INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Paul B. Roth
Michelle Bailat-Jones
Amit Parmessur
Lana Bella
Elisavietta Ritchie
Peycho Kanev
Helen Gyigya
Alan Britt
Shutta Crum
Ali Znaidi
Lyn Lifshin
Ann Christine Tabaka
Silvia Scheibli
Fahredin Shehu
Robert Nisbet
Laszlo Slomovitz
Rajnish Mishra
Keith Moul
Eddie Awusi
Andy N
Running Cub
Sanjeev Sethi
Alex Ferde
Deji W. Adesoye
W. M. Rivera
Shantanu Siuli
Duane Locke
Jennifer Burd
Violeta Allmuca
Fred Wolven
Michael Lee Johnson
Ann Arbor Review
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Francis Ferde
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--editor / Southeastern Florida
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TO WISH AGAIN UPON A STAR
We arrive at our first kiss
with scars that weigh against
our longings.
Lovers past, some forgotten,
raised welts on our hearts
leaving invisible marks.
Memories of past failures
pale in the bright spark
that leaps the gap
as lips approach,
before they touch.
Electric anticipation
cauterizes bygone wounds.
Hope becomes all.
Reason, logic, are swept absent
as pulse hastens
and blood surges.
New love hovers
a breath away,
the air between us
tingling.
A shooting star
suspended in space
waits to fall.
STAY SEATED
The sun does not leave
its seat in heaven
yet daylight comes in morning
and departs at night
The river does not flow
inland from the ocean
but empties into the sea
The world moves
the mind creates thoughts
consciousness does not
have to go to them
to notice them float by
like bubbles on a passing stream
Richard Gartee, Gainesville, Florida