Marianne Tefft is a poet, lyricist, Montessori teacher and voiceover reader on the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Maarten. Her poems appear in Where I See the Sun (House of Nehesi, 2013) and Captured by Corona (Beyond Kultura, 2020) and many online anthologies, including Open Skies Poetry, The Stars & the Moon in the Evening Sky and Scarlet Dragonfly Journal. In the coming months, her work is to appear in Zooanthology (Sweetycat Press), Panoplyzine and Syncopation. You can listen as she reads her work on YouTube (Marianne Tefft) and find her on Facebook (Marianne Tefft – Poet & Wordsmith). Her … Continue reading Marianne Tefft

Sandra Arnold is an award-winning writer who lives in New Zealand. She is the author of five books including The Ash, the Well and the Bluebell, Mākaro Press, NZ,  and Soul Etchings, Retreat West Books, UK and Sing no Sad Song, Canterbury University Press, NZ.  Her short fiction has been widely published and anthologised internationally. She has received nominations for The Best Small Fictions, Best Microfictions and The Pushcart Prize.  She has a PhD in Creative Writing from  Central Queensland University, Australia. Mercy for Miss Bint All twelve of us were in Mercy’s room lounging on her bed when the … Continue reading Sandra Arnold

Thomas Elson’s stories appear, or are forthcoming, in numerous venues, including Ellipsis, Better Than Starbucks, Bull, Cabinet of Heed, Flash Frontier, Ginosko, Short Édition, Litro,Journal of Expressive Writing, Dead Mule School, Selkie, New Ulster, Lampeter, and Adelaide. He divides his time between Northern California and Western Kansas. How a Father Withholds Hope on His Son’s Birthday There was no sign outside the building. You had to know it was there; otherwise, all you noticed, if you even looked, was an ill-preserved three-story, nineteenth-century hotel of no particular historical interest lost between a colorful Taco Tico and the spires of the … Continue reading Thomas Elson

Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada, the Vietnam era. Today he is a poet in the greater Chicagoland area, IL.  He has 262 YouTube poetry videos. Michael Lee Johnson is an internationally published poet in 44 countries, several published poetry books, nominated for 4 Pushcart Prize awards and 5 Best of the Net nominations. He is editor-in-chief of 3 poetry anthologies, all available on Amazon, and has several poetry books and chapbooks. He has over 443 published poems. Michael is the administrator of 6 Facebook Poetry groups. Member Illinois State Poetry Society: http://www.illinoispoets.org/. Do not forget to consider me … Continue reading Michael Lee Johnson

Evie is a recent English graduate from the University of Cambridge interested in anything creative. In the past four years, she’s spent her free time directing theatre productions, writing for variousstudent magazines, and of course, reading lots of literature. She also sings and plays guitar (badly). Perspective Knots tie across days Like old ghosts remembering Myself, refracted. Continue reading Evie Lucas

Kay Watkins is a deaf writer in her 60’s and retired from doing occupational therapy for 40 years. Cochlear implants have enabled her to enjoy hearing sounds, especially birds which she also loves watching. Kay loves music, nature, all forms of art & especially enjoys combining photography and poetry. She has an amazing family and husband she has been with over a decade who has helped her with her new journey in the hearing world. You can find out more about that journey in a short documentary called “KAY” in AdamGundersheimer.com under his directing section.“Thank you for sharing my journey … Continue reading Kay Watkins

Rp Verlaine, a retired English teacher living in NYC, has an MFA in creative writing from City College. He has several collections of poetry including Femme Fatales Movie Starlets & Rockers (2018) and Lies From The Autobiography 1-3 (2018-2020). Rp’s work has been featured in Punk Noir, Ygdrasil, and Runcible Spoon.  At The Blues Nightclub Listening to the singer turn a phrase sublime simplicity from primordial growl the blues man’s words leave you feeling his pain. But does he feel mine? With my woman gone like a breeze In the shade with no hint of where. All these tears I … Continue reading RP Verlaine

Maximilian Speicher (www.maxspeicher.com) is a computer scientist by training, works as a designer, and writes and makes art in his spare time. He has published a book on human-centered design and his essays about design have appeared in various renowned journals and magazines. He currently writes mostly sitting on his balcony in Barcelona, watching his lemon tree grow. Among the poets he finds most inspiring are Louise Glück, T. S. Eliot, Tomas Tranströmer, Derek Walcott, and Odysseas Elytis. On Freedom I met you for lunch Because you had a new job And they say you have to stay in touch with … Continue reading Maximilian Speicher

Paweł Markiewicz was born 1983 in Siemiatycze in Poland. He is poet who lives in Bielsk Podlaski and writes tender poems, haiku as well as long poem. In the bewitched aviary. The sonnet according to Mr. Shakespeare Helots muse about moony Golden Fleece of the condor. Drudges think of the dreamy eternal dew of the hen. Philosophers ponder on winged fantasy of the crow. Kings ruminate on a picturesque gold of the jay. Priests contemplate the dreamed, soft, meek weird of the woodpecker. Masters daydream about nice marvelous songs of the tern. Soothsayers dream of fulfilled gold of the yellowhammer. … Continue reading Paweł Markiewicz

The Odyssey of JUDGE Santiago Burdon begins in the “City of Big Shoulders”, as Sandburg called it in his poem “Chicago”. His father named him Judge, hoping he would pursue a career in law. He had no idea his son would end up appearing in front of so many. He attended Universities in the United States and abroad, focusing his studies on Victorian Literature and Authors. Santiago’s short stories and poems have been featured in over one hundred fifty Magazines, On-line Literary Journals, Podcasts and Anthologies. He was listed in “Who’s Who of Emerging Writers 2020” and again in 2021. … Continue reading Judge Santiago Burdon