Welcome to Lightwood Magazine, Issue #12 Winter 2022/2023. We hope this finds you well, physically, spiritually, and creatively. This issue includes new fiction, poetry, memoir, and reviews by new and established writers from the U.S. and Australia. Enjoy and keep us in mind. We’re always on the lookout for engaging new writing and artwork, both off beat and traditional that has something to say to our 21st century readers across the globe. And we wish you all the best for a wonderful new year, filled with wonder. Keep you creative space close to you and open it to others.
L. Carr, Publisher, Lightwoodpress.com
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Lightwood Magazine Winter Issue 2022-2023 #12
Welcome to Lightwood Magazine, Issue #12 Winter 2022/2023. We hope this finds you
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The Sky Inside Your Body/ poems by Christina Turczyn/book review by Laurence Carr
Christina Turczyn’s book of poetry, The Sky Inside Your Body, published by Poets
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After the Flood/ fiction by Gregory Seth Harris
After family, the neighbor, and a friend, huddle in your musty attic. After
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Around the World in 8 Wave Shows by Ambur Masen
The number-one thing to know about me is that I self-identify as a
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a child’s mind/ creative non-fiction/memoir/ by Jess Nadelman
There was always music in the apartment in the Bronx where I was
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3 poems by Mike Jurkovic/ Color Code/ Eastern Painted/ (h)ours
Color Code (tanka) I’ve outsourced my brain to square colored paper Blue tomorrows
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Dime Saint, Nickel Devil, poetry by Ann Lauinger, book review by Laurence Carr
Poet Ann Lauinger’s new collection, Dime Saint, Nickel Devil takes the reader on
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Foundation and Burma-Shave/ two poems by Matthew J. Spireng
Foundation Up the hill, scant remains of an old foundation, first house here
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A Story About Stones/ memoir and 2 poems by Jan Zlotnik Schmidt
Lanzorote, The Canary Islands Prologue Jet black lava stones couched in my open
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Breath and Dreaming/ 2 poems by Maggie Hall
Breath Silent night calm and bright Jupiter and Saturn soon aligned reading at
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Hard to Be A Hero/ poetry by Alec Solomita/ book review by Mary Beth Hines
Anyone looking for a no-holds-barred ride via an afternoon of reading should pick
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Fried Goldfinch/ poetry by Sarah Wyman/ book review by Laurence Carr
I always admire a poet, who in a published book of 80 or
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My Words/ poem by J.K. Durick
I should be able to describe The scene Get my words to recreate
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on benson street/ poem by Cori Spillane
Who gave us this grand table that would never see a feast your
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