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The Plaintive Song of a StoneNolo SegundoIf I could but feel,I would feel the warmth of the sunupon my cold, featureless face....If I could but touch,I‘d touch the grass I lay onand revel in its texture likea little happy king....If I could but smell,all the flowers of the worldwould be mine—roses anddaisies and even orchidswould be an endless delight.If I could but hear,then all nature would bemy own symphony, the birdsrejoicing, the bees buzzing,dogs barking, rolling thunder,a continuous music to my soul....If I could but see--ah, what woulda stone see? The deep and everbreathing beauty of the world? Orwould I see the unraveling of it bythat other sentient being who burnsits forests and dumps what cannotdissolve in a thousand years intoearth’s proud, awesome oceans...?But I would treasure my newfoundmind, and seek to thank the Beingthat could make even a stone seeand feel and hear and think andeven, in time, perhaps love....Oh how then I would pity thoseborn with eyes and ears yetunable or perhaps unwilling to SEE,living their lives scurrying aboutlike blind, deaf and dumb ratswhile the Eternal Light bathes all.Nelson | stock.adobe.comFounder’s Favourites | March 2022—Issue 18 | 18
Contributor BiosBruce Levine has spent his life as a writer of fiction and poetry and as a music and theatre professional. A2019 Pushcart Prize Poetry nominee, a 2021 Spillwords Press Awards winner, the Featured Writer in WestWardQuarterly Summer 2021 and his bio is featured in “Who’s Who of Emerging Writers 2020.” Bruce has over threehundred works published on over twenty-five on-line journals including Ariel Chart, Spillwords, The Drabble; inover seventy print books including Poetry Quarterly, Haiku Journal, Tipton Poetry Journal; Halcyon Days andFounder’s Favourites (on-line and print) and his shows have been produced in New York and around the country.His work is dedicated to the loving memory of his late wife, Lydia Franklin. A native Manhattanite, Bruce now livesand writes in Maine. Visit him at www.brucelevine.comDan Fitzgerald lives quietly in Pontiac, Illinois, tending to home and garden. His poems have been published in TheWriter’s Journal, PKA Advocate, Nomad’s Choir and many others. His work is also included in severalanthologies.Don Magin, husband (of 1), father (of 5), grandfather (of 15 so far), great grandfather (of 1, also so far) retiredchemist, reborn as a science and math teacher, re-retired, and Santa-Claus-look-alike (Santa never retires!), haslived in Bon Air, Virginia for 46 years, although he and his wife of 53 years, Margaret, will always call upstate NewYork home. He has had stories and poems published in Grand Magazine, Guide Magazine, Central Virginia PoetryBard Magazine, The Shine Journal, Sylvia, WestWard Quarterly, Vita Brevis Nothing Divine Dies Anthology, andmany other online and print publications.John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Sheepshead Review, Poetry Salzburg Reviewand Hollins Critic. Latest books, “Leaves On Pages” and “Memory Outside TJohn Grey is an Australian poet, USresident, recently published in Sheepshead Review, Poetry Salzburg Review and Hollins Critic. Latest books,“Leaves On Pages” and “Memory Outside The Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in LanaTurner and International Poetry Review. he Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Lana Turnerand International Poetry Review.K Ann Pennington is a social studies teacher who is fascinated by the constructed nature of place in America. Shehas traveled over 30,000 miles around the United States by RV in pursuit of her passion. Other favorite pastimesinclude examining primary source materials and performing field research on a variety of topics, especially the CivilWar. She wrote the thesis for her M.A. in American and New England Studies during an RV trip where she focusedon the American West. K Ann is working on a historical novel that takes place on the Rocky Mountain frontier justafter the Civil War.Karen Schnurstein holds a B.A. in Creative Writing with a minor in World Literature from Western MichiganUniversity. Her work has appeared in The Ibis Head Review, Bi Women Quarterly, and Adelaide Literary Magazine.She lives in Southwest Michigan with her two tabby feline companions.Nolo Segundo pen name of L.J. Carber, 74, in his 8th decade became a published poet in over 70 online/in printliterary journals and anthologies in the US, UK, Canada, Romania, India and Italy. In 2020 a trade publisherreleased a book length collection, THE ENORMITY OF EXISTENCE, and in 2021 a 2nd book, OF ETHER ANDEARTH. Both titles (as do many of his poems) reflect the awareness he's had for 50 years since having an NDEwhilst almost drowning that he has a consciousness that predates birth and survives the death of the body—whatpoets once called the soul. He was also nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2022 by an online journal. A retiredteacher (America, Japan, Taiwan, Cambodia), he has been married 41 years to a smart and beautiful Taiwanesewoman.Theresa Baker has been writing poetry since elementary school. Her work has been published in "Scarlet Leaf", "Charles Carter", and"Calla Press", among others. She lives in Indianapolis with a job at her dream zoo.Founder’s Favourites | March 2022—Issue 18 | 19
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