ISSUE 1
Deborah Byrne http://this.is/poems/hope/list/usa/deborah.html
Diana Der Hovanessian http://www.soulstirring.org/artist.pl?diana_der-hovanessian&index=1
Ed Galing
Joanne Holdridge
Richard Houff
B.Z. Niditch
Linda Porter
Richard Ray
Sue Sullivan
Cynthia Brackett-Vincent
Lyn Lifshin http://www.lynlifshin.com
Rochelle Hope Mehr
Danielle Ruwe
Mame Willey
Richard Wilhelm
Dianne Robitaille http://authorsden.com/diannerobitaille
Scott Kathan
John Hildebidle
Seth Hamlin
Ralph Hasellman, Jr. http://lucidmoonpoetry.com
Silvia Esposito.
ISSUE 2.
Robert K. Johnson
Joanne Holdridge
B.Z. Niditch
John Hildebidle
Don DiVecchio
Gary Duehr
Richard Wilhelm
James de Crecentis
Kathyrn McGrath
Amy Schrader
Ken Pobo
Michelle Lindholm
NORMAL
R. K. Thompson
Lyn Lifshin
Alice Balest
Doug Holder http://authorsden.com/douglasholder
Richard Houff
Kevin Hicks
Patricia Rourke
Ed Chaberek
Ed Galing
David Madgalene
Edward Lodi
ISSUE 3
Terry England
Jean Monahan http://jeanmonahan.com
Joanne Holdridge
Robert K. Johnson
M.L.Cramer
Jack Powers http://www.stonesouppoets.com
Ed Galing
Chris Bowden
B.Z. Niditch
Givanni Malito
John McKernan
Sue Sullivan
Lisa Fay
John Hildebidle
Lyn Lifshin
Joe Verrili
Vivian Woodhead
K. Carlton Johnson
David Madgalene
Judith Liniado
Theodore Krieger
Laura J. Maliewski
Kathyrn McGrath
Paula Phipps
Linda Haviland Conte
Richard Wilhelm
Linda Porter
A.D.Winans
John Berbich
Rufus Goodwin
Doug Holder
Dianne Robitaille
Michael Zack
Diana K. Rubin
ISSUE 4
H.L.Lindrgen
Sara Murphy
Michael H. Brownstien
Kilian Melloy
Liz Swan
Sue Sullivan
Greg L. Harrington
Joanne Holdridge
Aileen Michaels
Judith Liniado
Vivian Woodhead
John Hildebidle
C.C. Schoenbeck
Cynthia B. Vincent
Robert K. Johnson
Harris Gardner
Collima Charles
Michael Eastabrook
Belding F. Jackson
A.D.Winans
Terry England
Ed Galing
B.Z. Niditch
Richard Houff
Doug Holder
Richard Wilhelm
Dianne Robitaille
Don DiVecchio
Jean Kesulla
Grey Held
Rochelle Hope Mehr
Mary Kugler
Nate Graziano
V. Pe. Filippo
ISSUE 5
Maurice Anderson
B.Z. Niditch
Ruth Schuler
Michael Zack
Ed Galing
Michele S. Lindholm
Robert K. Johnson
Mary Agner
Conrad Geller
Ryan Van Cleave
Lyn Lifshin
Rufus Goodwin
NORMAL
Christopher Bowden
Albert Huffstickler
Alan Catlin
Nancy Means Wright
Joe Verrilli
Richard Wilhelm
Ed Chaberek
Don DiVecchio
Peter Vickers
Gloria Deo Agbasi
Ed Meek
Harris Gardner
Lainie Senechal
John Pirolli
Clem Schoenbeck
Dianne Robitaille
Joanne Holdridge
Cynthia Brackett Vincent
Doug Holder
Sue Sullivan
Linda Porter
Linda Haviland Conte
Jim DeWitt
Dan Scheider
Terry England
Louise Eastman
Judith Liniado
ISSUE 6
David Fedo
Raffie Wolf
A.D.Winans
Clemens Schoenbeck
Ann Dewes
Louise Eastman
Lyn Lifshin
Robert K. Johnson
Joanne Holdridge
Nina Judith Katz
Sue Sullivan
Linda Porter
Ed Galing
Deborah M. Priestly http://outoftheblueartgallery.com
David Madgalene
Albert Huffstickler
Joanathan Duncklee
Joanna Nealon
John Grey
Ed Meek
Rufus Goodwin
Marc Widershien http://marccreate.com
Francis Alix
Doug Holder http://authorsden.com/douglasholder
Linda Haviland Conte
Anee M. Fletcher
Brian Morrisey http://poesy.org
Carol Wasburne
Alan Catlin
Peter Vickers
Joyce Wilson http://poetryporch.com
Harris Gardner http://tapestryofvoices.com
Lainie Senechal
Oliver Cutshaw
Leslie Woolf Hedley
Judith Liniado
Peter Maciocco
Anna Brutet
Margaret Crouse
Rochelle H. Mehr
Sean Reagan
taylor Stoehr
Irene Sedeora
Anne Watson
Christopher Bowden
Don DiVecchio
Michael H. Brownstein
Reizel Polak
Mary Agner
Issue 7
June K. Mazonson
Lorraine E. Roses
Rafael Woolf
Renee Summers
Francis Alix
John C. Knight
Virgil Suarez
Paul Kloppenborg
Dianne Robitaille
Harris Gardner http://tapestryofvoices.com
Pat Callan
Joe Verrilli
Walter Howard
Peter Desmond
Sean Reagan
Marc Widershien http://marccreate.com
Ed Galing
Steve Huntress
Lainie Senechal
Linda Porter
Oliver Cutshaw
Judith Liniado
Buddah
Dana C. Lipp
Richard Wilhelm
Robert K. Johnson
Barbara Daniels
A.D. Winans
Molly K. Sacardo
Deborah M. Priestly
Hugh Fox
Portia Brockway
Dorinda Foley
Sharon Desmaris
Lyn Lifshin
Liz Borges
Rufus Goodwin
Diana der-Hovanessian
Fred Frankel
Doug Holder
Sue Sullivan
Joanne Holdridge
Dorian Brooks
ISSUE 8
ISSUE 9
Christopher Bowden
Sean Reagan
Joanne McFarland
Fred Frankel
Joanne Holdridge
Ed Galing
Rafael Woolf
Dorian Brooks
Linda Lerner
Danna C. Lipp
Richard Wilhelm
Ruth E. Winn
Joanne Lowery
Gaynell Gavin
Doug Holder
Kelly J. White
John Freeman
Dan Green
Rochelle Hope Mehr
Diana Saenz
Lisa LaPoint
Steve Armstrong
Alice moon Silver
Richard Luftig
Lee Clark Zump
Sharon Desmaris
Tom Rich
Rosario Texeira
Linda Haviland Conte
Walter Howard
Lainie Senechal
Robert K. Johnson
Marie Kazalia
ISSUE 10
Alice M. Silver
David Anderson
Richard Fox
Terry England
Patrick McKinnon
Belinda Subraman
Francis Blessington
Donald Axinn
Dave Church
Aldo Tambellini
Amanda Cohen
Hollis Cate
Linda Haviland Conte
Dan Gaynor
Joanne Holdridge
Robert K. Johnson
Christopher Bowden
Ann Taylor
Beatriz Alba Del-Rio
Ann Fletcha
Dennis Rhodes
Matt Scheider
Joe Farley
Patricia Brockway
Dorian Brooks
Marshall Harvey
Robin Merril
Jack Galmitz
Alan Catlin
ISSUE 11
ISSUE 12
ISSUE 13
ISSUE 14
ISSUE 15
Tony Artuso
Lisa Beatman
Patricia Brockway
Dorian Brooks
Philip Burnham, Jr.
Alan Catlin
Linda Haviland Conte
Jack Cooper
Lisa Fay Coutley
Diana Der Hovanessian
Julie Gordon-Dueck
Michael Eastabrook
Ann Murphy Fletcher
Tim Gager http://www.timothygager.com
Ed Galing
Robbie Gamble
Harris Gardner
Benita Glickman
Rufus Goodwin
Gayle Elen Harvey
Doug Holder
Jackleen Holton
Miriam S. Hyman
Amber Johns
Robert K. Johnson
Susan Landon
JC LEE
Richard Levine
Reginald Sinclair Lewis
Ellaraine Lockie
Eileen McClusky
David Musgrove
Steve Myers
Chad Parenteau http://www.freakmachinepress.com
Beverly Peterson
Patricia Rose Pflaumer
Lori Romero
Lainie Senechal
Ruth Margolin Silin
Carolyn Stonewell
Renee Summers
David Surette
Richard Allen Taylor
Marc Widershien
Anna Wilder
Bosley Wilder
Richard Wilhelm
Jill Williams
ISSUE 16
ISSUE 17
Cynthia Zaitzevsky
Linda M. Fischer
Laura Rodley
Ed Galing
Lyn Lifshin
Wendy Drexler
Robbie Gamble
Ellaraine Lockie
Julie Gordon-Duek
Mid Walsh
Richard Allen Taylor
Adrian S. Potter
Natasha Schneider
A. Lester
Laura Rodley
Clay Waters
Llyn Clague
Patricia W. Jones
Harris Gardner
Lainie Senechal
Margaret Turano
Stephen Morse
Robert K. Johnson
Zvi A. Sesling
Carol Hamilton
Lorraine Jeffery
Linda H. Conte
James Kernochan
Beverly Peterson
ISSUE 18
Matthew James Babcock
Jane Eric beardsley
Allegra Blake
Dorian Brooks
Philip E. Burnham, Jr.
Ann Cahart
Alan Catlin
Lylnn Clague
Linda Haviland Conte
Jack Cooper
Dale Cuttingham
Wendy Drexler
Linda M. Fischer
Brent Fisk
Ann Murphy Fletcher
Ed Galing
Lo Galluccio http://logalluccio.com
Harris Gardner
Marc D. Goldfinger
Carolyn Gregory
Eric Greinke
Janine Houlemarde
Michael Keshigian
Vanessa Kittle
Christine Klock-Linn
Lyn Lifshin
Ellaraine Lockie
Andy Marcera
Jennifer Matthews http://www.jennifermatthews.com
Ronald Moran
Gillis Murray
Joanne Nealon
Debroah M. Priestly http://outoftheblueartgallery.com
Allen Rodman
Lainie Senechal
Marian K. Shapiro
Judy Snow
Virginia Thayer
Fred Zydek
Patricia Wellingham Jones
Allen C. West
Richard Wilhelm
A.D. Winans
Doug Worth
ISSUE 19
ISSUE 20
A.K. Allin
Barbara Bialick
Sue Budin
Patrick Carrington
Linda Haviland Conte
Jack Cooper
Dale Cottingham
Chris Crittenden
Michael Estabrook
Linda M. Fischer
Ed Galing
Lo Galluccio
Harris Gardner
Danielle Legros Georges
Patricai Giragosian
Marc D. Goldfinger
Holly Guran
Holly Guran
Sarah Hannah
Coleen T. Houlihan
Robert K. Johnson
Michael Kesigian
Jean Keskulla
Phyliss Knisley
Jane K. Kretchmann
David Lewitzky
Lyn Lifshin
Ellaraine Lockie
Gloria Mindock
Joanna Nealon
Shari O'Brien
Erica Pederson
Katie Philips
Charles P. Ries
Janice Riggs
Bill Roberts
Laura Rodley
Allen Rodman
Carole Garibaldi Rogers
Ruth Sabath Rosenthal
Lainie Senechal
Zvi A Sesling
Jeanine Stevens
Dorothy Stone
Paul Kareem Tawyar
Lorraine A. Vail
Afaa Michael Weaver
Richard Wilhelm
IBBETSON 21
CONTENTS
TUNDRA......................................................................................................................... 1
Anne Brudevold
CUP O’ JOE..................................................................................................................... 2
Diana Cole
MORNING GLORIES................................................................................................... 3
Diana Cole
THE OCEAN HAS FORGOTTEN ............................................................................... 4
Fredrick Zydek
POPE’S RED VIOLIN.................................................................................................... 5
Dianne Robitaille
THE NEARNESS OF YOU............................................................................................ 5
Lorissa Byely
EVENING STUDY.......................................................................................................... 6
Doug Bolling
SUPERMAN.................................................................................................................... 7
A.D. Winans
WINTER BEHIND A WINDOW OF BROKEN GLASS............................................ 8
Lo Galluccio
AFTER THE BLIZZARD............................................................................................... 8
Llyn Clague
THE KENYON REVIEW............................................................................................... 9
Llyn Clague
ELEGY TO MY SUMMER WRITING SPOT........................................................... 10
Krista Klanderman
BENCH.......................................................................................................................... 11
Lorraine Loiselle
SMOOTH AND SWEET.............................................................................................. 11
Michael Estabrook
AT THE WAR MUSEUM............................................................................................ 12
John Grey
HOW OUR DEAD COME BACK TO US.................................................................. 13
Dorian Brooks
TAPS.............................................................................................................................. 13
Ron Pearson
HUES OF THE HEART................................................................................................ 14
Ellaraine Lockie
BACKWARDS BASICS............................................................................................... 15
Ellaraine Lockie
HOW TO KNOW A PRAIRIE POEM........................................................................ 16
Ellaraine Lockie
NO GLUE ON THEIR SHOE...................................................................................... 17
Sandy Carpenter
FREE SPIRITS.............................................................................................................. 18
Dan Sklar
THE CORSET............................................................................................................... 19
Nicole DiCello
KING’S CHAPEL BURYING GROUND .................................................................. 20
Marc Widershien
THE CAMELLIA BUILDING..................................................................................... 21
Greg Gregory
GETTING SOBER AGAIN.......................................................................................... 21
Robert L. Penick
THINGS OF CONSEQUENCE, CERTAINTY, AND SIMILARITY....................... 22
John T. Trigonis
CLOSE THOSE GODDAMN DOORS! AN AFTERNOON WITH LOUISA SOLANO.......................................................................................... 23
Doug Holder
SUN DAY....................................................................................................................... 26
Russell Rowland
LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER................................................................................... 27
Patricia Brodie
THE POWDERER........................................................................................................ 28
Carol Hamilton
IN THE MOTEL........................................................................................................... 28
Carol Hamilton
LAND RUN, 1889......................................................................................................... 29
Carol Hamilton
city poem........................................................................................................................ 30
Tim Gager
SUNSET IN BOSTON.................................................................................................. 30
Helen Bar-Lev
JACOB’S DREAM....................................................................................................... 31
Harris Gardner
hungry spring................................................................................................................. 32
Thomas Feeny
SWARM........................................................................................................................ 32
Karla M. Huston
FISHING….................................................................................................................... 33
Karla M. Huston
MIRROR IMAGES...................................................................................................... 34
Alan Catlin
VISIBLE........................................................................................................................ 34
Ann McGovern
WITH APOLOGIES TO DONNE................................................................................ 35
May R. Kinsolving
THE PITCHER’S WIFE............................................................................................... 36
Josh Humphrey
LOWERED EXPECTATIONS IN THE LOWER 48................................................. 37
Jared Smith
LUNCH WITH THE VULTURES............................................................................... 37
Lorraine A. Vail
NORTH OF NORWAY................................................................................................ 38
Greg Tuleja
THE LUXURY OF DISTANCE................................................................................... 38
Melanie Houle
STAGE 4........................................................................................................................ 39
Cathy Porter
THREE STRONG LEGS.............................................................................................. 39
Cathy Porter
SILVER QUEEN........................................................................................................... 40
Lainie Senechal
MISTY NIGHT FOREST............................................................................................. 40
Chris Crittenden
SPARROW.................................................................................................................... 41
Bert Stern
NANTUCKET MORNING.......................................................................................... 41
Ilene Starger
SOMETIMEBOY.......................................................................................................... 42
Edward J. Carvalho
PISTACHIOS................................................................................................................ 43
Abbott Ikeler
THE CORNER GUY..................................................................................................... 44
Deborah M. Priestly
POOLSIDE.................................................................................................................... 44
Ed Galing
THE EVENING WINDS.............................................................................................. 45
Paul Kareem Tayyar
CLUB FORSYTHIA...................................................................................................... 45
Linda Haviland Conte
Writers’ Bios.................................................................................................................. 46
ISSUE 22 Nov. 2007
CONTENTS
A SEA OF CANDLES 1
Marc D. Goldfinger
MIGRAINES 2
Michael Keshigian
MORNING TREK 3
Michael Keshigian
HEALING 4
Michael Keshigian
SUSTENANCE 5
Dennis Rhodes
MOMENTS 5
Stephanie Hiteshew
AWAY AT WORK 6
Ray Greenblatt
WINTER’S ONSET 7
Anne Tom
A MOUTHFUL 8
Jane K. Kretschmann
OF WINGS AND PENS 8
Brad Bennett
IF I COULD GIVE YOU ANYTHING 9
Patricia L. Hamilton
GRIEF 10
Patricia L. Hamilton
RHAPSODY IN BLUE 11
Patricia L. Hamilton
TWILIGHT 11
Thade Correa
PASSING—ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY 12
Leia C. Davies Richardson
OF TIME AND DREAMS 13
Ulys H. Yates
TO RAMIDA 13
Abby E. Murray
HERE SITS CAT 14
Abby E. Murray
THE FORGOTTEN 15
Alan Holder
GOLDFISH 16
Deborah C. Strozier
SWEAT 17
J. Melissa Blankenship
STORM 18
Bernadette McBride
CORNUCOPIA 19
Carolyn Gregory
VIRTUAL REALITY AT THE AQUARIUM 20
Carolyn Gregory
GRACE NOTES 21
Carolyn Gregory
a strawberry big as a beating heart 21
Barbara Bialick
INTERVIEW WITH SARAH HANNAH 22
Doug Holder
ECLIPSE 23
Sarah Hannah
OWL 26
Cammy Thomas
WHITE LIGHT 27
Arlene L. Mandell
WELL-GROUNDED 28
Janice Riggs
PROVERBIAL MIND 28
Janice Riggs
BOY……… 28
Eleanor Goodman
STEADY ON COURSE 30
Ed Galing
“SPOON” 30
Leanna N. Stead
QUIET MUSING 31
Alison Cimino
SUNDAY 32
Alison Cimino
THE RECENT DEAD 32
Jean Keskulla
GREEN MAN’S JUNE SUBURBAN SONG…... 33
Marcia L. Hurlow
YOU KNOW HIS FAVORITE COLOR 34
Marcia L. Hurlow
STAGGERING 34
Shari O’Brien
THE FALLEN 34
Shari O’Brien
BAREBACK 36
I. Gillis Murray
JAM SESSION 37
I. Gillis Murray
DECEMBER 31ST IN BOSTON 37
Sarah Tuttle
METAMORPHOSIS 38
Erica Pederson
FALSE EYELASHES 38
Laura Rodley
SOIREE 39
Laura Rodley
DIVING 39
Laura Rodley
WHEN SPRING MELTS THE GROUND 40
Lyn Lifshin
CHIHUAHUA COAHILA 40
Lyn Lifshin
JEANNE MARIE PLOUFFE 41
Lyn Lifshin
LEAVING 41
Linda M. Fischer
JEAN: IN MEMORIAM 42
Linda M. Fischer
PASSAGES 43
Linda M. Fischer
SOCIAL SMOKE 44
Jade Sylvan
DUST AND LIGHT 44
Matt Friesen
BREAKING OUT 45
Joanna Nealon
I ATE MY MOTHER’S HAIR 45
Ruth Sabath Rosenthal
RIDING PAST THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
& SEEING THE STEPS 45
Ruth Sabath Rosenthal
FOR SARAH 45
Ruth Sabath Rosenthal
Writers’ Bios 46
ISSUE 23 JUNE 2008
CONTENTS
CLEANING OUT THE CLOSET 1
John P. Kristofco
GROWING VEGETABLES 2
Dara Barnat
SPIDER WEB ON THE WINDOW 2
Chris Crittenden
THE WIND AND THE MOON 3
Beth Lowell
DOG DREAM 3 4
Beth Lowell
SOLSTICE 5
Beth Lowell
SPITTLE BUG 5
Joyce Wilson
USES FOR WOOD 6
Joyce Wilson
WITH MY MOTHER AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON:
FRANKLIN PARK, BOSTON, BY MAURICE PRENDERGAST.……… 7
Joyce Wilson
WINTER 8
Donna Bechar
BUTTON UP SHIRT 8
Kassandra Strickland
SNAIL 8
Michael Estabrook
I WISH TO TELL YOU 9
Patricia Wellingham-Jones
HER SILENCE 9
Timothy Gager
FIGURING IT OUT 10
Dorothy Stone
A VISION ON NEWBURY STREET 10
Zvi A. Sesling
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER 11
Ellaraine Lockie
ACCOUNTABLE 12
Ellaraine Lockie
THE COST OF SOAP 13
Ellaraine Lockie
SKETCH # 6 14
Lainie Senechal
THIS SPRING 14
Joanna Nealon
BLUE JAY 14
Pamela Annas
SKETCH # 9 14
Lainie Senechal
REDUX 15
Mark Wisniewski
THE VISITOR 15
Elizabeth Leonard
BEYOND REACH 16
Martin Willitts, Jr.
BERTHE MORISOT 17
Martin Willitts, Jr.
1950 18
Robert K. Johnson
NO CONTEST 18
Robert K. Johnson
UNTITLED 18
A.D. Winans
SMALL CHAPTERS 19
Judith Ann Levison
COFFEE 19
Ellen Steinbaum
THE FIRST INCLINATION AT N.Y.U. 20
Linda Haviland Conte
SECOND COMING 20
Paul Kareem Tayyar
AT THE END OF JUNE 21
Paul Kareem Tayyar
THE SHORE AND THE CHILD 21
Paul Kareem Tayyar
INTERVIEW WITH POET MARK DOTY: A POET WHO GOES FROM
“FIRE TO FIRE”……… 22
Doug Holder
AT THE GYM 24
Mark Doty
TWO RIVERS 24
Richard Wilhelm
WHAT WE MEAN BY BARCELONA 25
Tino Villanueva
A RAINY MORNING 26
Gouri Datta
THE FIRST TIME 26
James de Crescentis
HOW IS HE? 27
Gayle Roby
AMBER IN WIND 27
Gayle Roby
AN OLD COUPLE…... 27
Susan Rosenberg
FOR BANCHA DA, WHO DISAPPEARED 28
Dibakar Barau
Last night, I rode the dark dream trolley 28
Dorothea Grossman
MY FATHER AT EIGHTY 29
Dale Cottingham
ON SECOND THOUGHT 29
Lois Beebe Hayna
THE BLESSING 30
Barbara Leff
GETTING STONED IN PIONEER CEMETERY BULLDOZED FOR
WESTGATE SHOPPING MALL 31
Fernand Roqueplan
BAGHDAD SOUNDS 32
Connemara Wadsworth
BEFORE THE REVOLUTION, BEFORE THE WAR 33
Connemara Wadsworth
BARTLEBY THE SCRIVENER 34
Edward Sanders
WHEN YOU CAME 36
Joyce Meyers
DAYDREAM 36
Joyce Meyers
APPLES 37
Joyce Meyers
SEEDS 37
Joyce Meyers
MONARCH 38
Dorian Brooks
passages 38
Joy Harold Helsing
INQUIRIES FOR ANGELS 39
Harris Gardner
BELIEF 40
Harris Gardner
NOTHING TRUE 40
Chris Volkay
NOW AND THEN YOU MISS 41
Harris Gardner
THE GOOD LIFE 42
Carol Hamilton
CAPTURING THE IMAGE 42
Diane Lockward
IN THEIR HABITAT 43
Carol Hamilton
THE SEVENTH DAY 44
Llyn Clague
ANTONIO SALIERI 45
Llyn Clague
JUST BECAUSE 45
Ed Galing
Writers’ Bios 46
ISSUE 24
CONTENTS
THE TRAIN TO BATH 1
Donna L. Emerson
VISITATION 2
Thade Correa
AGAIN 2
Thade Correa
JUDY 2
Jo Barbara Taylor
THE REDEMPTION OF THINKING 4
Joanna Nealon
ANOTHER ASS-BACKWARDS MAKEOVER 5
Sally Molini
MEETING THE SELF-PORTRAITS 5
Sally Molini
BURNING BUSH 6
J. Stiles Askew
THE BITTER SEED.……… 7
J. Stiles Askew
THE SEDUCTION 8
Gary Metras
ABANDON 8
Ron Houchin
NOVEMBER IN NEW ENGLAND 8
Ed Meek
A FARMER’S LESSON 9
Alice Pettway
ANNIVERSARY 9
Alice Pettway
REPRIEVE 10
Lyn Lifshin
CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN DARKNESS 10
Lyn Lifshin
THE YOUNG GIRL DREAMS OF ESCAPE 11
Lyn Lifshin
WARSCAPES 12
Stephen Malin
LATE VISITOR 13
Linda Haviland Conte
ACCEPTANCE 14
Tracy Strauss
RUSSIANS ON THE RIVER 14
Lawrence Kessenich
TOWN DINER 14
Wendy Drexler
WHEN OUR GUESTS HAVE GONE 14
Bernadette McBride
FANDANGO 15
Milton Bloch
A FIGHT WITH THE CELL PHONE AND THE CELL PHONE LOST 15
Mike Amado
JAZZ FACE 16
Michael Keshigian
NEPTUNE AVENUE 17
Patrick Carrington
WHAT IS A FAILED POET? SOMERVILLE-AREA POETS RESPOND! 18
Doug Holder
INTENDED 18
Laura Rodley
WONDER 18
Laura Rodley
KING 19
Laura Rodley
RAUS! RAUS! 19
Ruth Sabath Rosenthal
I REMEMBER THE ZINNIAS 20
Ruth Sabath Rosenthal
NEW YORK STYLE HUNGARIAN STEW 20
Ruth Sabath Rosenthal
EX-HUSBAND’S JOURNALS 21
Tricia Barker
WRECKAGE 21
Kathryn Jacobs
SUMMER 37
Lainie Senechal
ADVICE COLUMN……… 22
Kathryn Jacobs
THE HOURS 24
Lo Galluccio
BECAUSE YOU ASKED 24
Ed Galing
HIS 25
Susan Tepper
MOZART’S FUNERAL 26
Jene Erick Beardsley
KNELL FOR THE COMMON MAN 26
Jene Erick Beardsley
SPELL # 105 27
Hari Bhajan Khalsa
THE ANATOMY OF DYING 27
Linda M. Fischer
STELLA PASTRY…... 27
Lorraine A. Vail
RAGE RED 28
Lorraine A. Vail
LAKE WALK 28
Lorraine A. Vail
MESSAGE FOR THE BEES 29
Harris Gardner
MASTER CLASS 29
Krikor N. Der Hohannesian
DRIVING IN FOG 30
Patricia L. Hamilton
UNSOLVED 31
Patricia L. Hamilton
INCANDESCENCE 32
Patricia L. Hamilton
SKYLIGHT RUNWAY 33
Linda Larson
“OLD MONEY WANTED” 34
Mignon Ariel King
A FIELD OF BOYS IN CAMBRIDGE 36
Mary Buchinger
CARGO 36
Jack Cooper
GAME BOARD 37
Jack Cooper
CONFIDANT 37
Jack Cooper
WRITERS’ BIOS 38
IBBETSON 25 JUNE 2009
SOLDIER’S LIFE...................................................................................................................... 1
Julia Carlson
GIRL’S SCHOOL...................................................................................................................... 2
Patricia Callan
AUTUMN................................................................................................................................... 2
Joyce Meyers
NIGHT CRAWLERS................................................................................................................. 3
Patricia Callan
A FISH TALE............................................................................................................................ 3
Patricia Callan
BLUESHIFT............................................................................................................................... 4
Nicole DiCello
NOT YET................................................................................................................................... 4
Diana Der-Hovanessian
STARTING OVER..................................................................................................................... 5
Judith Barisonzi
THE CALENDAR SAYS JUNE 15............................................................................................. 5
Judith Barisonzi
BIPOLAR.………...................................................................................................................... 6
Ellaraine Lockie
FALLOUT.................................................................................................................................. 7
Ellaraine Lockie
ON AVOIDING STENDHAL SYNDROME............................................................................... 8
Ellaraine Lockie
HEAVENWARD........................................................................................................................ 9
Rich Heller
HEARTWOOD........................................................................................................................... 9
Rich Heller
WATCH..................................................................................................................................... 9
Rich Heller
OLGA REPORTS ON MY LIFE AND DEATH........................................................................ 10
Greg Moglia
BOOKSTORE CRUSH............................................................................................................. 11
Greg Moglia
REGENERATION.................................................................................................................... 12
Carol Hamilton
LOVE DUET............................................................................................................................ 12
Dale Cottingham
I PAUSE TO CONTEMPLATE GROWING A MUSTACHE.................................................... 13
Michael Pontacoloni
WHILE WAITING FOR THE T............................................................................................... 13
Michael Pontacoloni
COURT STREET, SAN BERNARDINO................................................................................... 14
Marine Robert Warden
DANTE..................................................................................................................................... 14
Marine Robert Warden
RICH TASTE OF ADULTHOOD............................................................................................. 15
William Hart
FISH IN THE SEA.................................................................................................................... 15
Miguel Miro-Quesada
TOFU PUDDING..................................................................................................................... 16
Tunney Lee
OUT MY WINDOW – LATE WINTER..................................................................................... 17
Tunney Lee
AT THE SACKLER MUSEUM THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING................................... 17
Tunney Lee
SALEM LAMENT.................................................................................................................... 18
Richard Davignon
MR. TOAD’S WILD RIDE....................................................................................................... 18
Richard Davignon
MRS. BROOKS....................................................................................................................... 19
Richard Davignon
STEAM BATH......................................................................................................................... 19
Ed Galing
CASSANDRA........................................................................................................................... 20
Phillip Corwin
THE AMERICAN CEMETERY AT NETTUNO........................................................................ 21
Phillip Corwin
VEIL ……................................................................................................................................ 22
Phillip Corwin
OGUNQUIT IN OCTOBER..................................................................................................... 22
Lainie Senechal
DON’T BET ON THIS HORSE................................................................................................ 23
Harris Gardner
I GAVE RICHARD YATES A CALL ONE DAY...................................................................... 24
Doug Holder
OLD FRIENDS…..................................................................................................................... 25
Rena Navon
CAN, CAN’T,........................................................................................................................... 26
Peter Layton
ON A CLIFF............................................................................................................................ 26
Peter Layton
HOLD...................................................................................................................................... 26
Peter Layton
FINALLY................................................................................................................................. 27
Hugh Fox
ALWAYS................................................................................................................................. 27
Hugh Fox
GESANGVOLL/SONGFULL................................................................................................... 27
Hugh Fox
NORM VISITS HIS AUTISTIC DAUGHTER.......................................................................... 28
Tony Artuso
LOSSES AND GAINS: APRIL 1862......................................................................................... 29
Tony Artuso
COFFEE DOG CAFÉ…............................................................................................................ 30
Arlene L. Mandell
MERCY.................................................................................................................................... 30
Arlene L. Mandell
THE PLEASURE OF BIRDS.................................................................................................... 31
Michael Keshigian
LAST STORM.......................................................................................................................... 31
Arlene L. Mandell
MARY WELDON..................................................................................................................... 32
Mira Coleman
SUCH FORTUNE..................................................................................................................... 33
Linda Haviland Conte
THE WOOL MAN.................................................................................................................... 34
Mira Coleman
FISHERMAN’S COVE............................................................................................................. 35
Tim Suermondt
ORSON WELLES.................................................................................................................... 36
Paul Kareem Tayyar
TOLERABLE........................................................................................................................... 36
Michael Estabrook
TO PATTI................................................................................................................................ 36
Michael Estabrook
YOU HAVE TO FIND THE LIGHT......................................................................................... 37
Jeff Fleming
MID-AUGUST, HOTEL POOL................................................................................................ 37
Jeff Fleming
MOKELUMNE HILL.............................................................................................................. 37
Jeff Fleming
ORALS.................................................................................................................................... 38
Lyn Lifshin
WILMA.................................................................................................................................... 39
Sam Cornish
ALL NIGHT THE NIGHT HAS BEEN..................................................................................... 39
Lyn Lifshin
THE CAR ACCIDENT............................................................................................................. 40
Todd Philip Richardson
BREAD.................................................................................................................................... 41
Todd Philip Richardson
THERE IS A GHOST............................................................................................................... 41
Todd Philip Richardson
AUTUMN LOVE...................................................................................................................... 42
Jackie Ascrizzi
THE BLINDING EFFECT OF TOO MUCH IRONY................................................................ 42
Jackie Ascrizzi
SO WHAT................................................................................................................................ 43
Ruth Holzer
O HEALING GO DEEP........................................................................................................... 43
Elizabeth Kirschner
PLEASE USE SOME, BUT NOT ALL THE FOLLOWING CLICHÉS..................................... 44
Timothy Gager
THE SMELL OF REAL POETRY............................................................................................ 44
Steve Glines
WRITERS’ BIOS...................................................................................................................... 45
IBBETSON 26 Nov. 2010
CONTENTS
MARILYN MONROE’S TOASTER..................................................................................... 1
Lorraine A. Vail
THE THROAT SINGER OF TUVA...................................................................................... 2
Sheila Mullen Twyman
JERUSALEM ROAD.............................................................................................................. 3
Mary Rice
SAP MOON............................................................................................................................. 4
Gayle Roby
LEAVES OPEN MOON......................................................................................................... 4
Gayle Roby
STRAWBERRY MOON......................................................................................................... 5
Gayle Roby
THUNDER MOON................................................................................................................. 6
Gayle Roby
GREEN CORN MOON.......................................................................................................... 6
Gayle Roby
FRUIT MOON......................................................................................................................... 7
Gayle Roby
LOVE POEM FOR MARC.………....................................................................................... 8
Francine Marie Tolf
I LOOKED BACK................................................................................................................... 9
Harris Gardner
WHO WORE THE GLOVES?............................................................................................ 10
Laura Rodley
WHAT YOU’VE MISSED.................................................................................................... 11
Laura Rodley
THE YEAR I LEARNED TO LOVE YELLOW................................................................. 11
Laura Rodley
MILEAGE.............................................................................................................................. 12
Patricia Brodie
THE STORIES I CHOSE, THE STORIES I LOST........................................................... 13
Kelley Jean White
ELMWOOD AVENUE......................................................................................................... 13
Carol Matos
FALSE START...................................................................................................................... 14
Sandy Green
WHAT HAPPENS TO BUSY PEOPLE.............................................................................. 15
Sandy Green
GOOD WORKS.................................................................................................................... 16
Elizabeth Swados
AUTOMAT, PEEP-O-RAM, A TOKEN TRIO OF SYLLABLES.................................... 17
John Flynn
TIMEPIECE.......................................................................................................................... 18
Christine Ann Cuccio
Sorry....................................................................................................................................... 18
Janet Butler
WALKING THE MISSION ON A HOT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.................................. 19
A.D. Winans
*.............................................................................................................................................. 19
Simon Perchik
FRED MARCHANT: A HAPPY PERSON, A TURBULENT POET................................ 20
Doug Holder
PICKNEY STREET............................................................................................................... 23
Fred Marchant
LOOKING SOUTH.............................................................................................................. 23
Roger Kessel
TELL ME ABOUT MIDDLE AGE..................................................................................... 24
Kim Triedman
IMPROVISATION................................................................................................................ 25
Kim Triedman
ECLIPSE................................................................................................................................ 26
Dorian Brooks
SCATTERINGS.................................................................................................................... 27
Linda Haviland Conte
SOLITUDE OF MIST........................................................................................................... 27
Lainie Senechal
BACK ALLEYS..................................................................................................................... 28
Zvi A. Sesling
PRAYERS.............................................................................................................................. 28
Ed Galing
BUBBA, STUB, ROBBIE & WEENIE……........................................................................ 29
Bridgit Brown
STRAIGHT UP...................................................................................................................... 30
Richard W. Moyer
CHOICES.............................................................................................................................. 30
Don Alfieri
With watercolor stars on our muddied feet we.................................................................... 30
John T. Trigonis
THE VISITOR.….................................................................................................................. 31
Gene McCormick
AT NUTLEY POND.............................................................................................................. 32
Lyn Lifshin
THE PLAYER....................................................................................................................... 32
Lin Lifshin
FORECAST........................................................................................................................... 33
Jeff Saperstein
DECEMBER.......................................................................................................................... 33
Patricia L. Hamilton
BRIDE’S MAGAZINE.......................................................................................................... 34
Russell Rowland
USES OF TIME..................................................................................................................... 35
Russell Rowland
FLING.................................................................................................................................... 36
Naomi Ruth Lowinsky
YOUR PROBLEM................................................................................................................ 37
Naomi Ruth Lowinsky
RAIN ON CRUM CREEK…................................................................................................ 38
Linda M. Fischer
SURVIVOR............................................................................................................................ 39
Linda M. Fischer
BEING SICK.......................................................................................................................... 39
Carol Hamilton
FISH COVE........................................................................................................................... 40
Michael Keshigian
A LACK OF RAIN................................................................................................................ 41
Michael Keshigian
Joe’s horse ran in the second................................................................................................ 42
Melissa Shook
THEN GONE......................................................................................................................... 42
Llyn Clague
BLUE IRIS............................................................................................................................. 43
Mary M. Sesso
A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR AND MEDITATION.......................................................... 44
Robert K. Johnson
WRITERS’ BIOS.................................................................................................................. 45
ISSUE 27 June, 2010
CONTENTS
BENNY GOODMAN 1
Ed Galing
JULY FOURTH 2
Susan Lloyd McGarry
CHILDREN OF THE SUN 3
Paul Kareem Tayyar
SMALL VISITORS 3
Ginny Sullivan
SKETCH # 37 4
Lainie Senechal
STRAWBERRIES 4
Laura Rodley
AFTER HAYING 5
Sheila Nickerson
THE GARDENER, IN OCTOBER 5
Sheila Nickerson
ON THE ROAD TO AMHERST 6
JoAnne Preiser
THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A MOVIE 7
JoAnne Preiser
THAT SUMMER.……… 8
Karla Huston
HAIR DRESSERS IN HELL 9
Karla Huston
SMUGGLER STOPPED AT THE EGYPT/GAZA BORDER
WEARING A GIRDLE OF LIVE CROCODILES 9
Jean Monahan
SILENT AS THE DAWN 10
Michael Estabrook
WHAT IT IS 11
Margaret Young
How could I learn what to pass on to you 11
C.L. Oxley
DEAR WORLD YOU ARE COURTED TO DEATH 12
Lo Galluccio
VANISHING POINT 13
Harris Gardner
“ON BEAUTY’S BUM” 13
Philip E. Burnham, Jr.
THE MAD GIRL WANTS TO SING “GOT ALONG WITHOUT YOU
BEFORE I MET YOU” 14
Lyn Lifshin
TOO EARLY FOR THIS 14
Lyn Lifshin
THE SPIDERS ARE SLEEPING 15
Kate Chadbourne
KITCHEN SPIDER 16
Cheryl B. Perreault
WATERBURY 18
William Gilson
SWEATER ON THE BEACH 20
Miriam Levine
RELEASE 21
Miriam Levine
HATCHES 21
Jay Matthews
APPARITIONS 22
Joyce Meyers
IF ONLY 23
Joyce Meyers
TO SEE TREES DIE 23
Joyce Meyers
SESTINA WRITTEN IN THE LIBRARY 24
Barbara Bialick
TURTLE SHAPED BOX 25
Ashley Trace
FROM THE BACK WARD TO THE BLACKBOARD: FROM MCLEAN HOSPITAL
TO THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM 26
Doug Holder
LOUIS XVI’S LAST THOUGHT 30
Zvi A. Sesling
THE LOVE AFFAIR 31
George Wallace
SMOKE IN THE WIND 31
Fredrick Zydek
CATCH 32
Ken Seide
REVEILLE 33
Linda M. Fischer
ON THE DOCK 34
Linda Haviland Conte
TOMATOES 34
Mary Rice
THE PERFECT WORLD OF ALUMNI MAGAZINES 35
Dan Sklar
SILENT GREEK. 35
Richard W. Moyer
HALLOWEEN/COTTAGE 36
David Giannini
MASSACHUSETTS AUTUMN 37
David Giannini
PASSION.… 37
Sanghi Ehrlich
POLE BARN 38
Dale Cottingham
WALTZ IN A ROOFLESS CHAPEL 39
Ray Greenblatt
HOSPICE……. 39
Keith Tornheim
BOMBARDIER 40
Dorian Brooks
GEORGIA 41
Kirk Etherton
WAR AND PEACE ON THE PRAIRIE 42
Ellaraine Lockie
HOME OF THE BRAVE 43
Ellaraine Lockie
RED CEDAR SWAMP 44
Anne Cope Wallace
WRITERS’ BIOS 45
IBBETSON STREET 28 * This is the first issue under the affilation with Endicott College at Beverly, Mass. Nov., 2010
NOT ADVENT 1
Ginny Sullivan
GEOGRAPHY 2
Joanne DeSimone Reynolds
CITY OF NIGHT 2
Zvi Sesling
ANTEROS A GO GO 3
John A. Trause
CAN’T MISS IT 3
Harris Gardner
PAINTING YOUR MALE SKIN 4
Deborah M. Priestly
TO BE UNDERSTOOD.……… 4
Coleen T. Houlihan
THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES 5
Lorraine A. Vail
PHYLACTERIES 5
Ed Galing
room for love 6
Irene Koronas
WHAT BERT SAID 6
Joanna Nealon
YOUR HEART IS LIKE A SMALL BROWN STONE 7
Varsha Kukafka
SATURDAY SOCK HOP, 1959 8
Pamela Annas
MUSIC THROUGH THE GREY DAY 8
Martha Boss
ARMENIA’S MINISTRY OF CULTURE COMPLAINS 9
Diana Der Hovanessian
TO GRANDFATHER ELK 10
Li Min Mo
IN THE K-MART LOT 10
Lawrence Kessenich
THE INCIDENCE OF WATER 11
T. Michael Sullivan
RED SHIFT 11
Daniel Tobin
TREE… 12
Linda M. Fischer
PRAYER 13
Linda M. Fischer
MONTCOAL WEST VIRGINIA 14
Julia Carlson
DISAPPEARING 14
Ruth C. Chad
MERIWETHER LEWIS 15
Michael Todd Steffen
RUSH HOUR 15
X.J. Kennedy
PATCHES 16
Miriam Levine
HITCHCOCK’S CIRCLES 17
Lyn Lifshin
LEARNING WITH WHISKEY 18
Sam Cornish
AGAIN 18
Robert K. Johnson
LOST CELLO 19
Victor Howes
GOATS 19
Bert Stern
THE POET TO HER MUSE 20
Patricia L. Hamilton
IMAGINING SPRING 21
Patricia L. Hamilton
HERALDS 21
Mary Rice
MARGE PIERCY: TO BE OF USE 22
Mary Rice
WHERE DREAMS COME FROM 23
Marge Piercy
A FAREWELL TO HOES AND HOSES 24
Marge Piercy
A WEIGHTY PANTOUM 24
Marge Piercy
COME FLY WITHOUT ME 25
Marge Piercy
A DREAM THAT WILL COME TRUE 25
Marge Piercy
ADORN 26
Rene Schwiesow
RETREAT 26
Robert Riche
BIRCHES IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD 27
Philip E. Burnham, Jr.
WORDS THAT BLEED 28
A.D. Winans
MOTIVE 28
Gloria Mindock
OPEN STUDIO: LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS 29
Kathleen Spivack
GLASS DOOR KNOB.… 29
Llyn Clague
AGAINST ALL ODDS 30
Tino Villanueva
WALDEN 31
Kirk Etherton
RELUMING LIGHT……. 32
Laura Rodley
“Love never says, ‘This is the last.’” 32
Lainie Senechal
THE SEAL BEATITUDES 33
Laura Rodley
RIPE AT HARVEST 34
Ellaraine Lockie
LATE OCTOBER 35
Isabella K. Nebel
THE NEXT BETTER PLACE 35
Timothy Gager
REVELATION 36
Fred Marchant
ILLUMINATIONS 37
Ben Mazer
SHEPHERD’S CLOAK 38
Saint Rosner
BOULDER DREAMS 39
Nathaniel Mayes
THE TILT OF THE EARTH 39
Anne Drury
TROLLOPE INVENTED THE POST BOX 40
Carol Hamilton
“THE MARBLE INLET” 40
Carol Hamilton
BOWLS OF DUST 41
Molly Lynn Watt
CHOCOLATE 41
January Gill O’Neill
HERMIT’S BOWLFUL 42
Thomas O’Leary
AMERICAN DREAMING, CIRCA 1946 43
Krikor N. Der Hohannesian
GANGS OF LEAVES 43
Barbara Bialick
WALKING INTO IT, WINTER SOLSTICE 44
Tamlin Neville
WRITERS’ BIOS 45
IBBETSON STREET 29
CONTENTS
RESURRECTION................................................................................................................... 1
Celia Gilbert
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE OPTIMIST.............................................................................. 2
Celia Gilbert
WHAT EDEN WAS LIKE...................................................................................................... 3
Celia Gilbert
MEMORIAL DAY................................................................................................................... 3
Celia Gilbert
HIC JACET............................................................................................................................. 4
Melissa Green
AT THE SEASHORE............................................................................................................. 5
Melissa Green
WHEN THE TWO PRESIDENTS KISSED.………............................................................. 6
Dennis Rhodes
POND GONE DRY................................................................................................................. 6
Dale Cottingham
THE IMPRESSIONISTS INDOORS..................................................................................... 7
Jennifer Barber
FREE ENTERPRISE.............................................................................................................. 8
Abigail Bottome
PENGUIN ICEPLEX, SOUTH POINTE............................................................................... 9
Margaret Young
VOODOO DONUTS............................................................................................................. 10
Wendy Drexler
SENDAI SISTER CITY......................................................................................................... 10
Gayle Roby
THE UNBUILT PRAIRIE.................................................................................................... 11
Wendy Drexler
TRAVEL PLANS.................................................................................................................. 11
Pia Taavila
HONEYSUCKLE.................................................................................................................. 12
Jon Mathewson
AFTERGLOW....................................................................................................................... 14
Lainie Senechal
OCTOBER............................................................................................................................. 14
Lainie Senechal
untitled.................................................................................................................................... 14
Jane Stuart
WEISS WEIN......................................................................................................................... 15
A.H. Block
THE EXPAT TAKES A HIKE….......................................................................................... 15
Jennifer Saunders
POETRY, MASKS AND TRUTH........................................................................................ 16
Mary Rice
WHO?.................................................................................................................................... 18
Harris Gardner
WRITER IN RESIDENCE.................................................................................................... 19
Lawrence Kessenich
NEW YORK IN GENERAL................................................................................................. 20
Ed Galing
SWEET DIXIELAND, EARLY SIXTIES............................................................................ 20
Linda Larson
A SHORT, RECENT HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN NORTH AMERICA...................... 21
Adrienne Drobnies
LONG ENOUGH.................................................................................................................. 22
Richard Hoffman
OF TIME AND THE BEAUTY CONTEST........................................................................ 23
Dan Sklar
DIABOLI FILIA.................................................................................................................... 23
James K. Webb
CHEATING THE DEER...................................................................................................... 24
Linda M. Fischer
SNOWDROPS....................................................................................................................... 25
Linda M. Fischer
INSIDE OUT.......................................................................................................................... 26
Judith Askew
RIDING THE LOCAL.......................................................................................................... 26
Ray Greenblatt
FACING THE DEAD............................................................................................................ 27
JoAnne Preiser
SIGHT SEER......................................................................................................................... 27
Chad Parenteau
AFTER READING MICHAEL MACK............................................................................... 28
Barbara Helfgott Hyett
SUNDAYS AT THE HOME................................................................................................. 29
Marissa Dubin
ANGLE OF REPOSE........................................................................................................... 30
Ellaraine Lockie
AN AMERICAN HAIBUN.................................................................................................... 31
Ellaraine Lockie
BOOK REVIEW—WHERE I LIVE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, 1990-2010,
by MAXINE KUMIN............................................................................................................. 32
Katie Clarke
DRIVING HOME FROM ITHACA
AFTER LEAVING MY DAUGHTER AT COLLEGE...................................................... 34
Joan I. Siegel
MIDSUMMER BIKE RIDE.................................................................................................. 34
Carol Hamilton
EFFABLE............................................................................................................................... 35
Kelley Jean White
A DAY BETWEEN SEASONS............................................................................................. 35
David Chorlton
THE TORTOISESHELL CAT............................................................................................ 36
Joyce Wilson
POISONOUS FRUIT............................................................................................................ 37
Joyce Wilson
SEASONS LOST................................................................................................................... 37
Anthony James
“A NOVEL READER” by VINCENT VAN GOGH.......................................................... 38
Deborah H. Doolittle
BRAVO!.…............................................................................................................................ 38
Joan Dugas
MIDNIGHT AT THE DISCO BOWLING ALLEY............................................................ 39
Deborah H. Doolittle
BARN..................................................................................................................................... 40
Dorian Brooks
RELATIVITY........................................................................................................................ 40
Hillary Bartholomew
I ABOMINATE……….......................................................................................................... 41
Llyn Clague
MY WIFE’S LAUGH............................................................................................................ 41
Llyn Clague
MORE HAIR......................................................................................................................... 42
Lyn Lifshin
THE PEARLS........................................................................................................................ 43
Lyn Lifshin
THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN.......................................................................................... 44
Joseph Ross
A MOMENT WITH BUDDAH............................................................................................. 44
A.D. Winans
WRITERS’ BIOS.................................................................................................................. 45
IBBETSON 30
CONTENTS
TOWN PARK, LATE AUTUMN.................................................................................................1
Ted Kooser
GINNY, WITH THE SMALLEST WAIST ................................................................................2
Lyn Lifshin
HOME FOR LUNCH ....................................................................................................................2
Joanne DeSimone Reynolds
TAKING ISSUE WITH MARCELINO ......................................................................................3
Ellaraine Lockie
SKYLIGHT ....................................................................................................................................4
Ellen Kirvin Dudis
I SEE ALLEN’S DEAD FACE FLASH ON TV AT NOON
IN A PHOENIX BUS STATION ..................................................................................................5
Branton Shearer
WHAT I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU………..........................................................................6
Susan Waters
DEAR READER ............................................................................................................................6
Lorraine A. Vail
NEW HIRE ORIENTATION .......................................................................................................7
Patricia Hamilton
LAMB’S EAR.................................................................................................................................8
Cynthia Duda
FIBONACCI FLOWERS..............................................................................................................8
Deborah Leipziger
RIGHT TRIANGLE ......................................................................................................................9
Richard Luftig
A POET’S TIME AND PLACE .................................................................................................10
Jared Smith
HAUNTED....................................................................................................................................11
Deborah Finkelstein
EXPRESSIONS ............................................................................................................................11
Mary Rice
ATTACK OF OPPORTUNITY .................................................................................................12
Kevin Brown
UPBEAT .......................................................................................................................................13
Richard Swanson
LOST AND FOUND AT THE CHECK-OUT COUNTER .....................................................14
Harris Gardner
BELIEVE IN THEM AND THEY WILL COME ....................................................................14
Carol Hamilton
AMISH COUNTRY........................................................................................................................15
Joyce Wilson
POEM FOR ALEXSEY DAYEN ...............................................................................................16
A.D. Winans
SHELVES OF WAR: THE READING ROOM OF THE CORK CITY LIBRARY ............17
Philip E. Burnham, Jr.
A COLD EXCHANGE ................................................................................................................17
Joanna Nealon
IN RUMBULA FOREST ............................................................................................................18
Freddy Frankel
FINAL MATTER.........................................................................................................................19
Molly Lynn Watt
NOCHE DE LOS MUERTOS, SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE..............................................20
Andrew H. Oerke
PATIENCE ...................................................................................................................................21
Joyce Meyers
I THINK NOW OF TASSO’S OAK ..........................................................................................21
John J. Trause
FROST@MIDNIGHT .................................................................................................................22
Victor Howes
WALT, WITH ONLY YOU IN MIND ......................................................................................22
Ruth Sabath Rosenthal
WHAT BOOMERS WANT ........................................................................................................23
Barbara Bialick
HUGH FOX: WAY, WAY OFF ON HIS FINAL ROAD ........................................................24
Doug Holder
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS .......................................................................................26
Ellaraine Lockie
FALLING IN LOVE WITH ROMA..........................................................................................28
Lawrence Kessenich
BEDROOM FRESCO, FROM A VILLA UNEARTHED NEAR POMPEII ........................28
Jean Monahan
THE SOUND OF IT ....................................................................................................................29
Karla Huston
THE SOUND OF ANGELS ........................................................................................................29
Ruth C. Chad
BLACK ANGEL ..........................................................................................................................30
Diana Der-Hovanessian
AN ESTUARY..............................................................................................................................30
Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell
ODE TO PUERTO MOSQUITO BIOLUMINESCENT BAY ...............................................31
Meg Campbell
SEA COLOR ................................................................................................................................32
Gloria Mindock
MORNING MIST ........................................................................................................................32
Kathleen Spivack
WAITING FOR MY SON...........................................................................................................33
Ed Galing
SELF-STORAGE.........................................................................................................................34
Charles Sabukewicz
MUG’S PROPHECY ...................................................................................................................35
Tomas O’Leary
TOMATOES IN SEPTEMBER .................................................................................................36
Joyce Wilson
NOVEMBER ................................................................................................................................36
Joyce Meyers
SWEET SEASON: RETURN TO THE NILE ..........................................................................37
Laura Bernard
CAMERA OSCURA....................................................................................................................37
Laura Bernard
EASY .............................................................................................................................................38
Joyce Meyers
FAITH IS A FISH BOWL ..........................................................................................................38
Jean Monahan
BLACK WIDOW ON A DOOR HINGE…...............................................................................39
Mike Amado
XYLEM & PHLOEM..................................................................................................................40
E.P. Fisher
WILL YOU ...................................................................................................................................41
Donna Bechar
EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG .............................................................................................41
Bert Stern
CREATION………. .....................................................................................................................42
Bonny Barry Sanders
ACCOUTREMENTS ..................................................................................................................43
Kim Triedman
FIELD CANVAS..........................................................................................................................43
Joan Kimball
BRISTLECONE PINES ..............................................................................................................44
Ruth Gooley
THESE HANDS ...........................................................................................................................44
Krikor Der Hohannesian
INVOKING GANESHA..............................................................................................................45
Rene Schwiesow
SILVER BLOSSOMS..................................................................................................................45
Lainie Senechal
FROM STARS..............................................................................................................................46
IBBETSON 32
Bob Brooks
Philip E.
Burnham, Jr.
Helen Marie Casey
Dennis Daly
Diana Der-Hovanessian
Jesse Mavro Diamond
David R.
DiSarro
Elizabeth Doran
Cynthia Duda
Deborah
Finkelstein
Linda M. Fischer
Peter Fulton
Timothy Gager
Ed Galing
Harris Gardner
Carol Hamilton
Elizabeth Hanson
Adria Holmes
Robert K. Johnson
Christine Kennedy
X.J. Kennedy
Lawrence Kessenich
Joan
Alice Wood Kimball
Irene Koronas
John P. Kristofco
Miriam Levine
Lyn Lifshin
Ellaraine Lockie
Ben Mazer
Sandy McCord
Joyce
Meyers
Jean Monahan
Ruth O'Callaghan
Mark Pawlak
Simon Perchik
Emily Pineau
Joanne
DeSimone Reynolds
Amelia Wilbur
Riggs
Charles Sabukewicz
Lainie
Senechal,
Judith Skillman
Wendell
Smith
Bert
Stern
Geeta Tewari
Teisha Twomey
Marty Walsh
Chris Warner
Afaa
Michael Weaver
Sheryl White
Tom Yuill
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Molly Bennett
Louise Berliner
Barbara Bialick
Jessie Brown
Michael Brosnan
Michael Casey
Ruth C. Chad
Llyn Clague
Louisa Clerici
Diana Der-Hovanessian
Cornelius Eady
James Eret
Rhina P. Espaillat
Timothy Gager
Ed Galing
Brendan Galvin
Harris Gardner
Marc D. Goldfinger
Cleo Griffith
Mary E. Hampton
Bill Harney—
Barbara Helfgott Hyett
Richard Hoffman
George Kalogeris
K. T. Landon
Kathleen Tibbetts
Lyn Lifshin
Marie-Elizabeth Mali
Stephen Malin
Jennifer Matthews—
Michael Gillan Maxwell
Julianne Palumbo
Marilene Phipps-Kettlewell [
Marge Piercy
Denise Provost
Jason L. Roberts—
Gayle Roby
Lainie Senechal
Steven Sher
Jared Smith
Wendell Smith
Laurie Soriano
Kathleen Spivack
Michael Todd Steffen
Paul Kareem Tayyar
Keith Tornheim
John T. Trigonis
Teisha Twomey
Jean Valentine
Molly Lynn Watt
Zvi A. Sesling
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Molly Bennett
Louise Berliner
Barbara Bialick
Jessie Brown
Michael Brosnan
Michael Casey
Ruth C. Chad
Llyn Clague
Louisa Clerici
Diana Der-Hovanessian
Cornelius Eady
James Eret
Rhina P. Espaillat
Timothy Gager
Ed Galing
Brendan Galvin
Harris Gardner
Marc D. Goldfinger
Cleo Griffith
Mary E. Hampton
Bill Harney—
Barbara Helfgott Hyett
Richard Hoffman
Robert K. Johnson
George Kalogeris
K. T. Landon
Kathleen Tibbetts
Lyn Lifshin
Marie-Elizabeth Mali
Stephen Malin
Jennifer Matthews—
Michael Gillan Maxwell
Julianne Palumbo
Marilene Phipps-Kettlewell [
Marge Piercy
Denise Provost
Jason L. Roberts—
Gayle Roby
Lainie Senechal
Steven Sher
Jared Smith
Wendell Smith
Laurie Soriano
Kathleen Spivack
Michael Todd Steffen
Paul Kareem Tayyar
Keith Tornheim
John T. Trigonis
Teisha Twomey
Jean Valentine
Molly Lynn Watt
Zvi A. Sesling
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