Tom is a frequent contributor to IVJ. You can read more of his poetry in the October and November issues. His books are available at Pocol Press. You can read more of Tom's poetry in the October and November Issues of Indiana Voice Journal.
December 2, 2014
POETRY BY TOM SHEEHAN
Tom is a frequent contributor to IVJ. You can read more of his poetry in the October and November issues. His books are available at Pocol Press. You can read more of Tom's poetry in the October and November Issues of Indiana Voice Journal.
POETRY BY OLIVER RICE
Oliver Rice’s poems appear widely in journals and anthologies in the United States and abroad. Creekwalker released an interview with him in January, 2010. His book of poems, On Consenting to Be a Man, is published by Cyberwit and is available on Amazon. His online chapbook, Afterthoughts, Siestas, and his recording of his Institute for Higher Study appeared in Mudlark in December, 2010.
THE AWE, THE LURE
The awe, the lure, this morning, is not of the old town,
nestling by the Danube, the remains of Roman walls,
palatial spires of medieval merchants, the dark alleys,POETRY BY ATRI MAJUMDER
Atri Majumder (born 1993) resides at Kolkata, India. He is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in English Literature from University of Calcutta.He has two published anthologies-Shadow of Light(2012) and Visible Infinity(2014).
POETRY BY SIMON PERCHIK
Simon Perchik is an attorney whose poems have appeared in Partisan Review, The Nation, Poetry, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. His most recent collection is Almost Rain, published by River Otter Press (2013). For more information, free e-books and his essay titled “Magic, Illusion and Other Realities” please visit his website at
www.simonperchik.com
POETRY BY JAMES MAXWELL
James Maxwell resides in Blauvelt, NY of Rockland County. He makes a living as a special education teaching assistant during the day and writes in the evenings. James has been writing for a little over ten years but has only recently started submitting his stories and poetry for publication. His work has been featured in Cease, Cows, Walking Is Honest, and the Ijagun Poetry Journal."
POETRY AND ARTWORK 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. Her poem, Opal Lake was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. You can read more of Heather's poetry in the October Special Poetry Issue of IVJ.
December 1, 2014
FLASH FICTION BY ERIC HILL "STEWED PRUNES"
Eric Hill is fascinated with word structure from Kabala to etymology and then placing words together to form sound, color, rhythm and content; poetry becomes central focus of this interest - words magically charged.
Recently he has been published in Rain/Disaster/Party Ijagun Poetry Journal and Behhutet.
FICTION BY TOM SHEEHAN "THE BILL COLLECTOR"
FICTION BY RAYMOND GREINER "MYRNA'S STORY"
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. He is a frequent contributor to Indiana Voice Journal.
Myrna’s Story
Myrna Davis was born in 1950 and raised in an American mid western town. A beautiful child genetically influenced from her mother, combining with her quick and agile mind. Myrna was chosen homecoming queen in her high school senior year, savoring the honor and attention of this exciting event. Myrna’s formative years bore the hallmark of a living, Victorian valentine.
FICTION BY MUHAMMAD NASRULLAH KHAN "THE LADY OF REDLIGHT DISTRICT"
THE LADY OF RED LIGHT DISTRICT
Ahmad rushed toward the newspaper office, trying to avoid the stinging, dust-filled wind that seemed getting stronger with every step. It was a brief walk from the parking lot. By the time he reached the office, the other staff journalists, two women and five men, were already tucked into their cubicles like caged rats. Their eyes glued to computer screens.
FICTION BY J. MICHAEL DASHIELL "3 SECONDS"
J. Michael Dashiell lives in central Indiana. He’s had ten
short stories published that appeared in Down
in the Dirt, Bending the Curve Anthology,
Sugar Mule Literary Magazine, Defenestration, Word Riot, Projected Letters,
Thieves Jargon, The Circle Magazine, The Blue Review & The New England Writers’ Network Magazine.
Blog Address: http://romanticismunbound.blogspot.com/
3 Seconds
My friend’s car laid mangled, a 1990
Pontiac Bonneville, beige colored, four-door model, with its left back end
completely crushed, its back bumper twisted into a malicious grin, and what I
supposed was the specter of gasoline dripping from its tank. Yet I suffered no
injury, not even a broken bone or bleeding wound, just what would later
manifest itself as minor whiplash I suppose, without even a visible scratch or
bruise to provide evidence of this mishap. The car was in effect destroyed for
all practical use, yet I arose from it mysteriously renewed.
CREATIVE NONFICTION BY JOHN SPIEGEL "LIKE DAD"
John Spiegel is an English teacher in Springfield, Ohio where he shares
his love for words, beards, and the feel of vinyl records.
Like Dad
Growing
up, my father was a source of fear. I tip-toed around him whenever he slept. Whenever
we interrupted his sleep, he would jump and shout as he awoke. Too many nights
I spent in silence, revering my father’s occasionally angry voice.
ESSAY BY DONNA DOWNS "YOU OLD, GRANDMA?"
Donna Arthur Downs is an associate professor and co-chair of the Media Communication department at Taylor University. She has been full-time teaching various writing, public relations and media courses since 2001 and advises the award-winning student newspaper, The Echo. She is the mother of two faithful sons and the grandmother of two remarkable grandchildren. Downs graduated with an Ed.D from Ball State University.
You old, Grandma?
Friday night as I
lay beside my baby girl on the air mattress at the foot of the bed in
her little room upstairs, deep in thought, she began picking at my hair
with her thumb and index finger, pulling
it up, letting it go, pulling it up, letting it go strand by strand.
ESSAY BY STEPHEN MEAD "IMPRESSIONS FROM THE LAND OF VANISHED BEAUTIFUL THINGS (1)
As a writer and artist publishing for the last three decades, Stephen
Mead has finally gotten around to getting links to his poetry still
online at various zines available in one place:
http://stephenmead.weebly.com/http://www.amazon.com/Stephen-
Impressions from the Land of Vanished Beautiful Things (I)
In my
mind's eye floats a photograph. The photograph, in turn, is also the
memory of an actual door. This is how the mind can function as both
microscope and telescope; moving in, drawing back,
knobs turning lenses from blurriness to magnified clarity. Writing
this makes the whole business sound detached. Would it be too
sentimental, but also more accurate, to say that this invisible
mechanism exists in my heart, the entire DNA and cells of my
being?
CREATIVE NONFICTION BY LANCE TURNER "THEY'RE NOT LIKE OURS"
Lance Turner is a writer living in Kansas. He has had work appear in The Pierian and Touchstone. He currently works as a lecturer at the University of Kansas.
Previous publications include:
“Regression Therapy” (short
story). The Pierian, Albany State University’s Department of English,
Modern Languages and Mass Communication’s Literary Journal. Spring 2013: 70-73.
“Detour Ahead” (personal essay). Touchstone,
Kansas State University’s Department of English’s Literary Journal. Spring
2007: 41-47.
They're
Not Like Ours
Bread of the Dead
FICTION BY CARROLL SUSCO "THE TREE"
Carroll Susco holds an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh and has numerous publications. She currently teaches comp. Her chapbook True Fiction A Pseudo Autobiographical Chapbook in Three Parts is available for free at Smashwords.com
http://about.me/casusco
"The Tree"
I asked Dennis if we could get the Christmas tree, but he said he was busy. I said I knew he was busy. He said he had to study. I said I knew that. It was too early. But didn’t he want to get one? But why did I have to have one now? When then? Didn’t I understand the pressure he was under? He had to read for class.
FLASH FICTION BY JENNIFER LACHENAUER "MEMORY"
Jennifer
Lachenauer received a bachelor's degree in English from Kean University
where she earned an academic award for excellence in essay writing for
her capstone course. While actively involved in various forms of
writing, her particular passion is short fiction because of how it
combines the snap-shot like quality of a photograph with the written
word.
November 1, 2014
INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL NOVEMBER 2014 Issue 4
INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL
NOVEMBER 2014
vol.1 issue 4
~NOVEMBER FEATURES~
IN THIS ISSUE...
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Poetry By Richard Fein
Poetry By Win Harms
Poetry By Tom Sheehan
Poetry By Margaret Skalbania
Poetry By Changming Yuan
Photography By David J. Thompson
Fiction: "The Master and His Dog" By Carol Anne Adamson
Fiction: "Flittery" By Dallas Gorbett
Fiction: "An Urban Diary" By Raymond Greiner
Flash Fiction: "Exotic Doodah" By Belinda Hubert
Fiction: "Following Her Steps" By Desiree Jung
Fiction: "Foxie" By Kersie Khambatta
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vol.1 issue 4
~NOVEMBER FEATURES~
IN THIS ISSUE...
~Links to Quick Content~
Poetry By Richard Fein
Poetry By Win Harms
Poetry By Tom Sheehan
Poetry By Margaret Skalbania
Poetry By Changming Yuan
Photography By David J. Thompson
Fiction: "The Master and His Dog" By Carol Anne Adamson
Fiction: "Flittery" By Dallas Gorbett
Fiction: "An Urban Diary" By Raymond Greiner
Flash Fiction: "Exotic Doodah" By Belinda Hubert
Fiction: "Following Her Steps" By Desiree Jung
Fiction: "Foxie" By Kersie Khambatta
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PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY "MIDWEST" BY DAVID J. THOMPSON
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| At the grave of Jimi Hendrix |
David J. Thompson's photos have appeared in a number of journals both in print and on-line. He lived in Detroit from 1997 until last October. He has been traveling since then.
Please visit his photo website at ninemilephoto.com.
POETRY BY CHANGMING YUAN
Yuan Changming, an 8-time Pushcart nominee, is the most widely published poetry author who speaks Mandarin but writes English. Tutoring and co-editing Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan in Vancouver, Changming has poetry appearing in 919 literary publications across 30 countries, including Best Canadian Poetry (2009,12,14), BestNewPoemsOnline and Threepe
poetrypacific.blogspot.ca
http://yuanspoetry.blogspot.
Another Seascape
A dolphin jumping high above the horizon
A gull charging down right towards the ocean
A double focus of nature
But a single moment of anti-self
POETRY BY MARGARET SKALBANIA
Margaret Skalbania lives in Lublin. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. She paints, draws and writes. Her book of poetry has been recognized as one of the twenty best printed in Poland in 2013. Magaret translates her poetry herself.
departed poet
without the complex to the west
he took with him was inherited from the other poets lower case's outlook
narrow way of thinking about the historical naivety
divinity of their ancestors
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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/
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.
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.
October 18, 2014
INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL SPECIAL POETRY ISSUE
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"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
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