UNSCHEDULED discovers time and again the bittersweetness in
her reminiscences and the paradox of holding
FLIGHTS on by letting go. "On my balcony a red-orange
hibiscus opens/ every few weeks in a shrill of
Poems by Jeanette color," she writes at the end of "Edgarly Ceme-
Miller tery," "It holds this position for days, then
closes/ to itself. At day’s end, quieted by still-
Paperback: 80 pages ness,/ a cup of tea in hand, I locate my-
Publishing date: March 1, 2019 self/ between short-lived blooms/ and all that
Language: English distant flowering." And so she does. Miller's
ISBN-10: 1-950437-13-2 details transform into conceits with remarkably
ISBN-13: 978-1-950437-13-9 little irritable reaching. "Unscheduled Flights"
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been waiting her entire life to write these po-
An intense calmness inhabits the poems in ems, only to discover they had been waiting for
Jeanette Miller's Unscheduled Flights. In poem her all along.
after poem, Miller writes with an abiding pa-
tience that trusts in the powers of her perspi- Equally appreciative of songbirds and crows,
cacity and courageous hindsight. Crows, flow- these lovely lyric poems seem equally at home
ers, paintings speak for her grief, happiness, with knowing—and not, accepting, and even
and resignations. Wisdom is her reward as she reveling in mystery, in the shadows and light of
desire and loss: “already our shadows have
moved/past the replica of lovers,” and finding
strength in a hard-won knowledge of what ro-
mantic love cannot provide, rooted in a grow-
ing self-love, and acceptance of responsibility,
“He sees her eyes in his mirror. She has led/
him to this impression.” The speaker’s capacity
for acceptance is perhaps most courageous in
grieving her toddler granddaughter’s death, in
a poem ending with,
“OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN,” a
fitting instruction to readers of this soulful
work. - April Ossmann, author of Event Bound-
aries
Jeanette Miller makes a stellar debut in Un-
scheduled Flights, a collection of poetry that
spreads its wings and takes the reader on a
journey of the imagination from George’s Bar
and Grill to the River Ganges, from the mun-
dane to the mystical. Miller heeds the call of
the symbolic crow throughout, that call of un-
conscious transformation. With the detail, pre-
cision and perspective of a visual artist, the
poet glides over loves lost and won, youth fi-
nally finding its grounding in age. A must--‐read
for everyone seeking a fresh new voice in con-
temporary letters. - Mary Swander, Poet Laure-
ate of Iowa, author of The Girls on the Roof.
“In noticing the gentle detail, the human touch,
Gloria Monaghan’s poems do not eschew the
enrichment of a sumptuous word or academic
allusion; neither do they break under the
weight of those ornaments in moments of
modest relatability, the poet asks familiar
questions in pithy ways: How is it possible?
What does it mean? Who walked away? When
will I forget? Poetry that ignores people may be
itself ignored; these poems do not ignore.
These poems please.” - Zachary Bos, New Eng-
land Review of Books
Gloria Monaghan is a Professor of Humanities
at Wentworth Institute in Boston. She has pub-
lished two books of poetry, Flawed (Finishing
Line Press, 2011, nominated for the Massachu-
setts Book Award) and The Garden (Flutter
Press 2015). Her poem “Into Grace” won the
2018 Adelaide Voices Poetry Award. Her po-
ems have appeared in Adelaide, the Aurorean,
Aries, Blue Max Review, Fox Chase, 2River, and
Underground Writer’s Association, among oth-
ers.
FALSE
SPRING
Poems by Gloria
Monaghan
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Language: English
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VANISH TO THE These poems enclosed waver and fluctuate
MOUNTAIN with rhythms and hold a natural approach to
SPRING musical theories, yet they do so through imag-
es and metaphors. Poems included create
Poems by sounds which need arrangement such as a puz-
Donny Barilla zle piece must fit with its fellow pieces. Along
with following the sound of the poem, one will
Paperback: 120 pages discover an image, or images which cover the
Publishing date: March 1, 2019 palate of the senses. The sounds of the words,
Language: English individually or together, create the themes of
ISBN-10: 1-950437-05-1 the book. I hold the strong belief that the art of
ISBN-13: 978-1-950437-05-4 writing and reading poems exists as theatrical
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holds the notion that verse, in the end, is music
and image and meaning together.
Donny Barilla has four books published and has
completed nine self-published books. He has
been published seventy four times in journals,
reviews and magazines. Twenty two of his
books have found homes in libraries, public
and academic. Nine book readings and signings
have come his way as he hosts private reading
out of his home. The Adelaide Literary Awards
named him as top finalist for poetry and win-
ner of the award for the most recent literary
contest in two thousand and eighteen. Writing
with an enigmatic approach to poetry and al-
ways maintaining the element of nature, his
poems are filled with strong images and meta-
phors which blend thematically throughout the
books he writes. Studying philosophy, mytholo-
gy, Asian poetry, folktales and fairy tales con-
sists of his backbone and influence. Currently,
Donny works on a sizable collection of poems
which covers much poetic ground. As he lives
in the beautiful state of Pennsylvania, he ab-
sorbs energies of natural beauty while he lives
a reclusive life.
MY PEARLS My Pearls in Shanghai tells the beautiful story
of author's journey from a young adult strug-
IN gling to find her path to a grown, successful
woman who has learned who she is. The way
SHANGHAI she explores her experiences and memories to
correlate with social issues corroborate her
Memoir by viewpoint that arts can be far away from reali-
Marianne Song ty. Her education in Switzerland and China ex-
panded her capacity of cultural tolerance aris-
Paperback: 220 pages ing from different ethnics. A variety of people
Publishing date: March 1, 2019 she met, talked to, and shared her feelings
Language: English with in two countries were well-melt into her
ISBN-10: 1-950437-08-6 memoir. The core value of Song's essays lies in
ISBN-13: 978-1-950437-08-5 how to find one's uniqueness instead of being
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covery journey brought the conclusion that
human desire is the essence of the soul, which
could give the life purpose. Her memoir covers
not only the cultural and artistic experience she
discovered in Shanghai but also what the
meaningful life is all about. Each chapter in this
memoir deals with empirical philosophy.
Marianne Song is an essayist who strives to
reproduce the feelings and memories with po-
etic images through English instead of her
mother tongue, Korean to convey her raw
emotions as honestly as possible, otherwise
might be fabricated by self-consciousness. A
memoir My Pearls in Shanghai is her first pub-
lished book. Currently, she is working as a writ-
er and English instructor in Jeju Island, Korea
with an unwavering belief that someday her
angst and hardships could be transformed into
artistic treasure in the same way the natural
wonders of Jeju were made from volcanic
eruption. Whenever facing a big challenge, she
quietly whispers to herself ‘Don’t be afraid,
follow your heart.’
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publish quality poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and photography, as well as interviews, articles, and book reviews, written in English and Portuguese. We seek to publish outstanding literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and to promote the writers we publish, helping both new, emerging, and
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