Estrella Azul lives and writes in Romania. She is an emerging young writer, passionate about reading, floral art, and photography, with a soulful outlook on life. You can see more of her work and learn more about her at her blog. Note her use of humor in this poem, a quality that features in her flash […]

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 […]