Donal Mahoney, a native of Chicago, lives in St. Louis, Missouri. His fiction and poetry have appeared in various publications, including The Wisconsin Review, The Kansas Quarterly, The South Carolina Review, The Christian Science Monitor, The Chicago Tribune and Commonweal. Some of his work can be found at http://eyeonlifemag.com/the-poetry-locksmith/donal-mahoney-poet.html#sthash.OSYzpgmQ.dpbs=
March 4, 2016
Three Poems By Des Mannay: "The New Rock'n'Roll", "Vignettes and Alcohol", "Advertisement Feature"
Des Mannay is the recent winner of the 'rethinkyourmind' poetry
competition (2015). Placed 2nd in the Disability Arts Cymru poetry
Competition 2015. 'Gold Award' winner in the Creative Futures Literary
Awards (2015). Shortlisted for the erbacce-prize for poetry 2015.
Shortlisted in the Welsh Poetry Competition 2015. "Focused on
hard-hitting social issues. Des Mannay’s ‘And the Dead Shall Rise’
expressed his disgust at a fracking company in Wrexham purchasing the
site of a mine disaster still classed as an official gravesite , whilst
‘Would that I have died that night’ was inspired by a letter he had read
on the issue of assisted suicide. These were poems which made a
statement, and his last words - “Beware as prejudice becomes dressed as
rights”' (Sabotage Reviews).
Three Poems By Joan McNerney: "Jazz", "Night Waltz", "Query"
Joan
McNerney’s poetry has been included in numerous literary magazines such
as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Camel Saloon, Blueline,
Poppy Road Review, Spectrum, three Bright Hills Press Anthologies and
several Kind of A Hurricane Publications. She has been nominated three
times for Best of the Net.
Three Poems By Sultana Raza: "Stoned Arias", "Expunging Spell", "Interpreting Notes"
Of Indian origin, Sultana Raza has an M.A. in
English Literature. Her articles have appeared in Flick Feast (UK), Sound on
Sight (USA), the Peter Roe Series (Tolkien Society UK), Le Jeudi, the Wort and
paperjam in English and French.
Sultana Raza’s
poems have appeared in Ancient Heart Magazine (Australia), India Currents (USA), London Grip (UK), Literary
Gazette (USA), Caduceus (Ed. Yale University, USA), Beyond Bree, (an
American MENSA newsletter), the Peter Roe Series, (Tolkien Society UK), The Whirlwind Review (USA), Silver Leaves
Journal #5 (Canada), Muse
India, and The
New Verse News. Recently, more have been published in Catch and
Release (Columbia’s online Journal). More are to appear in Allegro. About: http://sultanaraza.com/about/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
A Poem By Anthony Sarch: "Piano Lover"
Poet/Author,\born 1969 in Chicago,living now in Naperville ILL,Cancer survivor I have two sons that live with their mothers,been writing since I was 15 and stop for a while,then took it back up again 10 years ago,I have published so far 11 books,8 are poetry and 3 short stories,I'm a member of a site called allpoetry since 2012 under the username Anthony Sarch as well a second account on allpoetry under Tony Sarch I run several groups on that site I also run 6 poetry groups on facebook
also have my own webpage to promote my books and work at www.anthonysarch.wix.com/
also have my own webpage to promote my books and work at www.anthonysarch.wix.com/
Three Poems By Judith Skillman: "May Rains", "Friday Mass", "A La Prima "
Judith Skillman’s recent book is House of Burnt Offerings, Pleasure Boat Studio. Her work has appeared in Cimarron Review, J Journal, Seneca Review, Tampa Review, Prairie Schooner, FIELD, The Iowa Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. Awards include an Eric Mathieu King Fund grant from the Academy of American Poets. Visit www.judithskillman.com
Poems By Tim Staley: "On the Cusp of Snow and Thaw", "Daddy Daughter Campout", "Folk Rock Flophouse"
Tim Staley was born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1975. He
completed a Poetry MFA from New Mexico State University in 2004. He serves as
publisher of Grandma Moses Press. His first full-length poetry collection, Lost On My Own Street, is forthcoming
from Pski’s Porch Publishing. His newest chapbook, The Most Honest Syllable Is Shhh, is forthcoming from Night Ballet
Press. Journal publications include
Border Senses, Cacti Fur, Canary, Chiron Review, Circumference, and RHINO: The Poetry Forum. His hobbies
include thinking, taquitos, and waiting. Actually, just taquitos. He lives with his wife and daughter in Las
Cruces, New Mexico. Find him online at www.poetstaley.com
Three Poems By Harry Youtt: "New Melody", "Music Lesson", "How The Music First Began"
Harry
Youtt is a frequently published poet and writer of short fiction, twice
nominated for Pushcart prizes. He is the author of several poetry collections
and chapbooks. He is also a long-time instructor in the UCLA Ext. Writers’
Program, where he teaches courses and workshops in fiction writing, poetry and
memoir.
Visual Art: Photography By Fabrice Poussin
Fabrice Poussin is assistant professor of French and English at Shorter
University, Rome, Georgia. Author of novels and poetry, his work has
appeared in France at La Pensee Universelle, and in the United States in
Kestrel. He is also a published photographer.
Fiction By David Dominé : "The Music Box"
David
Dominé holds an MFA from Spalding University and teaches at
Indiana University Southeast in New Albany. His current projects include
a collection of linked short stories titled Eating Matches, an
allusion to the sad Victorian habit of women swallowing matches as a
way to commit suicide. "The Music Box" is one of the stories from this
collection.
Fiction By Scott Thomas Outlar: "And Then There Was Sound (God's Opera)"
Scott Thomas Outlar hosts the site 17Numa.wordpress.com
where links to his poetry and fiction can be found. His words have
appeared recently in venues such as Yellow Chair Review, Poetry
Quarterly, Tuck Magazine, and Dead Snakes. Scott's chapbook "Songs of a
Dissident" was released in 2015 through Transcendent Zero Press and is available on Amazon.
Fiction By Harry Youtt: "Adagio for Flute"
Harry Youtt is a frequently published poet and writer of short fiction,
twice nominated for Pushcart prizes. He is the author of several poetry
collections and chapbooks. He is also a long-time instructor in the UCLA
Ext. Writers’ Program, where he teaches courses and workshops in
fiction writing, poetry and memoir.
Music Review By Jennifer Criss: "Joshua Powell and the Great Train Robbery"
Jennifer Criss graduated from Ball State
University with a minor in Creative Writing, a life long passion. She is
currently collaborating on an anthology for older adults and helps lead a
writing support group. Jennifer writes mostly short
stories but has discovered a love for writing poetry. Her poetry has been published in Poebita Magazine. She now works at Ball State, is a busy mother of two girls, but her pen keeps
moving. She is an editorial assistant with Indiana Voice Journal.
Creative Nonfiction/Essay By Alex Beckman of Video Grave: "The Making of a Band"
Alex Beckman is a freshman at Ball State University. He and his band, Video Grave, play shows as much they can in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. Check them out here:
Creative Nonfiction/Memoir By Nina Fosati: "Spoons"
Nina Fosati has always been a storyteller. At 58,
she believed she was too old to be a writer. Then physical and mental
limitations struck, and she decided she had to try. Finding she no
longer functions well in the world, she uses impairment as the
inspiration for many of her stories.
A fledgling
author, Nina is a member of the Hamburg Writers’ Group. With their
encouragement, she started shopping her stories around. To date, they
have been chosen for two anthologies: “Tales of Our Lives: Reflection
Pond,” and “The Spoon Knife Anthology.” Nina invites you to follow her
on Facebook.
Creative Nonfiction/Essay By Lynda McKinney Lambert: "When I Begin my Day with Mozart"
Lynda
McKinney Lambert is a retired fine arts and humanities professor from Geneva
College, Beaver Falls, PA. She
resides in a small village in western Pennsylvania with her husband, Bob, 4 cats
and 2 dogs. Lynda is the author of
Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage, published by Kota Press. She writes
articles on the humanities, contemporary poetry and inspirational
human interest stories. Her teaching career took her to Europe each
summer where she taught drawing and writing to college students.
Visual Art: Photography By Chris McCown
Chris McCown
first started doing photography during his tour with the US Navy on
35mm film in the mid 90's. He wanted to accurately capture some of the
amazing places he was visiting, and taught himself photography. Since
then, he has shot tens of thousands of photos, and taught himself what
works and what looks good after opening the shutter. In more recent
years, he has been on call for concerts, portraits, and weddings in his
local area of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Regardless, he has a love affair with
the lens, and can often times be seen out and about taking photos of
whatever happens to catch his eye, just for the enjoyment of it.
February 15, 2016
Issue #19 Special Edition~From the Heart of Cape Town, South Africa: Poets Respond to Visual Artist "Shameeg van Schalkwyk"
Indiana Voice Journal
Issue #19
February 15, 2016
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| "Deforestation" by Shameeg van Schalkwyk |
Welcome to this Special Ekphrastic Edition of Indiana Voice Journal. This issue was inspired by an introduction to self-taught visual artist Shameeg van Schalkwyk through a mutual friend and poet, Don Beukes.
Shameeg is an impressive young artist living in an oppressed, gang-riddled area on the Cape Flats in South Africa. His dream is to study art, and to learn techniques and terminology from a professional mentor or attend art school. In Shameeg's own words, "I want to make people smile when they look at my work, and I want to teach other young people who are interested in art."
I invited a teacher from the area, Jacquelyn Kruger, to share what it's like educating children on the Cape Flats. She generously responded with a personal essay about the challenges and the rewards of teaching, while providing insight into daily life on the Capes.
The poets appearing in this issue were each sent a variety of Shameeg's paintings, given a very short deadline, and an invitation to respond. I'd like to thank each one of them for rising to the challenge and responding in such a powerful way. Those invited include: David Allen, Elizabeth Brooks, Don Beukes, Scott Thomas Outlar, and Bruce Owens.
My heartfelt thanks go out to everyone participating, reading, and sharing in this issue.
~Janine Pickett, Editor
Introducing Visual Artist Shameeg van Schalkwyk
An Essay by Jacqueline Kruger: "Teaching on the Cape Flats"
Poet David Allen Responds to "Deforestation"
Poet Elizabeth Brooks Responds to "Image Defined"
Poet Don Beukes Responds to "Entangled"
Poet Scott Thomas Outlar Responds To "Crown of Water" and "Talking to the Moon"
Poet Bruce Owens Responds To: "Talking To The Moon"
Poet Janine Pickett Responds To: "Distress"
Introducing Visual Artist Shameeg van Schalkwyk
out the artist whose images grace this issue of Indiana Voice Journal
Poet Don Beukes Responds to "Entangled"
Poems: The Ghetto Chronicals, Child of Colour, and Belhar High 1985
Poet Scott Thomas Outlar Responds To "Crown of Water" and "Talking to the Moon"
Poems: Abdicating The Throne and A Sliver of Salvation
February 2, 2016
February 2016 Issue #18
Is the lady in the painting waving goodbye to her dreary past and arriving into a future yet unborn the second she turns around? Or is she waving hello and getting ready to plunge into the dark and mysterious unknown? What do you perceive? Who is she? Where is she coming from, or where is she going? What's her story? This painting bothers me...I will give 25.00 and publication in the April issue to the best short fiction in 1,000 words or less. In the subject line of your email write: Fiction The Wave. Deadline: February 28, 2016.
Greetings and thank you to all our friends for gracing this issue of Indiana Voice Journal with your words, your beauty, and your voice. Our new friends include: David Allen- poetry editor, Jennifer Criss-editorial assistant, Linda Lichte Cook, Angel Edwards, Edilson Afonso Ferreira, Matthew Fort, Mark Luebbers, Alice Massa, Valerie Muensterman, Melissa Parietti, Christopher Stolle, Jenny Sturgill, Ajise Vincent, and Jocelyn Zarco. Our returning friends are: Elizabeth Brooks, Valentina Cano, Isabel Chenot, JD DeHart, David Domine, Ken Allan Dronsfield, Eric Hill, Belinda Hubert, Raymond Greiner, Ananya S Guha, Adam Matson, Arthur Powers, Cecilia Soprano, and L.D. Zane.
This issue is dedicated to my mom, with love. Happy Birthday, Dorothy Marie Patterson
(Feb. 2, 1942-Jan. 27, 2002)~Janine Pickett
POETRY
David Allen, Elizabeth Brooks, Valentina Cano, Isabel Chenot, Linda Lichte Cook, Jennifer Criss, JD DeHart, David Domine, Ken Allan Dronsfield, Angel Edwards, Edilson Afonso Ferreira, Ananya Guha, Mark Luebbers, Alice Massa,Valerie Muensterman, Melissa Parietti, Arthur Powers, Cecilia Soprano, Christopher Stolle, Ajise Vincent, Jocelyn Zarco
FICTION
Ken Allen Dronsfield, Matthew Fort, Belinda Hubert, Adam Matson, Jenny Sturgill
CNF/ESSAY
Elizabeth Brooks, Ken Allan Dronsfield, Raymond Greiner, Arthur Powers,
L.D. Zane
VISUAL ART
Eric Hill
Six Poems By David Allen: "Tellin' Ruth Ellen", "As My Love Lay Declining", "Her Legs", "My Love", "Turned Into Us", "You Who"
David Allen is poet and freelance writer living in Central Indiana. He is a retired journalist with 36 years on newspapers in Virginia, and the Far East, the last 19 years as Guam and Okinawa Bureau Chief for Stars and Stripes, the daily newspaper for the American military community overseas. He has been published in several on-line poetry magazines and has two books of poetry, “The Story So Far” and “(more),” both available from Amazon. He has been married to his Muse, Ruth Ellen, for 27 years.
A Poem and CNF By Elizabeth Brooks: "Look at Me", "How I Met Your Father"
Elizabeth Brooks resides in Tampa, Florida. She is originally from Trinidad and Tobago. A lover of life, family,
friends, a good book, lots of laughter and continues
to grow in her faith and accept many challenges. She is a librarian by profession
and a part-time reference librarian at Saint Leo University, St. Leo
Florida. She continues to enjoy reading and sharing her poems with many, at events in Tampa Bay.
Five Poems by Valentina Cano: "Milton", "Birthday, 2015", "Self-Portrait", "A Thought", "The Sea"
Valentina Cano is a
student of classical singing who spends whatever free time she has
either reading or writing. Her works have appeared in numerous
publications and her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize
and Best of the Web. Her debut novel, The Rose Master, was published in
2014 and was called a "strong and satisfying effort" by Publishers Weekly.
Three Poems By Isabel Chenot: "Lullabye", "To a Historian", "Noah's Ark"
Isabel
has had poetry appear previously in Indiana Voice Journal, The Penwood
Review, and Anima Poetry Journal among other places: a poetry collection
is forthcoming from Anima Poetry Press.
A Poem by Linda Lichte Cook: "Flat Land"
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| By Cassidy Marie |
Linda Cook is an author, archivist,
professional genealogist, and certified librarian assistant. She earned
a Bachelor's in Education from Milligan College, and Master's in
Education from Indiana Wesleyan University. She taught for 12 years in
the public school system. Following her passion for genealogy and
archives, Linda obtained additional certification in Genealogical
Research from Boston University.
Five Poems And Artwork By Jennifer Criss: "At the end of the line", "It takes so little", "Mother", "Awake","Full Circle"
Three Poems By JD DeHart: "Den", "Famine", "A Guide For The End"
JD DeHart is a writer and teacher. His chapbook, The Truth About Snails, is available from RedDashboard.
Three Poems By David Domine: "Snowflakes", "Hunting", "Daedalus in the Milking Barn, on a Winter’s Day"
Flash Fiction andThree Poems By Ken Allan Dronsfield: "Saga of the Four Wolves", "Flawed", "Tear in the Mist", "Youthful Flame"
Three Poems By Angel Edwards: "Pensive Mood", "December Morning", "Tree Arms at My Window"
Angel
Edwards, a member of SOCAN, BMI and VMA owns a small music publishing
company. A dozen of her songs are published by Saddlestone Publishing. She
currently performs as a solo acoustic electric singer songwriter
guitarist. Her poems have been published in numerous magazines and journals. Angel is preparing her first book of poetry and short stories and has one completed fantasy novella.She is seeking a publisher for her works. http://www.reverbnation.com/
Three Poems By Edilson Afonso Ferreira: "Blessings", "Rebirth", "Silent Witnesses"
Mr.
Ferreira is a Brazilian poet who writes in English rather than Portuguese, in
order to reach more people. Has been
published in four printed British Anthologies, online or printed reviews like
Cyclamens and Swords, Right Hand Pointing, Boston Poetry Magazine, The Lake,
The Stare’s Net, The Provo Canyon, Amomancies, Snapdragon, The Gambler,
Whispers and some others. Short listed in four American Poetry Contests, lives
in a small town with wife, three sons and a granddaughter and began writing
after retirement as a Bank Manager. He is collecting his works for a
forthcoming book. See more at www.edilsonmeloferreira.
Two Poems By Ananya S Guha: "Distress Buying,Selling...", "Flowers"
Ananya S Guha lives in Shillong in North East India. He has been writing and publishing poetry for the last thirty years.
Three Poems By Mark Luebbers: "Ars Poetica", "Apiarium", "Walking Stick"
http://cargocollective.com/
A Poem By Alice Jane-Marie Massa: "Immigrant from Indiana"
After
earning
master’s degrees from Indiana State University and Western
Michigan
University and teaching for 25 years, Alice Jane-Marie Massa
retired from
teaching writing and public speaking at a Wisconsin technical
college. Alice invites you
to visit her blog: http://alice13wordwalk.
Three Poems By Valerie Muensterman: "Blood Moon", "If We're Being Honest", "Peaches"
Three Poems By Melissa Parietti: "Music Box", "Holy Wafer", "Deadly Arrow"
Melissa Parietti is a writer from Long Island who has produced poems, short stories, novels, and business literature. Find Melissa on Twitter @MelissaParie.
Five Poems And CNF Flash By Arthur Powers: "Frontier", "Harvard Yard", "Men Outlined Against The Sun", "New York City, 1928", "Wisconsin Pastoral", "The Lesson"
Arthur Powers is from Illinois. In 1969 he went to Brazil as a
Peace Corps Volunteer and lived most of his adult life there. From 1985
to 1992 he and his wife lived in the Brazilian Amazon, working with
subsistence farmers in a region of violent land conflicts; through his
experience with the farmers, Arthur came to appreciate more deeply his
own Midwestern heritage.
A Poem and Visual Art By Cecilia Soprano: "Thoughts In February"
Three Poems By Christopher Stolle: "Returning To Satchmo's Sanctuary", "Cycling Through-Midwest Poem Song", "next to of course john lennon judy garland i"
Christopher Stolle’s poetry has appeared in more than 100 magazines in several countries, including Labyrinth (Indiana University Honors Program), The Plaza (Japan), El-Shaddai (Singapore), Poetechniciens (England), Ultimate Ceasefire (Australia), and recently or forthcoming in the Burningword Literary Journal, the Tipton Poetry Journal, Flying Island, Writing Raw, Branches, and Snapdragon, and in three anthologies (In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself [volumes 1 and 4; 1997 and 2002] and Reckless Writing [2012]). He has also published two nonfiction books with Coaches Choice: 101 Leadership Lessons From Baseball’s Greatest Managers (2013) and 101 Leadership Lessons From Basketball’s Greatest Coaches (2016). He works as a development editor for Penguin Random House, and he lives in Indianapolis.
Three Poems By Ajise Vincent: "Story Story", "Metamorphosis", "Why?"
Ajise Vincent is a Nigerian Poet. His poem “Song of a Progeny” was a
shortlisted poem at the Korea- Nigeria Poetry feast, 2015. His works
have been published in London grip magazine, Kalahari Review, Sakonfa
literary magazine, AfricanWriter, Indian periodical, I Am Not a Silent
Poet, Afrikana ng, Poetry Pacific, The Poet Community, Whispers,
Commonline Journal, Novel Afrique, Black Boy Review, Tuck Magazine and
various literary outlets. He is currently finishing up a major in
Economics at the University
Fiction By Matthew Fort: "Hemispheres"
Matthew Fort teaches American literature and rhetoric at Central Lakes
College in Central Minnesota. As the son of an underground miner, his
stories explore the joys, sorrows, and dreams of people who live in
small, mining towns, similar to the one he grew up in as a child.
Flash Fiction By Belinda Hubert: "Edges"
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