Bobby Steve Baker is a cosmetic surgeon in Lexington KY, moving toward the status of full-time writer. After a 35-year career in academic medicine, he completed an MFA in poetry at National University, San Diego. His work has been published widely in the United States and Canada (his homeland), and can be read at fine […]
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Nests and Shells
Cheryl A Van Beek has had poems published in Sandhill Review and Long Story Short Poetry, and forthcoming at Poetry Pacific and Dandelion Farm Review. She is a member of the Saint Leo Writers’ Circle and has also written for a local newspaper. She is a caregiver for her mother and lives with her wonderful […]
The View From the Dressing Room Door
Natalie Easton is a 31-year-old poet who has more useless knowledge than she knows what to do with. She can catch a fly 9 times out of 10 and tell you all about rare birds and the precarious state of the health of frogs, but she can’t do math. Her poetry has appeared at The […]
A Tip for Working With Bees
Lynn Ciesielski’s most recent poem to appear here was Sunday Ride at Dusk (July 2013).A Tip for Working With BeesBy Lynn Ciesielski On his acreage, Dan built hivesusing plans from a kit and tendsbees to share honey with neighbors. I take up an invitation to watch,climb into a poly-cotton jumpsuit,don helmet and metal mask.Still, I shrink to […]
Woman in a Wheel Chair
Jean McLeod’s most recent poem to appear here was Reformation (July 2013). Woman in a Wheel Chair By Jean McLeod Her winter skin incandescent in firefly light holds beauty unto even this age silvery hair glints like mica curiosity creased velvet skin and laugh lines illumine past struggle and joy. Her stillness belies lively life behind her […]
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