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 latest book, "Queenie; a novella" is available on Amazon. 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.
June 3, 2016
Fiction by Raymond Greiner: "Finding Level"
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 latest book, "Queenie; a novella" is available on Amazon. 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.
Fiction by Charles E.J. Moulton: "Those Who Still Incarnate"
CHARLES E.J. MOULTON has been a stage performer since age eleven. His trilingual, artistic
upbringing, as the son of Gun Kronzell and Herbert Moulton, lead to a
hundred stage productions, countless cross-over concerts, work as a
bandleader and as an acting teacher. He is a regular contributor for
Idea Gems, has written for Shadows Express, Cover of Darkness, Vocal
Images and Pill Hill Press. He is a tourguide, a big-band-vocalist, a
filmmaker, a painter, a voice-over-speaker, a translator, is married and
has a daughter. Charles E.J. Moulton's passion is creative versatility. His short story collection, Aphrodite's Curse: 21 Tales of Love and Terror can be purchased by clicking the link. Homepages: http://www.reverbnation.com/charlesejmoulton/
Fiction by Bill Pruitt: "Damnation"
I am a fiction writer, storyteller and poet, and an Assistant Editor with Narrative Magazine. I have published poems in such places as Ploughshares, Anderbo.com and Cottonwood and in upcoming issues of Off Course, Otis Nebula and Literary Juice; two chapbooks with White Pine and FootHills; and self-published Walking Home from the Eastman House. I have told stories in various places in Rochester and upstate New York, including the National Women’s Hall of Fame. My story “My Cousin Gabe” appears in a recent issue of Crack the Spine Literary Magazine.
Essay by Jeremy DaCruz: "The Econlockhatchee River"
I am a recent graduate of the University of Central Florida with a
degree in Psychology. I am currently living in Managua, Nicaragua
working at a community center for people with disabilities. My days are
divided between working at the disabilities center,
writing and exploring the beautiful complicated country that is
Nicaragua. My work has been published in Mountain Xpress and The Drunken
Odyssey.
Essay by Bernie Brown: "Pray for Me: Memories of Bible Camp at Lake Okoboji"
I am blissfully retired in Raleigh, NC where I read, write, cook, and watch birds. I have had several short stories and essays published in print and online journals, most recently Moderrn Creative Life, Clever, Tales from a Small Planet, and The Raleigh News and Observer. My most ambitious goal is to publish at least one novel in the next few years. bablossom.wix.com/bernie-
Essay by Lynda McKinney Lambert: "Girl on a Bench Sees Visions of Butterflies"
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, 6 cats
and 2 dogs (all rescues). Even though our 5
children are grown and gone, the house is still full with all the little furry
friends we care for.
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. She also taught a course in Puerto Rico every spring semester. . Lynda
lost her vision in 2007 due to Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. Many of her stories
give an inner view of her personal life experiences since that life-altering
event.
Lynda loves
to write, knit. and travel. Lynda holds earned degrees in fine arts (BFA and
MFA) and English literature (MA).
CNF/Essay by Toti O'Brien: "The Salmon and the Bear"
Toti O’Brien’s work has appeared in Intrinsick, Alebrijes, Entropy and Random Sample, among other journals and anthologies. More can be found at totihan.net/writer.html
May 4, 2016
May 2016, Issue #22
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| COVER ART-PAINTING BY ALLEN FORREST |
Welcome to the May edition of IVJ. Many new and returning friends have dropped in to lend their voice to this issue, so please join us in welcoming them. I believe it is a fantastic issue full of beauty, light, growth, and truth. To all our service members, past and present...Thank you, and Happy Memorial Day. To every person raising, nurturing, and loving our children...Thank you, and Happy Mother's Day!
A special thanks to Allen Forrest for contributing his georgous painting for our cover page.
A Mother's Day Special Essay and an invitation from Elizabeth Brooks: "The Call of the Child"
Sheika A, David Bankson, Mary E. Bone, Douglas G. Campbell, Edilson A. Ferreira, Geosi Gyasi, Joan Higuchi, Damien Irwin, Dr. Emory Jones, Lynda McKinney Lambert, Mankh, Alice Jane-Marie Massa, Carole Mertz, Milton Montague, Shirley Pearson, Sunil Sharma, Tom Sheehan, Casey Vittimberga
Allen Forrest
NON-FICTION/ESSAY/MEMOIR
Elizabeth Brooks, Bruce F. Rosen, Bill Vernon
FICTION
J. Andrew Goss, Belinda Hubert, Jacqueline Masumian, Patric Mauzy, Philip E. Temples
Three Poems by Sheika A: "Blue Dawn at Koh Samui", "Fire at Koh Samui", "One cannot write about shadows"
Sheikha A. is from Pakistan and United Arab Emirates. Her work appears in a variety of literary venues across quarter-ways of the globe, that can be accessed on her blog sheikha82.wordpress.com
Three Poems By David Bankson: "How to Live Off the Land", "Driftwood", "I am a War Criminal"
David is a full-time autodidact with a lifelong passion for poetry, philosophy, and linguistics. His works have been featured online at Thank you for Swallowing, Walking is Still Honest, and I Am Not a Silent Poet. His greatest influences are John Ashbery and William Carlos Williams, though he's secretly quite fond of Shel Silverstein. More of his work can be found at https://www.facebook.com/davidthewordsmith
Three Poems by Mary E. Bone: "The Rose", "My Trip to the Petaluma", "The Falcon"
Mary Bone has had poems published in magazines, journals and newspapers. Her most recent poem was featured at Poebita Poetry magazine. Another recent poetry acceptance was from the Oklahoma Today magazine. My poem, ”Other Warriors”, will appear in their July/August magazine.
Three Poems by Douglas G. Campbell: "Fathers’ Words", "Hayden Pond, Rain, November 11", "Broken Steps"
I live in Portland, Oregon. I am a retired professor of art at George Fox University where I taught painting, printmaking, drawing and art history courses for over 20 years. I am also the author of Seeing: When Art and Faith Intersect (2002) and Parktails (2012). My poetry and artworks have been published in a number of periodicals including Carcinogenic Poetry, Borderlands, RiverSedge, Rockhurst Review and In the Teeth of the Wind. My artwork is represented in collections such as The Portland Art Museum, Oregon State University, Ashforth Pacific, Inc. and George Fox University. www.douglascampbellart.com
Two Poems By Edilson A. Ferreira: "Moments", "Money, As Viewed By A Poet"
Mr. Ferreira is a Brazilian poet published (or upcoming to) in venues like Right Hand Pointing, Boston Poetry Magazine, The Lake, The Stare’s Nest, The Provo Canyon, Red Wolf Journal, Subterranean Blue, Highland Park Poetry, Whispers, West Ward Quarterly, Indiana Voice Journal, Synesthesia, Dead Snakes and various others. Short listed in four American Poetry Contests, lives in a small town with wife, three sons and a granddaughter and is collecting his works for a forthcoming book.
Two Poems By Geosi Gyasi: "War Against You", "Mother's Tears"
"Geosi Gyasi is a book blogger, reader, writer, and interviewer. His work has appeared or forthcoming in Visual Verse, Verse-Virtual, Piker Press, Misty Review, Silver Birch PRESS, Linden Avenue, Expound, Tuck Magazine and elsewhere. He is the author of the forthcoming book, “Geosi Interviews Fifty Writers Worldwide” (2016) from Lamar University Press Books in Texas, U.S. He is the winner of the 2015 Ake/Air France Prize for Prose. He blogs at http://www.geosireads.wordpress.com"
Three Poems By Joan Higuchi: "Rags", "Rhapsody", "Claiming Marianne"
Joan (Kirchgessner) Higuchi, an RN and frequently published poet from Long Island New York was awarded first prize in a category of The Writer's Digest contest shortly after she resumed writing after her retirement twenty-five years ago. Her work had originally been published while she was a student, but was deferred while she and her husband Paul raised their two daughters and she pursued her career. She additionally won the "Miracles" competition sponsored by the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association and successive top prizes in the Performance Poets Association contests. Publication of a collection related to her experiences in the field of Mental Health is in process and her first chapbook of nature poems, "A World of Small Things Singing" (Finishing Line Press) is available on Amazon.com.
Three Poems By Damien Irwin: "Learning to Meditate", "He Knew No Haste", "Ars Poetica After You"
Damien Irwin currently resides in Fort Smith AR. He is a native of Eastern Oklahoma who grew up in the foothills of the Ozarks. His poetry and fiction have been published in Applause.
Three Poems By Dr. Emory Jones: "The Patriot", "Bones Die Hard", "Magic Medicine Show"
Dr. Emory D. Jones is an English teacher who has taught in Cherokee Vocational High School in Cherokee, Alabama, for one year, Northeast Alabama State Junior College for four years, Snead State Junior College in Alabama for two years, and Northeast Mississippi Community College for thirty-five years. He joined the Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc. in 1981 and has served as President of this society. He has over two hundred and thirty-five publishing credits including
publication in such journals as Voices International, The White Rock Review, Free Xpressions Magazine, The Storyteller, Pasques Petals, The Pink Chameleon, and Encore: Journal of the NFSPS. He is retired and lives in Iuka, Mississippi, with his wife, Glenda. He has two daughters and four grandchildren.
Two Poems By Lynda McKinney Lambert: " Musings on “E”", "Crystal Healer"
Lynda McKinney Lambert is the author of
“Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage” published by Kota Press. It is
a book of poetry and short essays Lynda wrote over several years while spending
her summers in Salzburg, Austria where she taught a course in writing and art
each summer. She is a retired professor of fine arts and humanities from Geneva
College in western Pennsylvania. Lynda currently authors two blogs on
writing, the humanities, art, and faith. She is a freelance writer and her poetry and
essays appear in numerous books and literary journals. She also exhibits her fiber art in
exhibitions worldwide; her art work is in many public and private
collections.
A Poem By Mankh
Walter E.
Harris III (known to fellow poets and friends as Mankh) is a writer,
small press publisher, editor, and Turtle Islander. He hosts a the audio
show, Between the Lines: listening to literature online.
A Poem By Alice Jane-Marie Massa: "Welcoming Springtime in Indiana"
After
earning
master’s degrees from Indiana State University and Western
Michigan
University, Alice
Jane-Marie Massa--still
a Hoosier at heart--taught for
25 years,
including 14 years of teaching writing and public speaking at
Milwaukee Area
Technical College. Alice
invites you to
visit her blog: http://alice13wordwalk.
Two Poems By Carole Mertz: "Hard Times", "Empty Canisters of the World"
Carole Mertz has poems in various online publications. Her reviews, essays, and short stories appeared in Arc Poetry Magazine, Ascent Aspirations, Conium Review, Copperfield Review, CutBank, Mature Years, Mom Egg, Toasted Cheese, Women on Writing, Working Writer, World Literature Today, With Painted Word, WPWT, and in Seek Publications. Two poems won Wilda Morris’ Poetry Challenges, Summer, 2015. Carole writes in Parma, OH.
Five Poems By Milton Montague: "Because", "Eleven Smiling Faces", "For the Birds", "On the Grass", "Orion the Hunter"
milt montague, [email protected],
205 west end ave, new york, new york 10023, was born and raised in new
york city, survived The Great Depression, the school system, and World
War ll. Finished college, married happily, raised 3 lovely daughters,
retired. Back to college and after 20 years discovered poetry at 85.
Now at 90 plus years, he has 78 poems published in 26 different
magazines in under 3 years.
Three Poems By Judy Moskowitz: "Jazz Me", "Interrupted Madness", "Slam"
Judy Moskowitz is a jazz pianist from New York City . She started playing at the age of three and attended the Julliard School of Music. Judy began writing poetry three years ago and has been published on www.thepoetcommunity.com and is a featured poet in Michael lee Johnson’s antholgy Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze, available on Amazon.
A Poem By Shirley Pearson: "Dad And I - Oh Horrors!"
Shirley Pearson is a freelance writer and editor. Her first job out
of high school was with Sears, writing copy for their Big Book. She has
continued to write for many publications over the years, taking awards for her
stories and poetry. For the past 27 years Shirley has led writing groups and was
head of PR for ElderCollege at Terra State College in Ohio. Currently she
is working on two books and writes poetry as her muse allows. A widow,
Shirley’s two cats, her elderly father, daughter, granddaughters and great
grandchildren keep her busy.
Three Poems By Sunil Sharma: "Et tu Brute?", "Phantom Road", "Red Moon"
Mumbai-based, Sunil Sharma, a college principal, is also widely-published Indian critic, poet, literary interviewer, editor, translator, essayist and fiction writer. He has already published three collections of poetry, one collection of short fiction, one novel and co-edited five books so far. His six short stories and the novel Minotaur were recently prescribed for the undergraduate classes under the Post-colonial Studies, Clayton University, Georgia, USA. He is a recipient of the UK-based Destiny Poets’ inaugural Poet of the Year award---2012. He edits the online journal Episteme: http://www.episteme.net.in/
Three Poems By Tom Sheehan: "Applepine Mountain", "A Small Red Star for Me and My Father", "Trout Fishing with Rommel's Last-known Foe"
Tom Sheehan has published 23 books and has had multiple work in most of the following publications: Ocean Magazine, Rosebud, Linnet’s Wings, Serving House Journal, Eclectica, Copperfield Review, KYSO Flash, La Joie Magazine, Soundings East, Vermont Literary Review, Literary Orphans, Indiana Voice Journal, Frontier Tales, Deep South Magazine, Western Online Magazine, Provo Canyon Review, 3 AM Magazine, Vine Leaves Journal, Nazar Look, Eastlit, Rope & Wire Magazine, The Literary Yard, KYSO Journal, Green Silk Journal, Fiction on the Web, The Path, Faith-Hope and Fiction, The Cenacle, etc.
He has 30 Pushcart nominations, and five Best of the Net nominations (and one winner) and short story awards from Nazar Look for 2012- 2015. Swan River Daisy, a chapbook, was just released by KY Stories and The Cowboys, a collection of western short stories, is in production at Pocol Press.
Three Poems By John Stanizzi: "What Cannot Be Held", "What is Not Understood", "First Timers"
John L. Stanizzi is the author of the chapbook, Windows. His full length collections are Ecstasy Among Ghosts, Sleepwalking, Dance Against the Wall (www.antrimhousebooks.com), and After the Bell, and Hallalujah Time! (www.bigtablepublishing.com). His poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, The New York Quarterly, Tar River Poetry, Rattle, Passages North, The Spoon River Quarterly, Poet Lore, The Connecticut River Review, Freshwater, Boston Literary Review, and many other publications. He has new work forthcoming in Raintown Review, Off the Coast, Black Cat Moon, and LIPS. John has read at many venues throughout Connecticut, including The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, RJ Julia Booksellers, and the Arts Café Mystic, and his work has been featured on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac. He is currently an adjunct professor of English at Manchester Community College. John is currently at work on two volumes -- Hallelujah Time! - Volume II, the follow up to his recently released Hallelujah Time! and another book of poems called Sundowning. He lives with his wife, Carol, in Coventry, Connecticut. http://www.johnlstanizzi.com
A Poem By Casey Vittimberga: "Stasis"
Casey Vittimberga is a California native whose work has appeared in various literary magazines including Polaris, The Walrus, TeenInk and If & Only If. She is the recipient of the 2013 Ardella Mills Prize in Literary Composition and the second place winner of the 2014 Ohio Northern Fiction Contest. She graduated with a creative writing degree from Mills College, moved to the Silicon Valley with her angsty pet rabbit and now works in tech.
Visual Art By Allen Forrest
Born in Canada and bred in the U.S., Allen Forrest has
worked in many mediums: computer graphics, theater, digital music, film,
video, drawing and painting. Allen studied acting in the Columbia
Pictures Talent Program in Los Angeles and digital media in art and
design at Bellevue College (receiving degrees in Web Multimedia
Authoring and Digital Video Production.) He currently works in the
Vancouver, Canada, as a graphic artist and painter. He is the winner of
the Leslie Jacoby Honor for Art at San Jose State University's Reed
Magazine and his Bel Red painting series is part of the Bellevue College
Foundation's permanent art collection. Forrest's expressive drawing and
painting style is a mix of avant-garde expressionism and
post-Impressionist elements reminiscent of van Gogh, creating emotion on
canvas.
Flash Non-Fiction By Bill Vernon: "The Heart Of The City"
Bill Vernon served in the United States Marine Corps, studied English literature, then taught it. Writing is his therapy, along with exercising outdoors and doing international folkdances. His poems, stories and nonfiction have appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies, and Five Star Mysteries published his novel OLD TOWN in 2005. Bill has a non-fiction piece "Better Than Flowers" featured in the September 2014 issue of IVJ.
Flash Fiction By J.Andrew Goss: "The Hardest Button"
J.Andrew Goss is an artist and writer living in the wine country of the Missouri River Hills. He is currently an MFA student at Lindenwood University.
Flash Fiction By Belinda Hubert: "Wish I Knew"
In
addition to writing fiction and poetry, Belinda Hubert is currently
working on a a collection of short stories about life in the Midwest. Her novel, Shrink Wrapped is available on Amazon. Belinda works as a clinical psychologist
in a private practice in Lowell, Indiana. http://buelasprairiepractice.blogspot.com/
Fiction By Jacqueline Masumian: "Barn Dance"
Jacqueline Masumian, a graduate of DePauw University, is the author of Nobody Home: A Memoir. She grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, and has enjoyed careers as actress, performing arts manager, and landscape designer. Her stories have appeared in Mused Literary Review, Brilliant Flash Fiction, and Still Crazy. Her blog is on Goodreads.com.
Fiction By Patric Mauzy: "Rose"
Patric Mauzy is an aspiring author from the small town of Arcola,
Indiana. When he isn't focusing on his writing he is playing his guitar
and making music.
Fiction By Phillip E. Temples: "Filings"
Phil Temples lives in Watertown, Massachusetts, and works as a computer
systems administrator at a university. He's a native of Bloomington,
Indiana. Phil has had over a hundred works of short fiction published in
print and online journals.
Blue Mustang Press recently published Phil's full-length murder-mystery novel, “The Winship Affair." He has two books due out this year--a paranormal-horror novel, "Helltown Chronicles" by Eternal Press, and a short story anthology in Big Table Publishing, "Machine Feelings."
Blue Mustang Press recently published Phil's full-length murder-mystery novel, “The Winship Affair." He has two books due out this year--a paranormal-horror novel, "Helltown Chronicles" by Eternal Press, and a short story anthology in Big Table Publishing, "Machine Feelings."
Creative Nonfiction/Essay By Elizabeth Brooks: "The Call of the Child"
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.
Memoir Excerpt By Bruce F. Rosen: "Disappearing on a Freight Train" from If You Ever Need Me, I Won't Be Far Away
April 5, 2016
NATIONAL POETRY MONTH APRIL 2016 ISSUE #21
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| Photo Courtesy of Ken Murphy |
Welcome! Thomas Gray once said, "Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn" and Indiana Voice Journal is celebrating National Poetry Month with twenty-one poets whose thoughts and words do exactly that. We also have five of the best fiction writers, two wonderful essayists, and two amazingly talented visual artists featured in this issue. It has been an honor getting this edition together and meeting new friends in the process. Enjoy the read, and don't forget to leave some kind comments for the authors. Thanks ~Janine Pickett, Editor
POETRY
Suvojit Banerjee, GF Boyer, Jared Carter, Pijush Kante Deb, Kika Dorsey, Ken Allan Dronsfield, Matthew Duggan, L Mark Finch, John Grey, Scott Hensley, Julia Hones, Michael Lee Johnson, Joan Payne Kincaid, KG Newman, Todd Outcalt, Dale Patterson, Arthur Powers, Soodabeh Saeidnia, Jay Sizemore, Emile Stieffel IV, David Subacchi
VISUAL ART
Douglas G. Campbell, Ken Murphy
CREATIVE NONFICTION/ESSAYS
Glenna Blomquist, Lynda McKinney Lambert
FICTION
Donald Baker, Jeff Burt, Rich Elliott, Jess Kapp, Diane Stallings
Three Poems by Suvojit Banerjee: "Letters and Postcards from the other side of the glass wall", "While we died, a new plant was born", "A tale of past and present and future"
Suvojit Banerjee has seen twenty eight summers, but he doesn’t remember all of them; his existence is torn between the suburbs in West Bengal he grew up in, and the city called Atlanta he now lives in. The world around him adorns many masks, and so does he, while roaming around its streets with the eyes as a journal and his soul as a pen. He is searching for answers in this surreal yet slimy maze, but the questions keep on changing every time.
Three Poems by GF Boyer: "Fledgling", "Mercy", and "Ascending/Descending"
GF Boyer is a freelance editor, creative writing instructor, and the editor of Clementine Poetry Journal https://clementinepoetry.
Three Poems by Jared Carter: “Zhèngzài”, “Oblivion” and “Poems”
Jared Carter grew up in Elwood, Indiana
Three Poems by Pijush Kanti Deb: "Life is Colorless", "For a Refreshing Annual Honeymoon", " Happiness Is To Be Digested"
Pijush Kanti Deb is a new Indian poet with
more than 234 published or accepted poems and haiku in more than 75
national and international magazines and journals,[print and online]
including Down in the dirt, Tajmahal Review, Pennine Ink, Hollow
Publishing, Creativica Magazine, Muse India, Teeth Dream Magazine,
Hermes Poetry Journal, Madusa’s Kitchen,Grey Borders, Dead Snakes, Dagda
Publishing, Blognostic and many more. He is the editor of Poebita Magazine.
His best achievement so far is the publication of his first poetry collection,’’Beneath The Shadow Of A White Pigeon’’ published by Hollow Publishing. It is available on AMAZON and BARNES AND NOBLE.
His best achievement so far is the publication of his first poetry collection,’’Beneath The Shadow Of A White Pigeon’’ published by Hollow Publishing. It is available on AMAZON and BARNES AND NOBLE.
Three Poems by Kika Dorsey: "Everything Comes in Threes", "Thirst", and "Journey to Lakes"
Originally from South Bend, Indiana, Kika Dorsey is a poet and professor living in Boulder, Colorado, and lives with her two children, husband, kitten, and Border Collie. She wakes up at 5:00 every morning and crafts poetry out of dreams, myths, her body, and her travels. Her poems have been published in The Denver Quarterly, The Pennsylvania Literary Journal, The Comstock Review, Freshwater, The Columbia Review, among numerous other journals and books. . Her collection of poems, Beside Herself , was published by Flutter Press. Her full-length collection, Rust, is coming out with Word Tech Editions August 2016.. She is a professor of English at Front Range Community College. When not writing or teaching, she taxis her teenagers to activities, swims miles in pools, and runs and hikes in the open space of Colorado’s mountains and plains.
Four Poems and a Flash by Ken Allan Dronsfield: "Remembrance of Lilac Days R4", "A Whispered Hush", "Dancing to a Heart Song", "Dandelion Kisses" Flash: "The Great Teacher Whispers"
Ken
Allan Dronsfield is a Published Poet/Author/Digital Artist originally
from Hampton New Hampshire, now residing in Oklahoma. He has been
writing for many years and enjoys spending time hiking, playing guitar
and spending time with his cats Merlin and Willa. His published work can
be found at numerous print venues.
Four Poems by Matt Duggan: "No One Loves Us Like The Graveyards", " The Crow", "Acrobat", "The Heart That Had Two Eyes"
Born Bristol U.K. 1971
Matt won the Erbacce prize for poetry 2015 his new
collection Dystopia 38.10 (erbacce-press) is now available. His poems
have appeared in many magazines and journal's such as Page and Spine,
Harbinger Asylum, Apogee Magazine, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Knot
Literary Magazine, Clockwise Cat, Ygdrasil, The Journal, The Seventh
Quarry Carillon, Sarasvati, Poetry Quarterely. http://www.mattduggan.webnode.
Three Poems by John Grey: "A Sundown Sleep", "My Rescue", "Something Else"
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident. Recently published in New Plains Review, South Carolina Review, Gargoyle and Silkworm work upcoming in Big Muddy Review, Main Street Rag and Spoon River Poetry Review.
Three Poems by Scott Hensley: "September Song", "Shhhh...", and "Even Here"
Scott Hensley and his wife, Erica, own and operate a small farm near downtown Indianapolis. The themes of land, restoration, and the spiritual life are the main threads that inspire these thoughts and words.
Three Poems By Julia Hones: "Life Changes", "Fear is the heart running away", and "Garden Soul"
My poetry and stories have appeared in a vast array of literary journals and anthologies including Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Embodied Effigies, Loud Zoo, The Medical Literary Messenger, The Voices Project, Coffee Shop Poems, Mother Bird, Digital Papercut, Vox Poetica, The Artistic Muse, and many others. To learn more about my list of published or forthcoming material you can check my literary blog.
Four Poems by Michael Lee Johnson: "I Tell Nikki's Short Cat Story Dreams", "When I Die (V3)", "Graying in My Life", "Headlights Tossed Forward (V2)"
Michael
Lee Johnson
lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era. He is a Canadian and USA
citizen. Today he is a poet, editor, publisher, freelance writer, amateur
photographer, small business owner in Itasca, Illinois. He has been published in more than 880 small
press magazines in 27 countries, and he edits 10 poetry sites. Author's
website http://poetryman.mysite.com/. Michael
is the author of The Lost American:
From Exile to Freedom (136 page book) ISBN: 978-0-595-46091-5, several chapbooks of
poetry, including From Which Place the Morning Rises and Challenge of Night and
Day, and Chicago Poems. He also has over 88 poetry videos on YouTube as of 2015: https://www.youtube.com/user/
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