Ivy Page is editor of OVS Magazine. She holds an MFA in creative writing with a focus on poetry. She teaches at D Acres (Dorchester NH), NHTI Concord, and Keene State College. Her poetry has been widely published in journals and her first book of poetry, Any Other Branch, is set to be released by Salmon Poetry […]

Christina Marie Speed’s O, September appeared here in written and recorded form. Her lovely voice lends her clever words another dimension. In this poem she captures the dimension of a son’s voice and the texture of love.  Blue By Christina Marie Speed Mama, Thank you for giving birth to my brother, he says out of a six-year-old […]

Loria Taylor’s poem Surely appeared here in October 2009. This poem has the feeling of a cup reading; it is vague and meaningful all at the same time.  a divination By Loria Taylor a divination of the signs a Thursday night road unsafe under water road unsafe regardless slower traffic right lane fast forward left lane I […]

Karen Finch is a freelance writer currently based in Sydney Australia. She has a background in contemporary craft and design and classical singing, and because her writing evolved through academic work in art and music, Karen refers to herself as “an accidental academic.” This poem will not strike you as accidental in any way. Life […]

Tapeshwar Amef’s poem Pure Heart was a tribute to the late Mother Teresa. Today he writes more of what might be a continuation of that tribute. Pure and Detached By Tapeshwar Amef Imagination is the umbilical cord of Consciousness. Time is the mother tree and it gives birth to unripe as well as ripe fruits. […]