Gary Beck is a New Yorker who has spent most of his adult life as a theater director and occasional art dealer. In addition he has found time to ply the trades of tennis pro, ditch digger, and salvage diver. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes, and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. […]

Kenneth Karrer is a Texan. He is also a musician, freelance writer, and member of Austin Poets at Large (APAL). He retired from teaching in 2008 and now works for the Texas Education Agency in Austin. His poem is a step back in time and through memory, a journey through physics and fun, and a […]

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, […]