Luis lives in California and works in Los Angeles. His poetry, art, and photography has appeared in Blue Collar Review, Four Feathers Press, Kendra Steiner Editions, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Unlikely Stories, and Yellow Mama Webzine. His latest poetry book, Make the Water Laugh, was published by Rogue Wolf Press. If I Lose Weight If I lose weight,it is surely by mistake.If you say Ismell like cigarettes,it is always second hand smoke.This figure Iparade around took many years of eatingdelicious food.As I age, I am reminded thatthis weight needs tobe shed soonerrather than later.The doctor is always well-intentioned as Jaime Sabineswrote … Continue reading Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

Elizabeth Cox is an Irish writer living in England. She’s written for the Westmeath Examiner, and had a regular column for KCWLondon where she wrote about children’s creations in the context of contemporary art. A graduate of NUI Galway’s MA in Writing, her fiction has been published in Allium, A Journal of Poetry and Prose. Weaving The woman in the shawl pulled at the reeds in her hand, folding one green wickering length over another, and then again, turning it in her hand each time, first to face east, then south and west, to where the fire was set, then … Continue reading Elizabeth Cox

Janice Mathis lives in Acworth, GA with her husband of 39 years. She is a Medical Assistant and Referral Coordinator for a private Physician group. She has no formal education in writing but finds poetry an emotional outlet. She finds inspiration in her love of nature and family. She has published two collections of poetry and had works published with Alien Buddha Press, Impspired Magazine, and Sweetycat Press, as well as various other print Anthologies. All We Have I sit at my desk gazing out the window,contemplating the poem I just read.There, hangs a crescent moon-shapedsuncatcher, which sends iridescentrainbows shimmering across … Continue reading Janice Mathis

Hello, I am G.M.H. Thompson. I have been published in a number of different publications that few people have read or even heard of. I have a chapbook out entitled Yard Sale at the Devil’s Petting Zoo that perhaps 30 people have leafed through. I was nominated for a Pushcart once, but didn’t win it. I was born in Cleveland, Ohio. When I was eight, I moved with my family to St. Louis, Missouri. I then received my Bachelor’s at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where I learned little. Then I learned how to play guitar in empty rooms … Continue reading G.M.H Thompson

Douglas Cole has published six poetry collections and the novel The White Field, winner of the American Fiction Award. His work has appeared in journals such as Beloit Poetry, Fiction International, Valpariaso, The Gallway Review and Two Hawks Quarterly; as well anthologies such as Bully Anthology (Hopewell), Coming Off The Line (Main Street Rag Publishing), the Bindweed Anthology, and Work (Unleash Press). He contributes a regular column, “Trading Fours,” to the magazine, Jerry Jazz Musician.  He also edits the American writers section of Read Carpet, a journal of international writing produced in Columbia. In addition to the American Fiction Award, his screenplay of The White … Continue reading Douglas Cole

Poussin is a professor of French and World Literature. His work in poetry and photography has appeared in Kestrel, Symposium, The Chimes, and hundreds of other publications worldwide. Most recently, his collections In Absentia, If I Had a Gun, Half Past Life, and The Temptation of Silence were published in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 by Silver Bow Publishing.  Twenty-Three and Counting Stubborn as an old trusteehe insists on the lienursing a limp recently acquired.Many remember the last timethey celebrated the first timethe oddity said he turned twenty-three.Most do not even know the othersyet they share this date with allthe … Continue reading Fabrice B. Poussin

Robert Paul Allen lives on a lake near the coast of Maine. He is surrounded daily by the state’s rugged beauty. He worked  in the medical field in patient care and has seen the gamut of human trials and tribulations. The human condition inspires much of his poetry. He has been a serious poet for the past five years and has published 49 poems. His first chapbook, Between the Panes has just been published. He believes he still has something to say. Last Chapter                   I dreaded my so called “golden” years,fearing my final decadeswould be fraught with loss of freedom … Continue reading Robert Allen

Bradford Middleton lives in Brighton, England.  Recent poems of his have appeared at the likes of Cacti Fur, Beatnik Cowboy, Yellow Mama, Mad Swirl, Unlikely Stories V5, Horror Sleaze Trash, Dear Booze as well as right here at Impspired.  His most recent chapbook ‘The Whiskey Stings Good Tonight & Suddenly the Page is Ablaze’ was published by the Alien Buddha Press in 2023. ALL I MISS I sit around thinking,Missing,So much that used to beFundamentals in thisSad little life but whichThe god-damn lockdownHas shut!I miss the library,I miss the bookshops,I miss the buzz & rush of life on the streetBut … Continue reading Bradford Middleton

M.Labuschagne is a South African lawyer and poet currently residing in the United Kingdom. He has published poetry, short fiction and personal essays.  The Liver is the Drinker’s Conscience Johan Labuschagne the liver is the drinker’s consciencea suspension of disbelief;a final consequence- I lifted a glass to the dry tearsof my sonat a loveless holefor a lifeless box –I drink to your happiness,my boy Continue reading Martin Labuschagne