014 ISSUE 3

OCTOBER 2014

 VOL.1  ISSUE 3

~OCTOBER FEATURES~

In This Issue...

Quick Links To Content:

ESSAY:  The Puzzlement Of Ancient Spirituality by Raymond Greiner

Indiana Voice Journal

POETRY:  By Chris Roe

POETRY:  By Gale Acuff

POETRY:  By Steve Klepetar

POETRY:  By RW Drake

POETRY:  By A. J. Huffman

PHOTO GALLERY: By Duane Locke

FICTION:  "Only Nada Lives On The Other Side Of Mountains" By Muhammad Nasrulla Khan

FLASH FICTION:  "Battery" By Mitchell Grabois

FICTION:  "Strike Not" By Scott Archer Jones

FICTION:  "Mimmi And Me In Paradise" By Peter Fraser
  
ESSAY:  "Sea-Monkey Necklace" By R.J. Fox

ART PAINTINGS:  By W. Jack Savage

  

~Or Scroll Down To Browse~ 

Essay: The Puzzlement Of Ancient Spirituality by Raymond Greiner

Raymond Greiner's writings include short stories and essays published frequently in various literary journals and magazines:  Branches magazine, La Joie Journal, Literary Yard Journal, Nib Magazine, Canary Literary Journal, Bellesprit Magazine, Freedom Journal, Grace Notes Literary Magazine. His collection of fiction and nonfiction essays titled Hinterland Journal is in the finalization process with Outskirts Press. Raymond lives in a remote area of southern Indiana in a cabin far off a lightly traveled road with his two dogs Orion and Venus.

The Puzzlement of Ancient Spirituality

                 

         Comparing ancient living design to modern society is a study in contrast. Archeological discoveries reveal ancient cultures imposed greater communal value on spirituality.  This evidence is compelling and may provide a window of opportunity for contemporary recurrence toward social harmony prevalent during early eras of human development.

Poetry by Gale Acuff

Gale's poetry has been published in Ascent, Ohio Journal, Descant, Adirondack Review, Concho River Review, Worcester Review, Maryland Poetry Review, Florida Review, South Carolina Review, Arkansas Review, Carolina Quarterly, Poem, South Dakota Review, Santa Barbara Review, Sequential Art Narrative in Education, and many other journals. He has authored three books of poetry: Buffalo Nickel (BrickHouse Press, 2004), The Weight of the World (BrickHouse, 2006), and The Story of My Lives (BrickHouse, 2008). He has taught university English in the US, China, and the Palestinian West Bank 

Last Breakfast

In Sunday School today I got saved, I

passed out, anyway, and Miss Hooker raised

me up again, not that I was dead for

real but I wasn't on my feet, either,

until she revived me--when I came to
she was slapping my cheeks, I mean on my

face, and they felt as red as her hair, her

Poetry By Steve Klepetar

 

Steve Klepetar's work has received several nominations for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.  His seventh chapbook, Return of the Bride of Frankenstein, was recently published by
 Kind of a Hurricane Press 

This feature includes a selection of three poems: 

Walking To Sauk Rapids, Just to Let You Know, I dream of dogs with bared teeth



Walking To Sauk Rapids

Walking to Sauk Rapids is not as easy as it sounds.

Yes, there’s a bridge, sweetly gray and newly built,

but finding it in this endless mist takes patience

and a strong pair of eyes.  Sonar helps - bats careen

A Selection Of Poetry by Chris Roe

Swan

Preening,

Soft, virgin white feathers,

Aware of my presence

But not of my world.

Before me, another world,

No analytic philosophy,

No targets, budgets or schedules.

No self-appraisal,

Or attempt to be

Something other than

Just part of.

Poetry: A Selection of Poetry By JW Drake

JW Drake lives and writes poetry and other things in North Carolina. He has had work published in "Nefarious Ballerina," "Red Ochre Press," "Line Zero," "Red Booth Review," and other small but extremely intelligent printed and e-publications. He will always appreciate more. 

Face Paint

I

Getting the face right depends a lot on the colors,

black may make for cruelty or laughter,

white can be happy or hateful or dead,

and red raises hopes or burns them in the fire.

Poetry: A Selection of Poetry by A.J. Huffman

A.J. Huffman has published eight solo chapbooks and one joint chapbook through various small presses.  She also has two new full-length poetry collections forthcoming, Another Blood Jet (Eldritch Press) and A Few bullets Short of Home (mgv2>publishing).  She is a Pushcart Prize nominee, and her poetry, fiction, and haiku have appeared in hundreds of national and international journals including Labletter, The James Dickey Review, Bone Orchard, EgoPHobia, Kritya, and Offerta Speciale in which her work appeared in both English and Italian translation. She is also the founding editor of Kind Of A Hurricane Press. www.kindofahurricanepress.com 

Aging in an Instant

Mirror.

Silver surface.

Keeper of self-image.

Plane reveals echoing touches

of time.

Fiction: "Only Nada Lives On The Other Side Of Mountains" by Muhammad Nasrullah Khan

Muhammad Nasrullah Khan is from Pakistan currently living in Saudi Arabia, where he is Lecturer in English at Taif University. His short stories are well recognized internationally for his unique prose style, and really naive innocence of rural life of Pakistan. His short story Donkey-Man was selected among the Notable Online Short Stories of 2003 in the StorySouth Million Writers Award. His work has appeared in Newtopia Magazine, Gowanus Books,Offcourse literary Journal University at Albany, The Raven Chronicles, and many others. He exists on twitter as @nasar_peace ,at  [email protected], [email protected],  and https://www.facebook.com/nasar.peace