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 […]

Nathaniel Spears is 28 years old and he lives and writes in Jacksonville FL. After a successful high school football career playing alongside some current NFL players, Nathaniel went on to college and now works for Commonwealth Family Practice, affiliated with University of Florida. He serves as a member of the Jacksonville Urban Disparity Institute, […]

Christina Matthews currently resides in Macon GA by way of Syracuse NY. She lives with her two beautiful, spoiled English Setters. Christina is an English instructor at Fort Valley State University in Georgia, where she teaches composition and creative writing courses. Her poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and journals. Here Christina gives us a […]

John Grey is an Australian-born poet who has been a US resident since the late 1970s. His work has been recently published in Connecticut Review, Kestrel, and Writer’s Bloc, and he has work forthcoming in Pennsylvania English, Alimentum, and the Great American Poetry Show. So who has enough time? Do you ever want to just laze for a while? Does […]

Clyde Borg lives and writes in Fords NJ. He is a retired educator who has been writing nonfiction and poetry for a dozen years. His poem Thinking appeared here in 2009. This poem is every bit as spare and unflinching as the first and raises a universal question many of us would rather not consider. Contemplation By […]