Kika Dorsey: Three poems, including, "Yggdrasil"

Kika Dorsey grew up in South Bend, Indiana, and now resides in Boulder, Colorado. Her poetry has been published in numerous journals, and her chapbook, Beside Herself, was published by Flutter Press in 2010. Her book, Rust, is coming out next year with Word Tech Editions. 

Follow this link to read a recent poem published in the Dr. T.J. Eckleburg Review, "In Berlin":

http://thedoctortjeckleburgreview.com/product/poetry-in-berlin/

Lubaba Faisal: "The Mirror Play"

I can describe my self as an author by passion, just grabbed my pen and decided to become a writer. I have graduated from engineering faculty but never felt as an engineer sometimes I wonder why did I pick that major. So I decided to turn back the time because it's never too late. That's how I became a writer. My only published work is on my blog but I am currently sending to different magazines.

 https://thatvoicewithinme.wordpress.com/

Krista Genevieve Farris: Three Poems, "First Grade Secret Santa Gift from a Boy I Might Have Loved"

Krista Genevieve Farris grew up a Hoosier, but now lives in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley with her husband and three sons. She has an MA in Anthropology from Indiana University and a BA in English and Anthropology from Albion College.  

Links to her recent writing can be found at her writer’s website https://kristagenevievefarris.wordpress.com/ .

Allison Grayhurst: Three Poems, "Crystal dark"

 

Allison Grayhurst is a member of the League of Canadian Poets. She has over 450 poems published in international journals and anthologies. She has eleven published books of poetry and five collections, as well as six chapbooks and one e-chapbook;  www.allisongrayhurst.com   

Belinda Hubert: Four Poems, "Easy Mom"

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. Belinda is a frequent contributor to Indiana Voice Journal.
http://buelasprairiepractice.blogspot.com/

Christina Johnson: Three Poems, "The Soul"

Christina A. Johnson is an author living and writing in southern New Hampshire. She explores in her poetry themes of identity, alienation, and relationship.

Link to Website:

http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00JRDFE70

 

Becca Lamarre: Three Poems, "Every Time I Push Through a Door"

Becca Lamarre grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana, and still grows nostalgic for the town's many railroad crossings and the distinct smell of it's paper mills. She holds a MA in Higher Education and a BS in Psychology from Ball State University and her fascination with human behavior and motivations strongly influences her writing. She currently lives in Chicago with her family where she is working on her first full-length poetry collection. A sample of her work is forthcoming in Poetry Pacific.

Jessica Wiseman Lawrence: Three Poems, "Lie"

Jessica Wiseman Lawrence lives in rural central Virginia. She has had work published in Silver Birch Press, and has poetry currently upcoming in Hermeneutic Chaos Literary Journal and The Activity Report. Her work focuses on relationships, motherhood, poverty, and nature through examinations of a central image or thought. She also has an interest in earth science and biology. 

Sylvia McCullough: Three Poems, "The Deer"

I am recently retired to the Traverse City area after an eclectic career of part time teaching, antiques dealing, and volunteering with the homeless in Phoenix, Arizona.  I have been married to a wonderful man for the past thirty-seven years, am an avid gardener, amateur photographer, great cook, and reader and writer of poetry. 

Carol Moon: "A Kiss That Surpasses All Understanding"

Carol Moon is a librarian and instructor of German at Saint Leo University. In her spare time, she studies creative writing, and hopes to do a doctorate in Poetry some day soon!

E.F. Schraeder: Three Poems, "Creative Thought"

E.F. Schraeder's creative work has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies including Voluted Tales, Hoax, Haz Mat Review, Lavender Review, Corvus Magazine, Carnival of the Damned, and others. Author of a poetry chapbook, The Hunger Tree, Schraeder studied the humanities in graduate school and has an interdisciplinary Ph.D.  Find more online at www.efschraeder.com 

 

Cecilia Soprano: Two Poems, "The Rocking Horse"

Cecilia Soprano lives in Westchester County and makes her living as an organic gardener and artist.   Her poems and artwork have been published in La Joie magazine and UC at Santa Barbara among others.  Her artwork is often featured on the covers of Inner Directions magazine.

She is a member of the Greenwich Art Society and the Katonah Museum Art Association.  She has published three small books and has had several one woman art exhibits.  Her love of nature and gardening provides the space for uninterrupted inspiration.  Her intention is to make images and words that describe beauty and uplift the human spirit.   My art is about making the simple sacred and the ordinary extra-ordinary.  

"The reason why we exist is to remember why we exist and to realize our interconnectedness with all things."    WEBSITE:  www.Amichiart.com or CeciliaSoprano.com

Lisa Strohl: "A Secret Love Poem"

Lisa is a new graduate from Purdue University Calumet with a BA in Arts (Spanish International Studies). She is just getting her life started and writing is something she loves to do.

 

www.linkedin.com/in/lisamariestrohl11

Sarah Thursday: Three Poems, "What I Mean When I Say Run"

Sarah Thursday is a advocate of local poetry, runs a Long Beach-focused poetry website called CadenceCollective.net, co-hosts a monthly reading and started Sadie Girl Press. Her first full-length poetry collection, All the Tiny Anchors, is available now. 

Find and follow her on SarahThursday.com, Facebook (FB/SarahThursdaypoet), or Twitter @thursdaypoet.

Rachel Watson: Three Poems, “Dinah’s Dream”

I am a blogger at RachelEWatson.com, and writer of poetry, fiction, and essays; I draw inspiration from my formative years spent in rural mid-Michigan, my evangelical Christian upbringing, and my current life in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, where I live with my husband and two rowdy cats.

My nonfiction work has been published in Campus Voices: A Student-to-Student Guide to College Living, Feathers & Leaves 2009: A Publication of the Cornerstone University English Society, and The Greenville Daily News in Greenville, Michigan.

Hiromi Yoshida: Three Poems, "Last Supper in Terre Haute"

Hiromi Yoshida is a winner of multiple Indiana University Writers' Conference awards. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Clockwise Cat, Work Literary Magazine, The Rain, Party, & Disaster Society, Borderline, Evergreen Review, Bathtub Gin, Flying Island, and the Matrix anthologies of literary and visual arts.

Judy Beaston: "Selfies With Willa"

Judy Beaston lives in northwest Oregon where the weather and people suit her muse. She enjoys the challenge of flash fiction, weaving layers of experience between and behind the story told.

Her flash stories have appeared at WritersType, WOW-Women on Writing and The Writers' Mill Journal.

Blog - judybnotes.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Challinor: "Seasons" and "A Tale From Inside"

Writing is both a passion and profession for Elizabeth Challinor who works as an anthropologist, with a special interest in Cape Verde. She is also co-editor and writer on an internet site called PopAnth which writes popular anthropology for everyone. You may see her articles here: http://popanth.com/people/elizabeth-p-challinor/



 

DH Hanni: "Training Day"

DH Hanni has been published in online magazines such Hidden Animals, the Copperfield Review, and the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable. Her work has also appeared in print in LocoThology 2013: Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction anthology and in the upcoming First Contact Café anthology. Currently she resides in South Carolina. You can find DH Hanni at dhhanni.net or on Facebook. 

Gwendolyn Kiste: "Violet The Baker"

Gwendolyn Kiste is a horror and fantasy writer based in Pennsylvania. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous publications including LampLight, Danse Macabre, Electric Spec, 99 Pine Street, and Saturday Night Reader.

Her short fiction story "Tingo" can be found in the April issue of IVJ.

You can find her at www.gwendolynkiste.com and on Twitter (@GwendolynKiste).