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Page 4 Ronda Broatch Starting Fires Under Beds
Page 6 Paul Brooke Before the Amazon
Page 8 Paul Brooke Fruit Market
Page 10 Donna Coffey Cowbirds
Page 12 Mary DeYoe Breviary
Page 14 Kevin Heaton A Prairie Healing
Page 16 Timothy Kercher Huginn and Muninn
Page 18 John Palen Canning Apple Sauce
Page 20 William Reichard On Martha Strawn’s Porch
Page 26 Poet Bios
Cover Eleanor Leonne Bennett
Page 5 Layne Chiaramonte
Page 7 Paul Brooke
Page 9 Paul Brooke
Page 11 Shara Johnson
Page 13 Layne Chiaramonte
Page 15 Holly Carmen
Page 17 Eleanor Leonne Bennett
Page 19 Frank Rossini
Page 21 Grace Thompson
Page 23 Shara Johnson
Page 28 Photographer Bios
Page 24 James Ellenberger
The Ohio State University
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Photography by Layne ChiaramonteLayne ChiaramonteLayne ChiaramonteLayne Chiaramonte
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Photography by Paul BrookePaul BrookePaul BrookePaul Brooke
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Photography by Paul BrookePaul BrookePaul BrookePaul Brooke
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Photography by Shara JohnsonShara JohnsonShara JohnsonShara Johnson
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Photography by Layne ChiaramonteLayne ChiaramonteLayne ChiaramonteLayne Chiaramonte
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Photography by Holly CarmanHolly CarmanHolly CarmanHolly Carman
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Photography by Ellen Leonne BennettEllen Leonne BennettEllen Leonne BennettEllen Leonne Bennett
A Break in the Rain
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Photography by Frank RossiniFrank RossiniFrank RossiniFrank Rossini
Strawn’s Porch
Photography by Grace ThompsonGrace ThompsonGrace ThompsonGrace Thompson
Broken Bird
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Photography by Shara JohnsonShara JohnsonShara JohnsonShara Johnson
James EllenbergerJames EllenbergerJames EllenbergerJames Ellenberger
James Ellenberger was born and raised in Chicora, Pennsylvania.
He is currently enrolled in Ohio State University’s MFA program,
where he is working on a manuscript tentatively titled "The Ghosts
of Western Pennsylvania."
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Ronda BroatchRonda BroatchRonda BroatchRonda Broatch is the author of Shedding Our Skins, (Finishing Line
Press, 2008), and Some Other Eden, (2005). Nominated several times
for the Pushcart, Ronda is the recipient of a 2007 Artist Trust GAP
Grant, and is a recent finalist for the May Swenson Poetry Award.
Ronda is currently a poetry editor for Crab Creek Review.
Paul Brooke Paul Brooke Paul Brooke Paul Brooke has been published internationally in Ireland, Germany,
New Zealand, and England in The Brobdingdagian Times, Litspeak, Magma, and Takahe, respectively. In the United States, his work has
been featured in such journals as the North American Review, Rocky Mountain Review, Flyway, International Poetry Review, Isotope: A Jour-nal of Literary Nature and Science Writing, and the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature and the Environment. Brooke’s books include Light and Matter: Photographs and Poems of Iowa and Meditations on Egrets:
Photographs and Poems of Sanibel Island. In 1999, he was awarded the
Iowa Prize for Poetry for his poem “Cree Women Cleaning Fish.” Dr.
Brooke is a Professor of English at Grand View University in Des
Moines, Iowa, where he teaches Advanced Creative Writing, Introduc-
tion to Creative Writing, The Writer’s Workshop, Contemporary
American Literature, Major Authors, and Literary Theory.
Donna CoffeyDonna CoffeyDonna CoffeyDonna Coffey is an Associate Professor of English at Reinhardt Univer-
sity. Her publications have appeared in Women's Studies: An Interdis-ciplinary Journal, Contemporary Women's Writing, Calyx and Qarrt-siluni. She lives in North Georgia near Pine Log Mountain.
Mary Elizabeth DeYoeMary Elizabeth DeYoeMary Elizabeth DeYoeMary Elizabeth DeYoe received an MFA in poetry from Vanderbilt
University and is the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Prize.
She lives in Chicago, Illinois and is the Assistant Director of Chicago
Ideas Week, an annual festival that brings together speakers from
around the world. Until recently she lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Kevin HeatonKevin HeatonKevin HeatonKevin Heaton was born in Kansas, published country music in Oklahoma, and
currently writes and chases grandchildren in South Carolina. His work has re-
ceived both Best of the Net and Pushcart nominations for 2011, and has ap-
peared in more than 130 journals and anthologies including, Raleigh Review, The Catalonian Review, Foundling Review, elimae, Foliate Oak Best of the Best for 2010, and The Victorian Violet Press & Journal. His fourth chapbook,
Chronicles is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in early 2012. He is listed as
a notable poet at KansasPoets.com
Timothy KercherTimothy KercherTimothy KercherTimothy Kercher is originally from Colorado and now lives in Kyiv, Ukraine after
living in the Republic of Georgia for the past four years, where he has been edit-
ing and translating an anthology of contemporary Georgian poetry. His poems
and translations have appeared or are forthcoming in a number of recent literary
publications, including Crazyhorse, upstreet, Versal, The Minnesota Review, Plume, and others.
John Palen'sJohn Palen'sJohn Palen'sJohn Palen's Open Communion: New and Selected Poems was published by
Mayapple Press in 2005. Since then he has had chapbooks published by March
Street Press and Pudding House, and has work appearing or forthcoming in
Sleet, Press 1, Clapboard House, Jelly Bucket, Off the Coast, Bare Root Review, and Ragazine. A Michigander for more than 35 years, he now lives and writes in
Central Michigan.
William ReichardWilliam ReichardWilliam ReichardWilliam Reichard is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Sin
Eater (2010) and This Brightness (2007) both from Mid-List Press. Reichard is
the editor of the anthology American Tensions: Literature of Identity and the
Search for Social Justice (New Village Press, 2011) and the award-winning mem-
oir The Evening Crowd at Kirmser's: A Gay Life in the 1940's (Univ. of Minne-
sota Press, 2001). He serves as a program director for the Higher Education Con-
sortium for Urban Affairs and lives in Saint Paul, MN.
Joseph SomozaJoseph SomozaJoseph SomozaJoseph Somoza lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico, with wife Jill, a painter. Sixteen
years ago, he took early retirement from New Mexico State University to have
more time for writing and living. He hasn't regretted a single moment of it. He's
putting together a small, pretty book of mostly love poems with graphic designer
Louis Ocepek, titled Miraculous.
Eleanor Leonne Bennett is a 15 year old photographer and artist who has won
contests with National Geographic,The Woodland Trust, The World Photogra-
phy Organisation, Winstons Wish, Papworth Trust, Mencap, Big Issue, Wrex-
ham science , Fennel and Fern and and Nature's Best Photography. She has had
her photographs published in exhibitions and magazines across the world includ-
ing the Guardian, RSPB Birds , RSPB Bird Life, Dot Dot Dash ,Alabama Coast ,
Alabama Seaport and NG Kids Magazine (the most popular kids magazine in the
world). She was also the only person from the UK to have her work displayed in
the National Geographic and Airbus run See The Bigger Picture global exhibition
tour with the United Nations International Year Of Biodiversity 2010. Only visual
artist published in the Taj Mahal Review June 2011. Youngest artist to be dis-
played in Charnwood Art's Vision 09 Exhibition and New Mill's Artlounge Dark
Colours Exhibition.
Holly Carman is a native Oregonian, studied at Oregon State University and
earned a degree in Art & Communication. Currently works in marketing & is al-
ways searching for her next big career move in the tiny city of Portland. Most pas-
sionate about living in the pacific northwest & taking her camera out to capture
everyday life.
Layne Chiaramonte is a self-taught photographer specializing in nature, portrait
and nouveau work. Being somewhat new to the industry, he brings a fresh per-
spective and unique angles that set him apart from his contemporaries. When
he's not in the studio, you catch him hiking the Columbia Gorge, reading up on
antiquity and running marathons. Results of his work can be viewed
at www.shiftfocusphotography.com.
Grace Thompson enjoys photography as a hobby and claims a massive collection
of old 35mm SLRs received as gifts or purchased at garage sales and consignment
shops. She has a love for using film far past its expiration date in order to dilute
the image as an enhancement. For Grace, patiently waiting for film to develop in
anticipation of a captured image is always well worth the wait.
Shara Johnson’sShara Johnson’sShara Johnson’sShara Johnson’s photography has been accepted to several national
juried art exhibitions. Her work has been displayed along the Front
Range in Colorado and has appeared in several online journals. In addi-
tion to photography, Shara writes literary nonfiction and maintains a
travel blog. See more photos as well as her writing at
http://skjphotography.net
Frank Rossini Frank Rossini Frank Rossini Frank Rossini grew up in New York City and then moved to Eugene,
Oregon in his twenties where he received an MFA in Creative Writing
from the University of Oregon. For the past twenty years, Frank has
studied photographic technique in various workshops, and has read
widely about its history and philosophy. Frank works predominately with
black and white film and available light. In the past year, he has also
done some color digital work. Frank is an eclectic photographer, influ-
enced by a range of traditions including realist, photojournalist,
pictorialist and surrealist. He has exhibited his work at various local
galleries. Additionally, Frank’s poems have been published in a number
of literary magazines including The Seattle Review, The Wisconsin Review, and Willow Springs. He also has work online at Blast Furnace and Rufous City Review. A chapbook, sparking the rain, was published
by Silverfish Review Press. More of photographs can be seen at
fxrlight.smugmug.com.