Nancy Ellen Abrams
Nancy is a co-author, with Joel R. Primack, of The View from the Center of the Universe. She is also a singer/songwriter with three albums, none of which include the not-yet-recorded song Memorial Day.
Songs:
Memorial Day (May 2006)
Neil Aitken
Neil is a Canadian poet in exile. Graduate student at UC Riverside in the MFA Creative Writing program.
Poetry:
Shaman (August 2001)
Man Pulled From the Earth (El Salvador)~ for Sergio Moreno (January 2003)
Burials (June 2005)
Sarah Mae Allard
Last
time we checked, Sarah was a twenty-one year old English major on
hiatus, who spends her spare time building gigantic leaf piles in the
fall, and tiny snowmen in the winter. In the summer and spring, she's
too busy complaining about the heat to build anything.
Poetry:
Routine (May 2005)
Machias: (May 2005)
Jelena Andjelkovic
Jelena was born and raised in former Yugoslavia. Works in her native
Serbo-Croatian language have been published in several anthologies. She
performs her poetry throughout the L.A. area.
Poetry:
Orange (January 2003)
Raven ( Oct 2003)
Cello (March 2004)
William Angelo Short Articles:
Should There Be A Bounty On Plutocrats? (October 2008)
Aurora Antonovic
Aurora is a writer and visual artist who currently acts as Canadian liaison for Muse Apprentice Guild.
Poetry:
Things I Want To Save (July 2003)
Your Love (August 2003)
Seaside Serenade (August 2003)
On the Beach (Sept 2003)
Enchantment (Sept 2003)
Hot As A Candle (Feb 2004)
Moonlight (Feb 2004)
Angel's Whisper (March 2004)
Poets’ Journey (April 2004)
I Am Restless As the Ocean (August 2004)
Autumn’s Afternoon (Oct 2004)
Autumn’s Awakening (Nov 2004)
At The Apple Orchard (Dec 2004)
Sunday Night Supper (Feb 2005)
Drop A Line of Poetry (March 2005)
Addiction (March 2005)
Tata (June 2005)
Winter's Hope (Nov2005)
Three Nights in Shanghai (July 2006)
Five (May 2007)
With Christopher John Home
Christopher John is an Australian poet who views his work as poetic snapshots of life's experience and reflection.
Amare (Oct 2003)
Poet-Speak (Nov 2003)
Celestial Slumber and Solaris Eternal (Dec 2003)
Serenade Me and True Harmony (Jan 2004)
My Angel Gone (March 2004)
My Well Wishing (April 2004)
With C.W. Hawes
C.W. is a bureaucrat by day, and a poet by night, who currently divides his time between Iowa and Minnesota. Under The Linden Tree (Feb 2004)
Haiku:
haikufest '06(August 2006)
Recipes:
Candy Apple Pie
Blueberry Streusel CakE
Sweet Potato Salad (November2006)
Frozen Cranberry Salad (November 2007)
Book Reviews:
The Blossoms of the Night-Blooming Cereus
by Ursula T. Gibson (Sept 2005)
Elizabeth Archers
Elizabeth is a pedestrian in Portland, Oregon. She has a poem in the forthcoming
Walking Bridges Using Poetry as a Compass, by Urban Adventure Press.
Poetry:
Refraction (November 2007)
6:00
a.m. (January 2008)
Amparo Arrospide
Amparo is a Basque-Argentinian poet and translator, coeditor of PoetryLifeandTimes, where some of her bilingual texts have also been published."
Interviews:
INTERVIEW FOR POETRY LIFE AND TIMES – JUNE 2007 (December 2008)
Sharon Auberle
Author of two books of poetry–when not writing, Sharon may be found
hanging pictures and poems at her blogsite–Mimi's Golightly Café.
Poetry:
Crow Ink (May 2009)
Featured Poet July 2009
The Road to Cortine
Dragonfly Days
Unspoken
Richard Ayelot
Richard spends much of his time on the river fishing and swearing copiously when he doesn't get a rise!
Poetry:
Warning (Jan 2005)
Mary Jo Balistreri Book Review:
LINE DANCE (February 2008)
Nathan A. Baker
Nathan is a carpenter/poet living in the mountains of Tennessee. His
poems have appeared at Red River Review. Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry,
Underground Window, Zafusy, Lily and Blue House.
Poetry:
Ruffled Eagles(Sept 2006)
A Party of One (Sept 2006)
Songs:
Daddy Loved the Mountains (July 2006)
Sondra Ball
Sondra is adept in several genres. She is the editor of the AmerIndian e-zine Autumn Leaves.
Poetry:
About This House (August 2004)
Women on the Lawn (August 2004)
Daniele Barbero
Daniele Barbero is a native of Asti, Piemonte, and a former pilot and officer in the Italian Air Force. He has supervised and managed many publicly-funded projects. A notorious computer geek and packrat, Daniele currently has around 30 computers of varying architectures, and his favorite operating system is Sun Solaris. Need a weird keyboard or video card or funky 8MB memory chip? He has it.
Poetry:
Translation of the Poem:
Rain in the Pine Woods by Gabriele D'Annunzio (January 2009)
Barton
Barton can usually be found at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in the springtime.
Poetry:
In These Rooms (March 2002)
Ellen Bass
Ellen's most recent book of poetry is Mules of Love (BOA Editions). She
teaches poetry and creative writing in Santa Cruz, CA. www.ellenbass.com.
Poetry:
After Our Daughter's Wedding (October 2002)
Sentinel (October 2002)
And What if I Spoke of Despair (October 2002)
Pray for Peace (April 2003)
Jim Bennett
Jim
was born and still lives near Liverpool in England. He grew up in
Liverpool during the years of the Liverpool Sound and the Liverpool
Poets and it is from this tradition that he developed his own unique
style and voice. Poetry:
Walking On The Mesa ( Dec 2003)
Speaking in Silence ( Dec 2003)
Allan Ginsberg's typewriter ( July 2004)
Trees Are Green Sometimes (Nov 2004)
Too Many Stars (Dec 2004)
Trees Are Green Sometimes (Jan 2005)
The Sign at the End of the Road (Sept 2005)
Inventory 1953 (Sept 2005)
The War Poet(January2006)
Imaginary Dreams (July 2006)
M. Kathryn Black
Poetry:
Waiting For High Tide (March 2003)
Solitude (Sept 2003)
Merry Katherine Blackwood
Poetry:
Pagan Dreams (August 2001)
Richard Blaisdel
Short Articles:
The
Leprechaun's Secret (March 2008)
Norbert Blei
Short Stories:
Notes from the Underground… #138 (July 2008)
Florence Bonadero
Florence is a retired dietitian/nutritionist, has taught Italian
cooking classes for adults, and is the author of the cookbook MANGIARE BENE
Recipes:
Zia Francesca’s Biscotti Natale (Dec 2004)
Cranberry- Walnut Biscotti (Dec 2004)
Karyn Hughes Briggs
Karyn
is a 35 year old, divorced, Southern poet, who's been scribbling for
twenty-something years! Her rehabilitation from a car accident in 1996
only serves to inspire her further!
Poetry:
Cinquain (November 2001)
Now (October 2001)
Pain (July 2001)
Haiku:
Love (February 2002)
William W. Brownson, Jr.
William
is a child of the 1940's who served in the Military during the Cuban
Crisis and early part of the Vietnam conflict. Since he is totally
unable to handle reality, he writes Science Fiction. Having no poetic
abilities at all, he just likes to make up stories.
Serialised Short Stories:
Billy (July 2001)
Billy -- continuation (August 2001)
Helen-Lee Brownstein
Award winning poet Helen-Lee lives in Canada.
Poetry:
A Prayer For Sunset (May 2007)
John Bruce
Flash Fiction:
Kissing Contest (March 2009)
Mel Bosworth
Mel Bosworth lives and breathes in Western Massachusetts.
Flash Fiction:
Dingo's Bend (March 2009)
Robin M. Buehler
Robin
is a photojournalist in Southern New Jersey. Her writings and
photography have appeared in a variety of online and print
publications.
Poetry:
Quilted Freedom (July 2005)
Carole Bugge
Carole was born in Nurnberg Germany to American parents in a family of high-testosterone-level women. She
has five novels in print, all mysteries, and is currently working on a novel about a criminal profiler.
Poetry:
Chopping Wood With My Father (March 2005)
The New York State Thruway (January 2007)
Portrait of T.S. Eliot (April 2008)
Meditation on an Ancient Widow (May 2008)
Satori On a Rainy Night (January 2009)
James Dalton Byrd
Georgian by circumstance, Northlander by desire, Texan forever. Carver
of wood and tall tales. Artist, scientist, musician.
Poetry:
Magic in the Sparks... Dancers in the Flames (October 2005)
In the Glowing of Fall (October 2006)
The Perfect Slice (March 2007)
The Man Who Loved Time (June 2007)
A Poem’s Way (May 2009)
Songs
Rainy Day Riff (April 2009)
One Step Down (May 2009)
Bouquet (May 2009)
Bara Byrnes
Bara, the most eclectic of the eclectic, is an actress, writer poet, Realtor and cookie baker.
Poetry:
Here Today . . . Gone Tomorrow (October 2002)
David Cale
David, a photographer and poet lives in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Poetry:
Christmas in Ortona (December 2001)
Mont Aguille (November 2001)
Sea of Remembering (June 2002)
"War" On Terrorism (Sept 2002)
The Blinding (Sept 2002)
Photography:
Christmas in Ortona (December 2001)
Mont Aguille (November 2001)
Execution of Ideals (Sept 2002)
Kay Caputi
Poetry:
Cradle of Dreams (February 2008)
Writing a Note to Mommy (May 2008)
Robin Carneen
Robin a Swinomish Tribal Member in La Conner, WA. is a poet, writer, film maker, singer songwriter- and the host and producer of an internet show called: NAMAPAHH First People's Radio offering Native American news, views, music, occasional poems, and other literature and film by or about Indigenous People.
Poetry:
Snow Geese Came Early (December 2008)
Craig Carothers
Craig is from the Pacific Northwest, but now makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee.
Songs:
Invisible People
by Gene Nelson and Craig Carothers (Sept 2004)
Patrick Carrington
Patrick is the author of Hard Blessings (MSR Publishing, 2008), Thirst
(Codhill, 2007), and Rise, Fall and Acceptance (MSR Publishing, 2006),
and winner of New Delta Review's 2008 Matt Clark Prize and Yemassee's
Pocataligo Contest in poetry. He teaches creative writing in New Jersey
and serves as the poetry editor of Mannequin Envy.
Look for Patrick's feature in the March 2007 issue.
Poetry:
Marielle’s White Shirt (March 2007)
Whispers from the Pier (March 2007)
Across Grand Central (March 2007)
Reverence (March 2007)
Curtis White Carroll
Curtis moved from rural eastern Oregon to Portland in 2002. Since then
he has lived happily as an industrial worker and, of course, poet.
Poetry:
3 views of love and loss (November 2007
light will bring no dawn (November 2007)
furniture balanced on a tightrope (November 2007)
Like Joan of Arc (Dec 2007)
Peter Cashwell
Peter, born in North Carolina, has worked at lots of different jobs --
radio announcer, rock musician, comic-book critic, improv comedy
accompanist. He now teaches English and speech at Woodberry Forest
School in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
Poetry:
Unknown Birds in Unknown Trees (January 2002)
C.E.Chaffin
C.E. has been publishing in journals for 40 years. Credits are too numerous to list. His new book, "Unexpected Light," was just released by Diminuendo Press He lives in Mendocino, CA, with his wife and editor, Kathleen Chaffin, two cats and a dog named J. Alfred Prufrock.
Poetry:
Mom's Passing (September 2008)
The Junk Drawer (September 2008)
CO (September 2008)
After Rain (January 2009)
Kaila Chan
Kaila is a born and bred Southern California girl who now makes her
home in Glendale, Arizona. Kaila's children are grown and out of the
house, giving her time to explore new hobbies such as golf, quilting
and scrapbooking.
Poetry:
I Can Picture Her Now (May 2002)
When did it Happen? (August 2001)
Where Does Your Culture End and Mine Begin? (with Sharmagne Leland-St. John- January 2002 )
Two Voice Dialogues:
Play Ball (Nov 2001)
Story:
Thoughts on Father's Day (June 2001)
A Summer to Remember (July 2001)
Christmas Memories ( December 2002)
Haiku:
I Feel You ( June 2001)
Haiku (June 2002)
Short Articles:
Gung Hay Fat Choy! (February2007) Recipes:
Refreshing Summer Salad recipes (August 2001)
Corned Beef and Cabbage (March 2004)
April 2005
Enjoy the Dim Sum Experience!
Potstickers
Shu Mai
Ginger Dipping Sauce
Chinese Steamed Meatballs
Pork Spareribs in Black Bean Sauce
Coconut Gelatin Squares
*
Kaila's Corn Bread (July2006)
Antonia Clark
Antonia
works as a medical writer in Burlington, Vermont. She has taught
creative writing in community college and adult education programs, and
is currently co-administrator of an online poetry forum, The Waters.
Poetry:
Hush (August 2007)
Kevyn Clark
Kevyn lives in Santa Cruz, California and is the author of Corner of Divisadero and Whatever. Poetry:
Mass (Jan 2002)
Driving Daniella'sLullaby (Feb 2002)
A Poem for Efrain Bartolomé (March 2002)
This (April 2002)
Gravity (July 2002)
black (Sept 2002)
higher power (October 2002)
Obsequies (May 2003)
JD Clay
Jadi is lives in Southern California where he is a syntax junkie.
Poetry:
In
the Wake of an Albatross (June 2008)
Antoinette Nora Claypoole
Antoinette
is a contemporary American author, activist and poet. Her most
notorious work comes from her first published book, Who Would Unbraid
Her Hair: The Legend of Annie Mae which documents the life and death
of Canadian activist, Anna Mae Pictou Aquash.
Articles:
Unsettling Realms of a Friendly Nation (Jan 2005)
Barbara Cohen
Barbara lives in the Pacific Northwest. Poetry:
A Middle-Aged Woman Stopped at Her Border (June 2007)
Allesha Coleman
Allesha is an art student living in Nacadocious, Texas.
Recipes:
Southern Baked Chicken (Sept 2005)
Texas Style Corn (Sept 2005)
Steamed Savoy Cabbage (Sept 2005)
Derek Collins
Derek is apparently better at writing poetry than he is at giving short biography's. He is unable to convince his fiancé that she is the most beautiful woman in the world yet she is his inspiration for everything. He likes Rainer Maria Rilke, Billy Collins, no bake cookies and sings out loud in his car (complete with air drums.
Poetry:
Marlon Brando’s Stanley is Wet (January 2009)
Remember (February 2009)
Flavia Cosima
Flavia is an award wining Romanian born Canadian poet, author and translator. She took her Master's in electrical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest. After that she studied drama for two years. In Romania she worked as a radio and television Sound director. She continues to work in this field as an independent producer/director/writer for TV documentaries. Flavia has published so far 22 books of which 17 poetry collections
Poetry:
Beyond (August 2008)
Debra Conklin
Poetry:
Fireworks (October 2001)
Larry Crist
Larry lives in Seattle. His poems and stories have recently appeared in Floating Bridge Review, Pontoon, Tapestries, Hawaii Review, Hurricane Review, and Pear, and he is a regular contributor to Real Change, Seattle’s homeless newspaper.
Poetry:
On
Break At Open Mic (January 2008)
Barbara Crooker (née Poti)
Barbara’s book Radiance won the 2005 Word Press First Book Award and was a finalist for the 2006 Paterson Poetry Prize. Line Dance,
her new book, is now out from Word. She has also won the Thomas Merton
Poetry of the Sacred Award. Originally from Fishkill, NY, she now lives
and writes in rural northeastern Pennsylvania.
Poetry:
Instead (Sept 2006)
Poem For My Brother (November 2006)
Praise Song (November 2006)
Poem Ending With A Line By Rumi (November 2006)
August (August 2008)
Severn Culis-Suzuki video
THE INDIGO GIRL WHO SILENCED THE UNITED NATIONS
FOR 5 MINUTES (July 2008)
Anne Cunningham
Anne is a seasoned word surgeon (medical transcriptionist) by day,
student, brooding poet by night, and mixed media collage artist in the
oft and between, taking what life gives her and reapproximating it all
into something she can use, her current reign of terror in the Great
Lakes area of Wisconsin.
Poetry:
Joy Ripping Into Silence (December 2004)
Six-Sided Tears For Fears (Jan 2005)
Tyler Joseph Cusick
Tyler claims to be a paradigm of old values for the new generation,
with 65k miles hitch-hiked, 80k overall, selling poetry to individual
"Man on the Street" clients. He was self published in the US 50 by 21,
and had his first national television feature at 23. He currently lives
in San Diego. Poetry:
By The Light of Reason (August 2001)
And Come Now, The Dreams (August 2001)
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