Thursday, December 31, 2009

The Winter 2010 Issue of Luciole Press is Published!

December 31, 2009
7:03 am

Clifford's Castle, by Mart Clayton. Winter Issue 2010.

The Winter 2010 Issue of Luciole Press is published!
http://www.luciolepress.com


Editor's Note
Winter Issue 2010


Hello to all readers,

2009 is now at an end, and many of us surely feel like it was akin to climbing up a hill like the one pictured above, in “Clifford’s Tower.” It has been a rich year in many ways, and I am thankful as a new decade is being ushered in – a rebirth that will no doubt continue to reveal riches across all fields of art and literary creation for everyone.

I remain resolute in working diligently and with a hopeful heart in order to make sure Luciole Press continues to present opportunities for readers and contributors alike to foster connections, communications, pleasure and understanding amongst all of us. I wish you all a bountiful new year filled with all you need to foment an ample and creative environment.

Luciole has been graced with many interesting new contributors this issue, including poets Elin Assarsson-Lod of Sweden, Jonaton Asbjørn Allin of Denmark, and Hadaa Sendoo of Mongolia. Offerings of art come from Anett Kilén Kennedy of Norway, Satya Möller of Sweden, and the Alida Ivanov Gallery of Stockholm, Sweden. We have two new poets from the United States, Eric Basso and William Crawford.

Stephen Page of Argentina offers a deep, insightful interview of Argentinian author Esther Cross.

I welcome back poets Aleksia Petko, David Smith, Kumari de Silva, Scott Wannberg, and Scott Owens, whose new book Paternity is available in February (congratulations!); photographers Andrea Folmer, Jeaneth Patricia Skagvold, and Mart Clayton; and Christine McClintock, whose searing portrait of a woman’s shelter in Colorado transcends all physical locations and takes us into the heart of humanity in need.

Dena Rash Guzman’s final installment of her travel series to Thailand concludes a colorful adventure… where to next, Dena? :)

S.A. Griffin has created The Poetry Bomb, which is seeking submissions. Visit the page to learn more about the exciting new project!

Ellyn Maybe has an exquisite new CD of her poetry, Rodeo for the Sheepish. I interviewed her, and reviewed Rodeo. Don’t miss it.

Tracy Lee Stum brings us her experiences traveling to India as both a street artist and teacher of students eager to learn, courtesy of student organizers from IIT Kanpur and the American Center of the US Consulate in India. She also fills us in on her next big adventure, traveling to Vancouver and staying at the USA House during the Winter Olympics, where she will create a work of art commemorating US Olympic Hall of Famers! Cannot wait to hear all about it, Tracy.

Deb Scott shares her cedar waxwing bird-watching adventures in her lovely photos and essay, "Perhaps Once a Year, If I'm Lucky."

This issue truly is packed with wonderful abundance; may it help us start the year with creativity blossoming through the rebirth of not only the calendar, but of our endless potential for art.

Always my best,
Karen Bowles

Publisher and Editor



Celebrate the new year with the newly published Winter 2010 Issue of Luciole Press!




Table of Contents


ART --


-- Alida Ivanov Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

Artwork by Allen Grubesic and John Rydberg
Grubesic: “Another Masterpiece, 2009”
“The Diary of Spoofy (getting smaller everyday), 2009”
“Delirium Tremens, 2009”
(photos by Katya Sandomirskaja)
Rydberg: “Allanrop, 2009”


-- Anett Kilén Kennedy, Norway: paintings

“Glass Transparencies,” “The Veil,” “The French Woman,”
“Window Seat,” “Rendez-vous au Jardin de Luxenbourg,”
“Silent Night,” “Lovers,” “Dog on the Run,” “On the Beach,”
“Paris in Sight,” “Blue Moon,” “Spanish Dancer,” “Dreamer,”
“Kneeling Nude,” “Baudelaire 4.- Series.”


-- Satya Möller, Sweden: The Peace Human Sculpture

“The Peace Human series” (on a plane, subway roof, by the
water, more), “Satya with Swedish Opera singer Caroline af
Ugglas,” “Around his neck,” “Satya on top of the airplane,”
“Satya fixing with them”


-- Tracy Lee Stum, USA: street painting workshops in India

Please check the Photography/Travel listing below



AWARENESS

-- Christine McClintock, USA:
Just Another Day In Paradise - Homeless Women of Colorado



BOOKS

-- Scott Owens, USA: Paternity, to be released in February

-- Stephen Page, Argentina: An insightful interview with
Argentian author Esther Cross



EDITOR'S NOTE

A note from Editor Karen Bowles about all the
happenings behind the Winter Issue


ORGANICS

Esmaa Self, USA: Column Organics: It's a Balance Thing


PHOTOGRAPHY/TRAVEL


-- Andrea Folmer, USA: Joshua TreeLNational Park


-- Deb Scott, USA: Bird watching -- Cedar waxwings in Oregon

“Three waxwing juveniles,” “Pigeon (devil’s walking stick) tree,”
“Pigeon tree fruit,” “Cedar waxwing adult male”


-- Dena Rash Guzman, USA: Travel photo essay of Thailand and Shanghai

“Yellow for the King,” “Return to the Lamphu Treehouse Inn,”
“Wooden foot brigde,” “Elephant Man,” “Elephant,” “Elephant
Food,” “Thai Taxi,” “Skys Scraping”


-- Esmaa Self, USA: Colorado

“Reaching higher, though the days are short,” “Thriving between
rocks and a hard place,” “Shining the light”


-- Jeaneth Patricia Skaugvold, Norway: Ireland and Norway

“Reflections,” “Self portrait,” “Dublin,” “Kira,” “Chimney View”


-- Karen Bowles, USA: California

“Winter Night,” “Screened Sunset,” “Dish of Rain”


-- Mart Clayton, UK: York, England

“Clifford’s Tower,” “Millenium Bridge,” “Wiping Snow off the
Tyburn,” “York Minster,” “Houseboats on the Ouse,” “Winter
sky fishing,” “The Hospitium, Museum Gardens”


Tracy Lee Stum, USA: India

“Antaragni 09,” “Teaching,” “Students,” “Catwoman,”
“Hai,” “Hyderabad,” “Rickshaw,” “Skip on the chair,”
“Workshop 1,” “Workshop 2,” “Camels,” “Pushkar,”
“Kolkata,” “With Hemant Gupta”



POETRY


-- Aleksia Petko, USA: "DAMP,” “Disconnect"

-- David Smith, USA: "A Cow-Puncher’s Chance”

-- Elin Assarsson-Lod, Sweden: ”press repeat och hold your horses”
Versions in original Swedish and translated into English

-- Ellyn Maybe, USA: New CD: Rodeo for the Sheepish
Interview, and CD review, on the pages with the CD title

-- Eric Basso, USA: "The Meeting,” “Windows”

-- Hadoo Sendoo, Mongolia: "New Year’s Eve,” “Memories”

-- Jonatan Asbjørn Allin, Denmark: "Love Hadron Collider”
“The day that all the leopards died in front of blind and busy eyes”

-- Karen Bowles, USA: "Winter Crisp,” “Breath,” “It rained so hard”

-- Kumari de Silva, USA: "Ground Breaking” “Better Safe then Sorry”
“How to Say Anything to Anyone”

-- Scott Wannberg, USA: “Regret City doesn’t live here anymore”
“the kindness of buffalos”

-- Scott Owens, USA: "Steps,” "Manners"


-- S.A. Grffin, USA: The Poetry Bomb is now accepting submissions

-- William Crawford, USA: “That Time I Stopped Breathing, Beside You,
In My Sleep” (for Kimberly)



PROSE

Deb Scott, USA: "Perhaps Once a Year, If I’m Lucky “



WORTH A LOOK


Pär Strömberg, Sweden -- Artist

Check out his work and his blog

REPRINTED FROM LUCIOLE'S NOTE ON FACEBOOK.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Chanticleer Launches OL' CHANTY On-Line Mag

OL' CHANTY - Chanticleer Magazine Online

Ol’ Chanty is the new website of the old Chanticleer Magazine, which has now been discontinued. The aim of this website is to publish poetry, essays, short stories, novel excerpts, criticism and what ever else comes our way that we deem worthy of the world’s attention. Ol’ Chanty would like to continue the tradition of Chanticleer Magazine, which called itself “A Magazine Of Poetry And Ideas – Not Necessarily In That Order.” Therefore Ol’ Chanty will also include a blog (Chatbox) in which the editor – or anyone else – can sound off on any issue which stimilates them to say something interesting – within certain limits of course.

Chanticleer Magazine acquired the reputation of being an against the grain, ‘underground’ magazine which took a certain pride in being different from most other magazines. It received a lot of warm praise from various quarters, as well as some scathing criticism. One reviewer even described it as the most irritating poetry review journal he had surveyed to date. (Kudos indeed!) Ol’ Chanty will do its best to continue this proud and noble tradition.

Chanticleer Press, which used to publish Chanticleer Magazine, now only publishes chapbooks and ‘proper’ books (in limited handmade editions). Details of these publications can be found elsewhere on the website.

Issue 22 (the previous paper issue was 21, so this might also be considered to be 22 ) contains:


Poem - Karen Margolis

Short Story - Ian MacFadyen

Poems - George Held

Shards - John Bennett

Essay and Translations - Thomas Ország-Land on Miklós Radnóti

Poems - David Waddilove

Poem - R. D. Armstrong

Short Story - Hugh Fox

Poems - Arthur Coleman

Essay - Richard Livermore on Lorca’s Politics

Poems - A. D. Winans

Essay-Review - Richard Livermore on Jeremy Reed’s Genet

Review - Richard Livermore on Louise Landes Levi’s Banana Baby


Submissions, queries and comments can be made using the on-line form found on our Contact page. You can also join our mailing list there.
http://www.chanticleer-press.com/contact.html



Finally, the editor hopes that all who visit these pages enjoy what they read.


Richard Livermore – Editor
http://www.chanticleer-press.com

HOLY ROSE REVIEW #3 Dec 09 "Wonder" Online & Call for "Worry"

HOLY ROSE REVIEWWONDERTattoo by Michael Kozlenko
Tattoo by Michael Kozlenko


Poetry by Ivy Alvarez, Lane Falcon, Thomas Griffin, Christine Hamm, Eugenia Hepworth Petty, Dorianne Laux, Raina Leon, Joseph Millar, Erika Moya, Rhonda Palmer, Siimon Petkovich, Lise Whidden, & Martin Willitts, Jr.

Tattoos by Seven Beckham, Rich Bustamante, Cengiz Eyvazov, Luba Goldina, Sean Herman, Avi Inks, Michael Kozlenko, & Jason Wainwright.

To read HRR Issue #3, Dec 09, "Wonder" visit us online at http://www.hollyrosereview.com/dec09editorial.html

SUBMIT TO US

PUBLICATION/SUBMISSION SCHEDULE

Issue Four Theme, WORRY: June 2010~poetry submission months March & April 2010
Any poetry subs sent before or after these dates cannot be read or viewed. Sorry...

Rolling submission for tattoos begins December 2009 (send whenever you want, and we'll take a look)

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AS FOLLOWS:

E-mail subs only to editor@hollyrosereview.com

POETRY
Four poems in the message box-no attachments-include name and e-mail. All POETRY submissions must express the theme. No previously published poems unless invited, simultaneous subs okay. PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY ONCE PER SUBMISSION PERIOD.

TATTOOS
Four or more tattoo photos as jpegs, normal resolution. Tattoo submitters can be the tattoo wearer, the tattoo artist (if not the artist of the original design), the original artist, or the photographer. In each case, please include the names of everyone involved. TATTOO submissions should express the theme, but you may submit any style tattoo, as you never know the direction the editor will take with the theme.

You must send completed copyright agreement (First On-Line Publication)form, which includes a short bio, with your submission.


Theresa Senato Edwards
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief

Toni Turner
Partner


HOLY ROSE REVIEW
Poetry & Tattoo Literary Arts Journal
http://www.hollyrosereview.com/

Friday, December 18, 2009

MÖBIUS, THE POETRY MAGAZINE 27th Anniversary Edition is Out!

MÖBIUS, THE POETRY MAGAZINE, 27th Anniversary Edition
Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Editor in Chief/Publisher is pleased to announce MÖBIUS, THE POETRY MAGAZINE, 27th Anniversary Edition - 2009, Volume XXIV.

This year's edition includes among it's many gifted and talented contributors such notables as: Valerie Martin Bailey, Robert Bly, Cornelius Eady, Ed Galing, Dianela Gioseffi, Jean Hull Herman, Maurice Kenny, Esther Leiper, Linda Lerner, Lyn Lifshin, Norma West Linder, Julio Marzan, Tom McKeown, B.Z. Niditch, Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan, Ruth O'Callaghan, Anthony Oldknow, Simon Perchik, Marge Piercy, Hal Sirowitz, Stephen Stepanchev and Susan Terris.

Additionally work by several friends of Flor grace its pages:

Dominick Arbolay
Mary Elizabeth Clark
Diana Festa
Robert Ghiradella
Deborah Hauser
Roxanne Hoffman
Carl Kavadlo
Ed Bok Lee
Erica Mapp
Mary Orovan
Linda Rothstein
Maria Sassi

as well as the late Pud Houston.

MÖBIUS, THE POETRY MAGAZINE has been named a "best pick" 2007, 2008 & now 2009 by Small Magazine Review.

More information about how to order your copy and how to submit to next year's edition can be found at:

www.mobiuspoetry.com
www.poetrytown.com
www.youtube.com/poetrytown


Coinciding with this year's release we would like to announce and congratulate the Dr. Zylpha Mapp Robinson International Poetry Award Winners:

First Prize: Esther Leiper - “Of Souls & Shadows” -- $300 & Audiobook: Poetry Among The Flowers: Queens Meets Asia by Juanita Torrence-Thompson (See newspaper article here).

2nd Prize: Dan Knapp - “Everything But One” -- $50 & Audiobook

1st Honorable Mention: Edward Fisher - “Heiroglyph”
-- Audiobook & Certificate

2nd Honorable Mention: Maria Sassi - “The Flying Children Of March 7, 2007”
3rd Honorable Mention: Judith Veder - “The Tailor: For Half A Century”
-- Audiobook & Certificate

2nd Merit Award: Lynn Cooper - “Expectations”
3rd Merit Award: Diane Elayne Dees - “Two Pictures”
-- Audiobook & Certificate


MÖBIUS, THE POETRY MAGAZINE
P.O.BOX 671058
Flushing, NY 11367-1056, USA

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

All-World Wrestling Poetry—52 Wrestling Poems

Dreier Carr's High School Folkstyle Wrestling at the 2006 Glenn Invite

_____

The poems in this collection are on wrestling—the collegiate and amateur styles—but also how we wrestle with life, where we find wrestling in our lives, plus our gods, prophets and heroes past, those who have wrestled the classic bouts. It is modern and boundary-busting, and at the same time about tradition, a duality significant to both the poetry and wrestling communities. It is not about professional wrestling. Although that would make a wonderful project on its own, there is not enough poetry about amateur wrestling, the collegiate, Olympic, and folk styles.

The rest of this intro will be of interest to you if you would like to use any of the artwork or poetry yourself, and if you are interested in why such a collection came together—maybe for the first time. If not, then scan down to below Catherine Edmunds' 2009 drawing called "Greek wrestlers," and begin reading. If you are looking for a particular poet's work, or to see if it is included, simply click "Ctrl-F" on your keyboard. Here is a list of the living contributing poets you will find:


Rane Arroyo
John D. Berry
Rus Bowden
Kimberly Dark
Susie DeFord
Lori Desrosiers
Susan Kelly-DeWitt
David Hernandez
Drax Ireland
Jayson Iwen
John Jeffire
Andy Jones
Jeff Kass
Steve Meador
Muhammad Afzal Mirza
Steve Parker
Gilbert Pye
Don Schaeffer
Muhammad Amir Sheikh
Michael D. Snediker
G.C. Smith
Judy Swann
Terreson
John Timpane
Pamela Uschuk


In lieu of bios, links to the contributors' web sites are provided from their names. If you would like to reach them, most of the time you will find contact information there. If not, e-mail me (lowelldude@aol.com), and I will try to connect you.


The works in this collection fall under Creative Commons—Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. This way, as you share these poems, the poets' names remains attached, so that they continue to get credit for their work as it is passed around. In the spirit of this, each piece of artwork used below has just beneath it, as part of the image, an attribution that includes what the work is, who made it, and when. This Creative Commons agreement also protects the artists and poets from someone else making money from their works, while cutting them out. You'll need permission for such a commercial venture. It allows, however, for you to feel free to share the works, to keep the poems handy and pass them around, and speak them at events. If you have sought these poems out for noncommercial use, wonderful!, please write the poet a thank you, but the answer is already yes.


A few years back, when I was blogging daily at Bud Bloom, November arrived, and the poetry posting necessarily slowed down, as wrestling season was about to begin. My son Dan was wrestling in college at the time, and I was a moderating contributor at MassWrestling.com, working on a comprehensive directory of all collegiate wrestlers from Massachusetts, in order that wrestlers, their family, and friends, could see how their high school wrestlers were faring in college, even if they were still active. Part of this, was to create a comprehensive list of wrestling colleges around the country, which was shared with other wrestling forums in other states. I made a brief post on the poetry blog called Wrestling With Poetry in November. I wanted to include wrestling poetry in that blog, and found some in a translation of Homer's Iliad, but had difficulty finding it elsewhere. Since creating that blog post, I then noticed that many others who go online in search for "wrestling poetry", come up with my post. And I always felt that that post was not allowing the searchers to find the jackpot they were looking for. Thus, there is demand, but short supply. This blog post is a wrestling poetry jackpot.


Back in July, I made a call for submissions of new and recent wrestling poems, by posting at over 20 wrestling forums, over 20 poetry forums, and to over 2500 members of Facebook. The response has been remarkable, as you can read for yourself below. And a high percentage of these gifted poets, have been or still are wrestlers or members of the wrestling community themselves. With these poems by living poets, I have merged classics. Included also are fresh translations of classic poems, and renditions of scriptural texts.


My thanks go to all the contributors listed above. Each have been a pleasure to work with. My thanks also to those who have guided this project with ideas, such as Joyce Nower, who turned me onto Emily Dickinson's many wrestling poems, and Dennis Greene, who reminded me of the classic wrestling scene in Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha." Thanks also to you for finding these poems, for shaking hands with them, and taking the time to read them, even to grapple with them when you hear the metaphoric whistle. It's your match now, your time to enter the ring.


C.


http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/the-mixed-classic-amateur-wrestling-poetry-all-world-meet-48-poems/

VGP Anthology 2: SO IT GOES







The latest edition in the VGP Chapbook Anthology Series is now available. So it Goes collects poetry about death. Within these pages you will find verse that touches aspects of our humanity in a spectrum of emotions. Here lies collected works celebrating life by bravely confronting the subject of death or dying and reflections with honest, straight forward and sometimes humorous poetry. This anthology includes the work of established and new writers, including: Elzy Cogswell, Leyna Inberg, Puma Perl, Chris D'Errico, Gillian Prew, Mike Meraz, Morrie Greene, Ashley Leitner, Doug Tanoury, Larry Lefkowitz, Roxanne HoffmanSergio A. Ortiz, Susan Bosler, Gail Gray and Joseph Goosey.

"Colostomy" by Elzy Cogswell from VGP Anthology, So it Goes was nomintated for the 2009 Pushcart Prize by Virgogray Press

Stop into the Virgogray Press online store and pick up your copy today!






New Poetry from J Bradley

DODGING TRAFFIC

J. Bradley


ISBN 978-0-9841025-2-5


Widely published, loved, and admired, J. Bradley's first collection is long overdue. Ampersand Books is proud to present this raucous, lively collection of vivid imagery, larger-than-life imagery, and poetry crafted from the real stuff of everyday life. Lust, love, contempt, disgust, parental guidance, and poetic revenge, crafted with unbridled imagination and unmistakable skill.

"J. Bradley is the Veruca Salt of the literary chocolate factory, writing with a satirical brazenness that leaves cavities among the reader's eyes. There is a sugary darkness to his work and a lackadaisical charm; that of a black-market dental hygienist. J. delivers new audacity, important romance, and certainty. He acknowledges the sensational ugly without apprehension. His ideas are of an entirely different species and his wit knocks at postmodern...stunned today, laughing tomorrow. Dodging Traffic is the classic, the sequel will forever envy."

+ Sarah Morgan, author of Animal Ballistics

"Reading J. Bradley's Dodging Traffic is a lot like actually dodging traffic - both are unpredictable, thrilling, surprising. Prepare yourself, because these poems hit hard."

+ Jason Jordan, Editor-in-Chief, decomP Magazine

"J. Bradley has a pen attached to his heart. His heart has its own brain. His brain has its own heart, but we are unsure if there's a pen attached to that."

+ Robbie Q. Telfer, The Encyclopedia Show

J. Bradley will be touring across the country for performances, book signings, and workshops. For all of J. Bradley's tour dates, check out iheartfailure.net. Purchase your copy of Dodging Traffic through Ampersand Books at ampersand-books.com.

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

SIMPLY HAIKU: Call for SENRYU

Editor Al Pizzarelli is currently seeking SENRYU poetry for publication in upcoming issues of the Simply Haiku website.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

1. Poets are urged to read the Editor's Introduction in the Simply Haiku Senryu section and read among the many examples of senryu in the SH archives.

2. Both unpublished and previously published senryu are invited. All previously published senryu must include the name and year of the publication in which they first appeared.

3. There is no limit to the number of submissions.

4. All submissions should appear in the body of the e-mail. Attachments are not acceptable.

5. Response time is a week or two from the date of submission.

6. Accepted poems are published within a year of acceptance. Some appear sooner than others depending on the featured topic of each issue.
Note: Topics are determined by the related subject matter of accepted poems and are not announced prior to each issue.

7. Bios & Photos should only be submitted by request of the editor.

8. Submit regularly.

Send submissions to:

PoetryA@comcast.net


Al Pizzarelli
SENRYU editor
Simply Haiku

OMEGA 7 Online Now

OMEGA 7


OMEGA 7
“from hive this mind”

Happy Holidays, here is your link to the Web’s premiere literary production
ONLINE NOW.

250 dynamic pages … and it’s FREE for one and all!
(but you can DONATE if you so choose, and empower INDEPENDENT alternative literature and art)

http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind


[If the link doesn't work, simply copy and paste it into your browser. That's almost guaranteed to bring it up.]

OMEGA 7 “from hive this mind” is designed, edited, and created by Michael Annis, senior editor and founder of Howling Dog Press. The Featured Artist for OMEGA 7 is Henry Avignon.

OMEGA 7 is comprised of dynamic and visionary work by 45 writers whose poetry, stories and Hinge applications cover progressive politics, global warming, governmental corruption, revolutionary language theory /linguistics, anti-war works, social and economic stratification, human alienation, imprisonment, abstracted reality, dreams and the subconscious, quantum mechanics, poverty, and pieces dedicated to world unity and peace. A special section by the late Charles Bukowski is central to OMEGA 7. Other literary contributors are Michael Annis, Henry Avignon, Benjamin Balthaser, Tom Bradley, Ginnetta Correli, Jane Crown, Nabina Das, Tatjana Debeljacki, Jared Demick, DubbleX, Renee Dwyer, Stevie Lee Edwards, AnnMarie Eldon, Victoria Ganim, Joe Giglio, Gregory Greyhawk, Leigh Herrick, Sandra Hunter, Molly Kat, Jillian Rose Krupp, Sun Yung Lee, Joy Leftow, Heller Levinson, Oswald Le Winter, Elenor “Ele-Beth” Little, Adrian C. Louis, Michael D. Main, Stacy Muszynski, Edward Mycue, Mary Newell, Valery Oisteanu, John Olson, Laura Orem, David Ray, Paul Corman-Roberts, Kenneth Rosen, Adam Roufberg, Albert Salinas, Lilvia Soto, Thomas [Wordwulf] Sterner, Ross Vassilev, Jack Wiler, Frank Winters, and Jeffrey Cyphers Wright.

A testimonial:

I just saw the preview of Michael Annis'/Howling Dog Press' new Omega 7 online journal publication "From Hive This Mind" featuring a slew of amazing poets including Michael Annis, David Ray, Heller Levinson, Leigh Herrick, Oswald LeWinter, Paul Corman-Roberts, and others (not to mention myself…) and I have to say that this man (Michael Annis) is a creative/intellectual genius - a truly divine spark.

"From Hive This Mind" is a labor of love blending together a most magnificent compilation of poetry, photography, spirit, and graphic design capable of being produced only by a true visionary -- one who sees through, and beyond, the corporeal constraints imposed on us physically, culturally, emotionally, etc .And, as an added bonus, this masterful work is published online for FREE.

Stay focused for soon the publication will go public and a link will be posted (but join the group instead so you don't have to rely on me for your information) Join “Omega Online Literary Magazine” on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=a47e5b01bcef29cfde73d883f03d0aad&#/group.php?v=wall&ref=ts&gid=48599887203


OMEGA 7 is mind blowing! What Michael has put together is such a masterful craft projecting such force... from the layout/design to the word on page to the people he’s brought together, man, this is one amazing publication. Seriously, I felt like I was standing in front of an ancient shrine, or those sacred Buddhas that the Taliban blasted out of existence, or the monolith in 2001...wtf... love's labours found. Wow!

~Adam Roufberg, “RadioActiveLunch” radio host



OMEGA 7’s theme is derived from an excerpt from Conducting Bodies by Nobel Prize winner Claude Simon. OMEGA 7's subtitle "from hive this mind" is taken from a Hinge Application of the same title composed by Michael Annis and “hinges” back to Claude Simon. Hinge Theory was created by Heller Levinson, and is evolving through the work of Levinson, Annis, Newell, Giglio, Main, Avignon, Roufberg, and others; Hinge represents, quite possibly, the most significant revolutionary poetic form to have been originated in the last 20 years, and can be explored further in Levinson’s latest book “Smelling Mary” (Howling Dog Press). A practioner’s guide to Hinge Theory, “The Hinge Manual” by Michael Annis, can be received free of charge in PDF format by request to WritingDangerously@HowlingDogPress.com.


Toward the end of this email, you will find navigation tips. When you forward the link, please also forward the navigation tips, which come in handy for those who are not familiar with ISSUU (the software OMEGA rides on). Working with ISSUU format takes a little practice, but the more you experience, the easier and more entertaining it becomes as you maneuver through the pages. As you distribute this email and link, please encourage your lists to do the same, and if they are on Facebook to join the Facebook group “OMEGA online literary magazine”. Help us increase our readership.

When you open the OMEGA link, take it slow; it's a 13 mb file and it takes a little time to download. Please don't skip ahead; allow it to completely download. Start at the beginning of OMEGA and view it a page-spread at a time; that will ensure that it downloads accurately. If you skip through it while it’s downloading, it causes the program to insert blank pages and missing links--it's happened to me, and it was because of my impatience.

During the course of designing and building OMEGA 7, four people very dear to me passed away. In the order of their transitioning are:

David Sisneros, musician (June 2009)
Mark Stryker, artist and writer (August 2009)
Will Inman, poet and activist (early October 2009)
Jack Wiler, poet and OMEGA 7 contributor (late October 2009)


There are memorials to each of them in OMEGA 7; each was dearly loved and all will be heartbreakingly grieved and missed by many.

Periodically, I will be posting/dispatching comments by contributors and readers. You are invited to post your own comments about OMEGA 7 on the Facebook OMEGA group homepage or on ISSUU in the Comments window that you will find when you open OMEGA 7.

Also, OMEGA 7 includes a very special offer:

The Works of Henry Avignon, OMEGA 7’s artist are now available for purchase!

SUPERB, LIMITED EDITION PRINTS of all the artwork by HENRY AVIGNON featured in OMEGA 7 are now available through a joint collaboration between the Artist and Howling Dog Press. Details: page 247 in OMEGA 7.


--from OMEGA 7, by Henry Avignon (50+ more images in OMEGA 7

If you are unfamiliar with ISSUU, here are a few navigation tips:

1. Patience will serve you well; your ability to manipulate and stabilize the pages will evolve as you use it.

2. I’ve found that it’s best to use FULLSCREEN mode; the button is found in the upper left corner of the ISSUU screen after OMEGA loads.

3. In Fullscreen mode, you have more control and can adjust the size of the pages with the slide bar that appears at the top. It also gives you a “page bar” at the bottom that loads 20 pages at a time. The greatest advantage with Fullscreen mode is its stability compared to the “page turning” mode that first loads. The disadvantage is that it doesn’t look as cool when the pages turn, and it doesn’t give you the full aesthetic beauty of movement (those pages flying like silky black ravens’ wings).

4. When you click on any page, it will enlarge. Click again and it returns to original size, and the two-page spread. After you click on the page, take your finger off the mouse or mousepad. It will stabilize the page. ISSUU is very sensitive and responsive, so it’s easy to send the image flying around the screen if you keep your finger on the mouse.

5. At the outer edge of each page there are faint “arrow” buttons. Clicking on those will take you either forwards or backwards through the publication, one page at a time. If you click the double arrow, it will take you to the end or beginning of the publication.

6. The PAGE BAR at the bottom of the screen: you can click on any set of two pages and immediately go there. If you want to go forwards or backwards through the pages, click on the arrows at either end of the page bar and it will load 20 previous pages (left side arrow) or the next 20 pages (right side arrow). You can enlarge the image of any set of two pages by placing your cursor on it. It also gives you the page numbers above the image and relevant to it.

7. You can completely change the presentation of the publication from what originally loaded (in OMEGA’s case, “magazine”) to two other options: “Presentation” view and “Paper” view. Paper view presents each page as if it were a PDF, and you scroll up or down to change pages, rather than horizontally. The BUTTON that controls the view options is located next to the Fullscreen button at the top. Experiment, you might like another view better than what I’ve chosen. I chose “magazine” for its aesthetics-- the effect of movement, and the dramatic sheen of the pages.

8. There is also a “dot bar” under the page bar. You can move more rapidly forward or backward by clicking on the dots; each dot represents twenty pages, and you can click any dot—they don’t have to be clicked in order.