Dr. James G. Piatt lives and writes in California. He taught philosophy, psychology, and engineering mathematics at Allan Hancock College and was professor of education at California State Polytechnic University and Chapman University. His poems have been published in Word Catalyst Magazine, Shadow Poetry Anthology, and Apollo’s Lyre. Two of his relatives were prolific poets […]

John Sherer gave us the delightful Veer earlier in the fall. Writing from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, John seems to know from what he writes. He presents a poetic view of light and time in this poem. How many of us sometimes stop writing to take notice of the changing nature of light and […]

Jeanette Cheezum is a charter member of the Hampton Roads Writers (you know what that means, right? She’s another Virginian!) and a veteran member of many online writing sites and e-zines. Jeanette was a semifinalist in the Mixed Drinks contest and Verb’s Dynamic Dialogue contest. Her work has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, […]

Virginia native Phyllis Johnson fell in love with the rhythm and sound of words at an early age. A toy typewriter reinforced that love of words. Today she is a newspaper columnist, photojournalist, and published author of three books. Her fourth book, cowritten with Nancy Naigle (Until We Meet Again), is a young adult suspense […]

Joseph Murphy won the Eisner Prize for poetry in the early 1970s, UC Berkeley’s highest award in the arts. He began writing again about 10 years and recently began sending his work out. He has been published in The Tower Journal, Chantarelle’s Notebook, and Umbrella. Upcoming publications include SP Quill, WestWard Quarterly, and Pure Francis. […]