INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Lyn Lifshin
Richard Kostelanetz
Karyn M. Bruce
Duane Locke
Michelle Bailat-Jones
Laszlo Slomovits
Kufre Udeme
Michael Lewis-Beck
A. J. Huffman
Nugent Karhu
Fred Wolven
Shutta Crum
Fatmir Terziu
Steven Gulvezan
Kyle Hemmings
Adeeko Ibukun
Chris Cialdella
Paul B. Roth
Fahredin Shehu
Chris Lord
Dike Okoro
Jennifer Burd
Alisa Velaj
Joanie Freeman
Jeton Kelmendi
Richard Luftig
Dzekashu MacViban
Mike Berger
Al Ortolani
Ndue Ukaj
Alan Britt
Jennifer Burd &
Laszlo Slomovits
Diane Giardi
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Silver Grey Fox
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--editor / Southeastern Florida
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When young I learned to listen
carefully, to hear the words,
the wisdom of my elders
for I knew that in their stories,
the legends, the myths
of our spirits, of our people
I would have a chance,
be shown a pathway
on my lifelong journey
leading me to eye-opening
insights with which to age.
In those years of hearing
the legends, learning the age-old
stories, I began to obtain
the keys to open new ways
of seeing the world around me.
I started to watch the ant slow
in its movements, deliberate
in its every action, working
together with others.
I watched the eagle
building its nest
far from our dwellings,
watched it bring up its
young, protecting them
from its few enemies,
teaching basic survival
knowledge, skills needed
for them to earn a place
in our universe, to find
a way in its world--one
we all share, brothers,
creatures, feathered friends.
Such learning
means reading the sky
and understanding from
each season's growing
of plant and flower
a little more about our earth,
and like my learning to walk
without leaving footprints.
Today I continue in this way.
I have much yet to know.
Running Cub, The Everglades