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Founder’s FavouritesIssue 19—June 2022Author SpotlightNolo SegundoThe Enormity of Existence 3ContributorsBruce LevineThe Composer 7Late Afternoon 8The Process 20Theoretical Sleep 21Carolyn Chilton CasasAwareness 12Dr William WatersAs Simply as I Know it 6Gaiyle J. ConnollyGranny’s Housedress 15Jane BrigantiA Woman’s Reflection 5Moonlight 16The Ink of Pen 24Destiny 25Joan MazzaArchival Footage 22What Did You Save? 23Linda McCullough MooreFor John Hodgen 17Peter MladinicSunbeams 4Nolo SegundoFragments 18The Walking Wounded 19Nolen PriceAmarillo 8A Mural of a Forest Floating in Space 22Stella Mazur PredaIf Men Had Ears 4At The End of the Day 26Founder’s FeedbackBruce LevineThe Composer (p7) I like the images in the first stanza of notesfloating in space waiting to be found. And the last two lines. LateAfternoon (p10) I like the laziness of this entire poem. The Storm(p11) I like the first two lines. The Process (p20) I like that hehangs on to the see-saw process. Theoretical Sleep (p21) Thiswas accepted because I relate to this poem. Bruce did a good jobdescribing it with words.Carolyn Chilton CasasAwareness (p12) The image of insights hovering in front ofone’s face is pretty cool!Dr. William WatersAs Simply As I Know It (p6) I love the image of a piano wirestriking love in someone’s stomach!Gaiyle J. ConnollyGranny’s Housedress (p15) Reading this poem brought lovelymemories of my grandmother. I would have liked to ask her thethought-provoking question at the end of the poem. Well done,Gaiyle.Jane BrigantiA Woman’s Reflection (p5) Reflections are one of my favouritethemes. Moonlight (p16) I like the image of leaning my backagainst a tree and wondering. The Ink of Pen (p24) I enjoyedbathing in the peacefulness of Jane’s words. Destiny (p25) Thiswas so relaxing to read. My favourite line is I am surrendering,just letting go of all expectations. Yes, indeed.Joan MazzaArchival Footage (p22) After reading the few lines and then thefirst stanza, I knew I was in for a favourite. Well done, Joan!What Did You Save? (p23) Wow, very emotional content andrelatable, too.Linda McCullough MooreFor John Hodgen (p17) These lines made it a favourite: the poetmight be sought and, sometimes, be imagined found, if onlybriefly by mistake—I have found so many memorable poems bymistake, and you live nearby, as though that place where wordsstart out might be visited one day. Awesome!Nolen PriceAmarillo (p8) The last line made this a hit with me. A Mural of aForest Floating in Space (p9) Wow, such imagination stirs mymind’s eye!Nolo SegundoFragments (p18) This so rings true about my life. The WalkingWounded (p8) I like the honesty relayed in this poem.Peter MladinicSunbeams (p13) I love the way Peter associates the lovely imageslike flames, rivers, wooden paths and more with the girl.Stella Mazur PredaIf Men Had Ears (p17) This will change how I experience mynature walks! At The End of the Day (p26) I like the idea of themoon appearing and igniting the sky.Founder’s Favourites | June 2022—Issue 19 | 2
Author SpotlightNolo SegundoNolo Segundo’s, first book TheEnormity of Existence,publisher: Cyberwit.net, c. 2020is available from Amazon.Readers can buy copies throughAmazon The Enormity ofExistence: Segundo, Nolo:9789390202980: Books -Amazon.caYou can find his full bio on page27.Is this your first book?This is my first book.How did these poems come about? Were they written forother books or magazines, or just for yourself? Are theybased on real-life events or interests?I wrote some poetry, a couple of children's stories, and a novel inmy 20's--all unpublished. I wanted to be a writer since my teens,but when my novel was rejected, I just gave up writing. For someunknown reason I began writing again in my 70's! In the past 5years I've been published in over 80 literary magazines/anthologies in 6 countries. Each poem comes to me in its owntime and many seem born out of the awareness I've had for over50 years since having an NDE when I almost drowned at 24 in aVermont river. I went from believing only matter to be real toknowing that I have, well, I am a consciousness that is eternal,predating birth and surviving death--a soul. And everyone I see isalso an immortal being 'traveling' in a mortal shell for a time.Were any poems published online or in print?In this book 54 of the 60 poems have been published either byonline magazines or in print. I submit to both, and I know morepeople will probably see them online, but being someone who canremember always loving to hold and read a book, I get a specialjoy out of seeing them in print.What is the most surprising aspect/misconception ofhaving this book published?The most surprising thing about getting the book published wasthat someone wanted to! I had had poems published inconsecutive issues of Taj Mahal Review, a print magazinepublished in English in India. I got an email from the magazine'spublisher, Cyberwit, saying they would like to publish a book ofmy poems. This was 2 years ago: I was happy just getting mypoems published, though like any author I got many more naysthan yays, so I never really thought a book was in the cards.How long did it take from the first page to the finishedproduct?It took only about a week to select the poems and copy them ontoa single docx. Being retired, time is ample.Who came up with the title and cover photo?I came up with the title, The Enormity of Existence to reflect theawareness I gained over half a century ago: We are not just mortalcreatures, sentient 'flukes of the Universe' destined only forextinction as the materialists hold. The self is eternal: We alwaysexist. My publisher chose the cover photo, which I like and feelrather apropos, as the next world is always unknown until wecross over.Describe your writer space.Sometimes it's my bed! The poems always come to meunexpected, flooding into my consciousness and if I don't writethem down quickly, I'll lose them--and they don't come back. I doa bit of editing, if needed, at my laptop in my study. That's allthere is to it--of course, the problem is I must wait for them. Icouldn't sit down and write a worthwhile poem if my lifedepended on it.Are you currently working on anything?Last year my publisher--again to my genuine surprise, asked toput out a 2nd book, which we did titled 'The Enormity ofExistence'. Moreover, they asked for a 3rd book this year, which Imay try to put together if I can find 60 poems I and my publishermight consider worthwhile.Nolo Segundo threads the book with emotional honesty, and makes for a thought-provoking read. The wow poem for me was “The Leap.” If you wouldlike me to review your book, please email me at foundersfavouritesATgmail.com with the subject line “Author Spotlight Request—[Title].”Founder’s Favourites | June 2022—Issue 19 | 3
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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 and 16: Granny’s HousedressGaiyle J. Conn
Page 17 and 18: For John HodgenLinda McCullough Moo
Page 19 and 20: The Walking WoundedNolo SegundoI se
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
Page 27 and 28: Contributor BiosBruce Levine has sp

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