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5:02 pm by D Kai Wilson, editor in Issue 2, Issues, Poetry
night slams down a sky
as lid on this sinful kettle,
burning us here
in this hell we live in
seething in our own stink,
this sweaty nothingness
we live in
sin
David McLean was born in Wales in 1960 though he’s lived in Sweden since 1987. He has been submitting seriously for about a year and, as of the end of October 2007, he has around 325 poems in or accepted by 143 magazines both online and in print. A chapbook “a hunger for mourning” with 52 poems is available from Erbacce press and Lulu at http://storeslulu.com/store
7:00 am by D Kai Wilson, editor in Issue 1, Issues, Poetry
The telephone rings
A small thing, a sound
Ordinary, and she reaches for it
In an ordinary way
She says hello
Her mind on the children
Her mind on the meeting
Her mind on the dinner on
Saturday night, his friends from
Kansas, she says hello
She says hello.
I love you, he says (more…)
5:00 am by D Kai Wilson, editor in Issue 1, Issues, Poetry
R–U–OK?
Yeah–Yeah
I txt back
before adding another dozen lines to my
essay. There’s a scrap of paper beside me (more…)
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TEN ZEN SECONDS interview with Eric Maisel
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Hiya - my name is Kai - and I’m the managing editor of this project. Over the coming few weeks, between preparing for university, I’ll be expanding on the information that’s available, but for the moment, welcome to the [...]
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Blogs of note
Mamaneedsabookcontract – Mama Needs a book contract is a really amazingly cool project where seven ‘mamas’, myself included, blog about all things writing, parenting, and life in general.
Terry Heath – a relatively new blogger on the scene, he’s a great writer and has many points that make you think – plus he’s a [...]
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