poetry

Leslie Dianne

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Leslie Dianne is a poet, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and performer whose work has been acclaimed internationally in places such as the Harrogate Fringe Festival in Great Britain, The International Arts Festival in Tuscany, Italy and at La Mama ETC in NYC. Her poems have appeared in The Pangolin Review, Soft Cartel, Esthetic Apostle, PopShot, Ink and Voices, S/tick, Rue Scribe and Furtive Dalliance and are forthcoming in RAW Journal of Arts and Vita Brevis.

Midnight Visit, Budapest Delight and Echoes of You, Volume 6, Issue 1

Julie Weiss

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Julie Weiss received her BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from SJSU. She´s a 44-year-old ex-pat from Foster City, California, who moved to Spain in 2001. She works as a telephone English teacher from her home in Guadalajara, where she lives with her wife, 4-year-old daughter, and 1-year old son. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Lavender Review, The American Journal of Poetry, Santa Clara Review, and Sky Island Journal, among others. You can find her on Twitter @colourofpoetry or on her website at https://julieweiss2001.wordpress.com/. 

The Girl Next Door, The Reasons I Won’t Be Coming, Purple, Silence, Cross My Heart, and The Eye of the Storm, Volume 6, Issue 1

Heather M. Browne

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Heather M. Browne is a faith-based psychotherapist, recently nominated for the Pushcart Award, published in the Orange Room, Boston Literary Review, Page & Spine, Eunoia Review, Poetry Quarterly, Red Fez, Electric Windmill, Apeiron, The Lake, Knot, mad swirl. Red Dashboard published two collections: Directions of Folding and Altar Call of Trumpets.  

Silver Fish, Wriggle…Stumble…Breathless, and Uncontained Thunderstorm, Volume 6, Issue 1

John Raffetto

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

John Raffetto is a lifelong resident of Chicago. Some of his poetry has been published in print and various online magazine such as Gloom Cupboard, Wilderness House, BlazeVox, Literary Orphans, Olentangy Review & Exact Change. Raffetto was nominated for Pushcart Prize 2017. His book Human Botany is scheduled to be released in 2020. He holds degrees from the University of Illinois and Northeastern Illinois University. Raffetto worked as a horticulturalist and landscape designer for many years at the Chicago Park District which was a rich environment for drawing inspiration for poems concerning nature, people and the city. He is currently an adjunct professor at Triton College.

Beach 1958, Diagnosis C, My Dearest, Glass Vertigo, Mom’s Last Ride, and Jerusalem Heat, Volume 6, Issue 1

Robin Ray

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Robin Ray, formerly from Trinidad & Tobago, resides in Port Townsend, WA. Educated in English Composition at Iowa State University, his works have appeared at Aphelion, Flash Fiction World, Scarlet Leaf Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, Red Fez, and elsewhere. His interests also include playing guitar and keyboards, writing songs, video editing, producing music with Cubase, and maintaining his online blog, The Writings of an American Author.

Passage to Stormville, Ghost the Moon, Across the Blue Divide, Saltfish, and A Pause in Time, Volume 6, Issue 1

Julia Hatch

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Julia Hatch self-identifies as a bookworm and once took a literature class instructed by Maya Angelou. When she’s not reading or writing, she plays an impressive game of fetch with her cat while her other cat feigns disinterest. She resides with her family in Maryland after trying out several other locations.  Her poetry has appeared or will appear in Quail Bell, Sonder Midwest, Steam Ticket, and Gravitas.

The Day After A Diagnosis and Unspoken, Volume 6, Issue 1

Adrian Slonaker

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Zigzagging back and forth across the Canadian/US border, Adrian Slonaker works as a copywriter and copy editor. Adrian’s work has been nominated for Best of the Net and has appeared in Pangolin Review, Aerodrome, WINK: Writers in the Know and others. 

Architectural Secrets, LOL, Sniffling in St. John’s, Foot Rubs, Conversations, and Unit 105, Volume 6, Issue 1

The Rotten Poets

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

The Rotten Poets: “Rotten” is a collaborative poem written by Dr. Summer Qabazard’s Writing 102 class at Pima Community College, Northwest in Tucson, Arizona. We are “The Rotten Poets”: Alfred Betancourt, Victoria Combs, Talia Delgado, Kate Funk, Alexis Lopez, Abbey McGowan, Neo Northington, Summer Qabazard, Grace Stone, Gus Vazquez, and Taylor Williams. When we collaborated on this poem, one person started us off with the first line, then another person followed. After that, we stopped going in order and people started to contribute randomly. It was fun to build off other people’s ideas. It bonded us as a group. It also made it easier to write, since we could bounce ideas off everybody. Since we weren’t on our own, we didn’t ever stay stuck. Each person contributed at least a line. As we built and revised the poem, everyone had a say. We all listened to one another and respected our differences of opinion. We disagreed on some points but were able to reach a consensus peacefully every time.

Rotten, Volume 6, Issue 1