The Tale of the Queen of Endor |
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Lonely
Painting by Monica Barrameda |
Clayton Beach |
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The
Price You Pay by Clayton Beach |
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The
Tale of the Queen of Endor by Clayton Beach |
To
the far away land of faeries and fable came a stubborn young prince who was willing and able to build four large palaces, three of great splendor, to win the white hand of the fair Princess Endor. Sweet Endor the beauty was widely renowned The first of the castles Prince Wren deftly spun But the jealous old Viceroy was not to be bested; So a palace prince Wren built from silk and fine wood. By these tests, the poor prince, he was stung to the bone, The vile Viceroy felt threatened, so he gathered the forces Thrice defeated, the deft prince chose then not to settle It could take any boulders that the catapults threw, When Queen Endor now walks through the halls of
her home, |
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Wintersong
by Clayton Beach |
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Mad
Dogs Bite by Janet Berend |
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Desert
Firefly by Taen Bounthapanya Third Place Winner, Poetry |
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Virtual
Reality by Taen Bounthapanya |
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Early
morning staring at an ugly fountain
by Breelyn Burns |
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Ten
Year Old Militia by Breelyn Burns Editor's Choice Award, Poetry |
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Arrogance
Unplugged by Rachel Busnardo |
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Goodbye
My Best Friend by Rachel Busnardo |
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At
a Small-Town Club by Jessica Conaway |
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Red
Stiletto Heels by Jessica Conaway |
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Naked
and Perfect T.C. Cook Second Place Winner, Poetry |
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Too
Far by T.C. Cook |
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Someday by Jermane Cooper |
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The
Girl Who Wrote This Stands at 5’ 2” (on a Good Day) by Shayna Coplan |
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Pontificating
Drunks by Dennis Dorsey |
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The
Symptom by Dennis Dorsey |
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Saturday
Night Pick-Up by Tanya Duer |
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Lost
in a Moment by Jamie Dykstra |
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Denizens
of Brilliance by Holland Elder |
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Between
His Futon and the Bedroom Wall
by Rachel Jones |
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Getting
Lost in National City Trying to Find Acapulco by Rachel Jones Angelo Carli Poetry Prize |
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Having
to Hide by Rachel Jones |
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I Used To Take My Anger Out On Plants by Rachel Jones | |||
The
Piano by Rachel Jones |
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Words
Like Clay by Rachel Jones |
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Begetting
Tragedy by Chris Joy |
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My
First Last by Chris Joy |
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There's
No Problem Officer by Brittney Krier |
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Ernest
Hemingway (My Cat): A Villanelle by Melanie Maheu |
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The
Small Beauties of Marriage by Melanie Maheu |
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Do
The Punks Still Raise Their High Pumping Fists in the Air? by Brendan Mitchell |
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Love
by Natalie Parker |
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Watching
TV While Having Sex by Jessee Pugliese |
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partner by Ruth Rice |
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Blood by Rachelle Shull |
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Fall by Jacob Triffo |
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Time
Served by Matt Tweedie |
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Romance
to Reality by Aga-Marie Wehrly |
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Solicitude by Matt Whitney |
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Why
We Write by Karen Wooton |