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R.M. Engelhardt

is a veteran poet-writer currently living in Troy NY whose work over the years has been published in such journals & magazines as Poetic Diversity. Rusty Truck, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Thunder Sandwich, Red Fez, Full of Crow, 2nd Ave Poetry and in many others. His new book of poems is The Bones of Our Existence, Poems 2046 www.thepoemremains.com

Alchemy

Sara Epstein

is a clinical psychologist from Winchester, Massachusetts, who writes poetry and songs, especially about light and dark places. Her poems are forthcoming or appeared in Silkworm, Paradise in Limbo, Mom Egg Review, Chest Journal, Literary Mama, and two anthologies: Sacred Waters, and Coming of Age.

Lights in Dark

Howard Faerstein

is the author of the chapbook Out of Order and two full-length collections: Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklyn and Googootz. Poetry and reviews can be found in CutThroat, Rattle, upstreet, Verse Daily, Gyroscope, Peacock Journal, and Connotation. Emeritus adjunct, he’s co-poetry editor of CutThroat and lives in Florence, MA.

Mantis
Iceland

Catherine Fahey

is a poet and librarian from Salem, Massachusetts. When she’s not reading and writing, she’s knitting or dancing. You can read more of her work at Magpie Poems.

Bathtub Marys

Sarah Ferris

is published in RATTLE, Ol’ Chanty, and the upcoming Lummox9. Her chapbook, Snakes That Dance Like Daffodils, was published in April, 2019. A novel is in the works. Sarah has an MA in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, and a BA in Cinema Studies from NYU. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.

Why I Won’t

Kay Fields

has worn many hats. A former credit analyst for a leading auto company, she has raised rabbits, practiced calligraphy, made a major move to another part of the country where she knew nobody at the age of sixty-seven, and now focuses on her two life-long passions, reading and writing poetry. She has won awards in Tennessee Magazine and The Grace Writer’s contest. Her memoir will be published in the Spring of 2021.

Erudite, Not Quite

Daniel Fitzpatrick

grew up in New Orleans and now lives in Hot Springs, Arkansas, with his wife and daughter. His poems have appeared in several journals, including 2River View, Coe Review, and Panoplyzine. In addition to writing, he enjoys kayaking the Diamond Lakes, micro-farming, and exploring the Ouachita Mountains.

Burning Leaves

Ryan Quinn Flanagan

is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage. His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, Word Riot, In Between Hangovers, Red Fez, and The Oklahoma Review.

Before

Mark Fleckenstein

was born in Chicago, grew up in Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut, North Carolina and New Hampshire. After getting his BA in English and MFA in Writing, stopping trying to publish for 25 or so years. His latest poetry collection, A Name for Everything was published Červená Barva Press in 2020.

Recipe Against Despair

Jennifer S. Flescher

has published in or is forthcoming in journals including Poetry Magazine, Lit, The Harvard Review, Poetry Daily and the Blog for the Best American Poets. All of these poems are in the full-length manuscript, Whale Autopsy, which was a finalist in the year's Sawtooth Prize. For ten years she edited and published Tuesday; An Art Project.

Plum Island, August

Dan Flore

has published in various publications. Most recently, his collection When in Roam by Sick Lit Magazine, the arrows on the clock are pointing at me on Channillo.com and his first poetry collection, lapping water, is forthcoming from GenZ Publishing.

6 something am
Southern Comfort
It’s about that hour

Red Focks

creates art and poetry while traveling across the country, and has been to and created in the connected 48 states. Red posts and publishes all of his art, via his Android phone. He has published two books of poetry, Punks Not Nice, and Election Day, both available on Amazon.

Disgruntled Folk Artist Yells at Wind

Jennifer Franklin

has published two full-length poetry collections, most recently No Small Gift (Four Way Books, 2018). Her third book, If Some God Shakes Your House, will be published by Four Way Books in 2023. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in American Poetry Review, Blackbird, Boston Review, Broadsided Press, Gettysburg Review, Guernica, JAMA, Los Angeles Review, Love’s Executive Order, The Nation, New England Review, Paris Review, Plume, “poem-a-day” on poets.org, and Prairie Schooner. She lives in New York City. Her website is jenniferfranklinpoet.com.

October

Marc Frazier

has widely published poetry in journals including The Spoon River Poetry Review, ACM, Good Men Project, f(r)iction, The Gay and Lesbian Review, Slant, Permafrost, Plainsongs, and Poet Lore. He has published two books The Way Here, and Each Thing Touches (Glass Lyre Press) in addition to two chapbooks. Willingly, his third poetry book, was published by Adelaide Books in 2019. Find him at marcfrazier.org.

Three Fridas

George Freek

has published in numerous poetry journals and reviews, most recently The Ottawa Arts Review, The Lake, and Triggerfish.

In Spring

Cal Freeman

has published in many journals including The Journal, The Cortland Review, PANK, Southwest Review, Rattle, and Hippocampus. He is the winner of the Devine Poetry Fellowship (judged by Terrance Hayes) and Passages North’s Neutrino Prize. He has been nominated many times for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. His poetry collection Poolside at the Dearborn Inn is forthcoming from R&R Press in 2022. He currently serve as a Writer-In-Residence for Inside Out Literary Arts Detroit.

600,000 Dead

Karen Friedland

is a grant writer by day who has published in The Lily Poetry Review, Writing in a Women’s Voice, Vox Populi and others. One of her poems was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and another was displayed on the walls of Boston’s City Hall. Her books of poems are Tales from the Teacup Palace (Červená Barva Press) and Places That Are Gone (Nixes Mate Books).

An American Girl
Bait Dogs
New York Apartments in the Late 1980s
Faster and Faster

Books·Chapbooks·Broadsides

PLACES THAT ARE GONE
WINTER LIGHT

Richard Fox

is the author of four poetry collections and the winner of the 2017 Frank O’Hara Prize. When not writing about rock ’n roll or youthful transgressions, he focuses on cancer from the patient’s point of view drawing on hope, humor, and unforeseen gifts.

Rite of Passage #73 – The Hospital Bed