Jasper Ballard’s work about loss has appeared here before (Move On,Childhood Lost) and has been included in Lisa Marie Basile’s Vwa: Poems for Haiti, proceeds of which are being contributed to relief funds for the victims of the Haitian earthquake. In keeping with his previous work, the landscape here runs bleak, but his work still retains […]

Kathryn Tate Jacoby was born in Ohio but has lived in Virginia for more than 20 years. She bought her first book of poetry (Longfellow) at the age of 11 and has been writing poetry ever since. Her father writes and her grandfather recited poetry from memory into his 70s and 80s. Kathryn likes to […]

R Martin Basden of Norfolk VA has written about his muse (Interruption), a moment of transcendence for a child with autism (Distracted), the ravages of Alzheimer’s Disease (No Safe Passage), and devoted romantic love (I Have No Memory of Love). This poem is also about love, love lost this time. With his wide-ranging themes and […]

Grace Burns lives in Central Jersey and is mother to 2 children. She is an automation/validation engineer and a self-proclaimed technical writing diva. She is also a mobile DJ and has witnessed dozens of beautiful marriages. Grace is the hostess of an epic and lifelong battle being waged between the left and right sides of […]

A’Yara Stein, born in Memphis TN and currently living near Chicago on a chicory farm with her husband and sons, is a Romani-American poet. She holds an MFA from the University of Arkansas and is a grant recipient of the Michigan Art Council and the Arkansas Arts Council. Her work has appeared in publications such […]