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MoonlightJane BrigantiA luminous soft yellow glowI sit beneath itMy back against a treeI ponderI wonder what could beHarmless is this mellow moonlightProtecting me from darknessThis is my time for reflectionWhere have I been?Where am I and where am I going?I am comfortable hereuntil morning comesWhen morning rises and it does,my moonlight disappearsand once again I find myselfmelancholyAlbrecht Fietz | Pixabay.comFounder’s Favourites | June 2022—Issue 19 | 16
For John HodgenLinda McCullough MooreI came upon you by the grace of Godtoday – as though we might imaginethings were sometimes come uponsome other way.I found you in a literary journal.Did you know that you were lost?The poem didn’t say.Then I looked you up. It is thereason poetry is written: that thepoet might be sought and, sometimes,be imagined found, if only briefly. Ifonly by mistake.I liked your poetry and I like itthat it says here that you live nearby,as though that place where wordsstart out might be visited one day.Without a large amount of trouble.Bees be heard there. Wasps? Perhaps.A swarm. Something taken. Wine orLemonade, I think, with sprigs of greendescribed as planted by someone gonenow far away; stories told, made betterwhen talk turned to 1950: our one andseveral childhoods, who we weregoing to marry after we grew up, andwhy it would have been a good idea.Poetry done properly: a place we’d liketo visit. We do not want our poets faraway. Poets in their houses so like God,at least in that one way.Linda McCullough Moore is the author of two story collections, a novel, an essay collection and more than 350 shorter published works.She is the winner of the Pushcart Prize, as well as winner and finalist for numerous national awards. Her first story collection was endorsedby Alice Munro, and equally as joyous, she frequently hears from readers who write to say her work makes a difference in their lives. Formany years she has mentored award-winning writers of fiction, poetry, and memoir. She is currently completing a novel, Time Out ofMind, and a collection of her poetry. www.lindamcculloughmoore.comAlbrecht Fietz | Pixabay.comFounder’s Favourites | June 2022—Issue 19 | 17
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Page 5 and 6: A Woman's ReflectionJane BrigantiRe
Page 7 and 8: The ComposerBruce LevineA blank she
Page 9 and 10: A Mural of a Forest Floating in Spa
Page 11 and 12: The StormBruce LevineRain spattered
Page 13 and 14: SunbeamsPeter MladinicWhen the Sunb
Page 15: Granny’s HousedressGaiyle J. Conn
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Page 21 and 22: Theoretical SleepBruce LevineMy eye
Page 23 and 24: What Did You Save?Joan MazzaTwo tin
Page 25 and 26: DestinyJane BrigantiA warm breezegl
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