"We look at each other enlivened at the marvel of it"
August Jubilation on a Florida Beach
by Mary Jo Balistreri

"Dark clouds color the gulf plum-purple"
On the Edge of Hurricane Isaac
by Mary Jo Balistreri

"In the time of Martin Luther King and Detroit in flames"
Summer of 1962, a haibun
by Mary Jo Balistreri

"A lonesome road up through snowy pines"
The Black Hills
by Mary Jo Baliestreri

Echo Park Lake-Echo Park~ California~USA

"A pale-green pickup truck parks beneath a shady oak"
Lunch in the Field
 by Michael Escoubas

"A room with blue checkered wallpaper"
Letting Go
by Caroline Johnson

"Peanut butter sandwiches, eyed by gulls circling overhead"
The Boys Always Dared Each Other 
by Jane Lang

“The sun’s broad pink tongue licks away the day”
Twilight 
by Candace Turner

“Spending nights under dark fir branches”
The Lake of Claret
 by Maja Trochimczyk

"Filling frozen regions with silhouette"
Inuksuit Stand
by Jeannie E. Roberts

Ponte Santa Trinita~Firenze~ Italy

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Guggenheim Museum~Grand Canal~Venice~Italy

Psyche’s Scroll
by Karla Linn Merrifield
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas

Echo Park~Echo Park~California~USA

Holy Cow! Press proudly presents
The Caregiver
by Caroline Johnson

Venice~Italy

Try this refreshing beverage on the next hot summer day
Bright Eyes 
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St.John

This starter course highlights the delicacy of white asparagus
White Asparagus Soup 
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Try this tasty nutritious salad
Beet the Heat Summer Salad 
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St.John

Red Hook~Duchess County~New York~USA

Sharmagne Leland-St.John

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Olana State Historic Site~New York