COVER

FRONT MATTER

TRIBUTES

JOHN DAMON
VISIONS OF THE AFTERLIFE:
TWELVE STATIONS ON A TOUR OF ETERNITY
AND ONE RECURRING NIGHTMARE

I. THE POET VIRGIL-LESS
II. HITLER IN HELL
III. MARX AND ENGELS IN HEAVEN
IV. POUND IN PURGATORY
V. WHITMAN COME BACK AS A GHOST
VI. THE SECOND REBIRTH
VII. A DISPUTATION IN PARADISE
VIII. LORCA EN EL MÁS ALLÁ
IX. ANNE FRANK ON THE DACHAU TRAIN
X. EMILY IN AMHERST
XI. NERUDA ENTERS ENDLESS NIGHT
XII. THE POET FEASTS IN THE LIGHT
XIII. THE WHITE HOUSE ENTERTAINS ARMAGEDDON

JACK MYERS
INTIMACIES OF CLEANING
MARISCOS
GOING AWAY PARTY
CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA
MY TOP TEN LISTS
AUTUMN ON CAPE FEAR

SPECIAL FEATURE

KANTAN CHAMORRITA

CHAMORU POETRY
EDITED BY CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ
POETRY BY
JAY BAZA PASUCA
DR. EVELYN FLORES
MICHAEL LUJAN BEVACQUA
CHARISSA MANIBUSAN  AGUON
LEHUA M. TAITANO
CLARISSA MENDIOLA

CREATIVE NONFICTION

GRO FLATEBO
FRASER ISLAND DINGOES:HARD TRACKS IN SOFT SAND

XU XI
DEFAULT HOME

PAMELA TAMBORINO
MY CHEROKEE GRANDMOTHER

JIM GARRET
GRASSROOTS

JULIAN HOFFMAN
THE WOOD FOR THE TREES

DAVID HOAG
WILD RIVER

SUZANNE KEHM
CAPTIVITY

RICHARD MURRAY
THE TRIPPING TREE

DAVID  A. RINTOUL
GRUS

LEW KAYE SKINNER
THE CALMLY BEATING HEART

VALERIE LEE VIERK
IN THE GRASP OF A CYCLONE

KARLA STOVER
ORPHANS OF THE STORM

FAYE RAPOPORT DESPRES
WAITING FOR THE HURRICANE

CRISTINA EISENBERG
FOLLOWING THE HIGH RIDGE

WANG PING
INTO THE THREE GORGES
THE LITTLE MERMAID IN MY HEART

FICTION

JEN BERGMARK
FORECAST

GREG KOSMICKI
FRANK

CANDACE NADON
ANIMAS

NATALIE TREVINO
TWO BLESSINGS

NEIL HARRISON
RIVERS

HOPE KITTS
WITHIN WILDERNESS

CYNTHIA BLACK
DRAGON TREE

ROBERT WEXELBLATT
LOVE WITHOUT HIS WINGS

KARIN ROSMAN
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS AND OTHER THINGS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

MARY AKERS
HOUSE OF REFUGE

FAITH COLBURN
STORM WATCH

TODD BRIER
DÉJÀ VU

KIRBY WRIGHT
A DAY OF THE ULA

TERRY SANVILLE
DRAKESBÄD

KAREN SHOEMAKER
THE MEANING OF NAMES

PRINCELLA PARKER
(UNTITLED)

NED RANDOLPH
A MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS

HEATHER RICCIO
POTENTIAL MAIL ORDER BRIDE .COM
DEATH BY FLY SWATTER

POETRY

JUAN FELIPE HERRERA
EVERYDAY WE GET MORE ILLEGAL

RICHARD STOLOROW
ATLANTIC OCEAN

CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ
FROM "TIDELANDS"

KRISTINE ONG MUSLIM
UNSTABLE SCENARIOS

DON RUSS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD

JAN BEATTY
ON LEAVING THE 5TH FUNERAL IN 15 WEEKS
NOTES ON A FLOOD

HOWIE GOOD
WATERWORLD

ROBERT BENSEN
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY
ART WORKS

TIMOTHY BLACK
DOLLAR GENERAL

ROBERT LIETZ
FALL ROUTES
FALL ROUTES
FALL ROUTES

KATHLEEN JOHNSON
SNAPSHOTS FROM WARR  ACRES
FOLLOWING THE RED HILLS HOME
ALABASTER CAVERNS
SPRING PILGRIMAGE  TO TAHLEQUAH

NANCY MOREJÓN
OBSIDIANA
AL VUELO
CONVERSACIÓN CON MANUEL MENDIVE SOBRE EL CICLÓN CHARLEY QUE PASÓ POR SAN JOSÉ DE LAS LAJAS

JOSEPH BRUCHAC
COYOTE IN THE BELLY
NEH TSOI
BEAR EXPLAINS TO HIS GRANDCHILDREN
THE WOLVES

MALAIKA KING ALBRECHT
THE FROZEN DIALECT OF THE TUNDRA

QUINCY TROUPE
THE LAST STORMY BREATHS OF IRENE #3
CODA

JOEPH BATHANTI
HURON VALLEY
POETRY
JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER

BECKY FABER
RED WINGS

AL MAGINNES
WHERE I WAS
SELF PORTRAIT AS ACCIDENTAL LOVE POEM
THE  ANGER AND LOVE OF GODS

MARIA MAZZIOTTI GILLAN
DRIVING INTO THE DARK SKY
WHAT IS LOST
READING AT THE STRAND...
WE'RE INTO IT NOW, THIS NEW...
THIRTY-FIVE MINERS RESCUED

JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ
TETHERED

ADRIAN MATEJKA
IN WALKED BUD
WISH YOU WERE HERE
HISTORY'S MIDSECTION

DIANE HUETER WARNER
SHE STOPS ON THE STAIRS AND LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW
KANSAS BLACK TOP

MARJORIE SAISER
DANCING IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE
ROOT CANAL

MARILYN NELSON
FROM SENECA VILLAGE
THOMPSON AND SEAMAN VOWS,AFRICAN UNION CHURCH
WORDS AND WHISPERS
LITTLE  BOX

MAREE SCARLETT
JAGUAR MOON

KWAME DAWES
DIALECTS, HONEST  WORK,ON SILENCE

JOHN MARTINEZ
YES WE SHOULD PAINT WE SHOULD PAINT

SEAMUS CASHMAN
MY ARCHERS
IMMEASURABLE EXPECTATION
THE FLOOR
NEGATIVE ECLIPSE
DOING THINGS
THE MOT JUSTE

BEVERLY MATHERNE
MERLOT

ART GALLERY
works by:
JEAN CHANOIR
DELPHINE CADORÉ
DAVID RINTOUL (PHOTOGRAPHS ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN WORK)

CONTRIBUTORS' BIOS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS