Welcome to Lightwood magazine’s Issue #15. Our Fall (or for many of our readers across the world, our Spring) issue with over a dozen works by inspired writers, poets and artists. I’m sorry to repeat myself but: Difficult times continue where climate, political, and social challenges seem unending and often insurmountable. More than ever, we must remember the communicative and healing powers of art in all its forms. Our creativity helps define us and is one of the major links that connects us. Take the time to listen to yourself, each other and to our Earth. We can tap into our deep well of humanity and share our creative gifts. And stay well and enjoy the issue. Your support helps us continue. Laurence Carr, publisher.
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Welcome to the Fall issue #15 of Lightwood magazine
Welcome to Lightwood magazine’s Issue #15. Our Fall (or for many of our
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Artists in Space/ John Frederick Walker/ Book Art
“What one has done artistically often becomes apparent only in retrospect. I now
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Moving On: The End of the AIDS Crisis in New York City/ a memoir essay by Alan Sive
The last time I went to see Bob C. his mother and sister
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Random Toss and October Ride/ 2 poems by Sarah Wyman
Random Toss There’s that old story of a mass of starfish washed up
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Chalk Song, a poetry book by Gale Batchelder, Susan Berger-Jones and Judson Evans; reviewed by Laurence Carr
It’s not often that we see a true collaboration in a single volume
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Little Debbie Pantoum/ poem by Joanie Zosike
Life is steep and deep, Little Debbie Ain’t like the cookies you used
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The Bob Dylan Bootleg Series: a Totally Subjective Retrospective (Part 3)/ a music review by Mike Jurkovic
The Rock n Roll Curmudgeon Rides Again The Bob Dylan Bootleg Series: A
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Flight Patterns/ poetry by Mary K. O’Melveny/ book review by Mary Beth Hines
Part lament, and part celebration, Mary K. O’Melveny’s collection, “Flight Patterns,” introduces readers
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Brooklyn Haiku/ poems by Gerald Sorin
a Brooklyn haiku or two or yet even more does that worry you
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Haibun: A Guide for Writers by Roberta Beary, Lew Watts, and Rich Youmans/ book review by Thomas Festa
Haibun: A Writer’s Guide, by Roberta Beary, Lew Watts, and Rich Youmans/ book
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Forecast/ poem by Robyn Hager
Where does the time go When the words fall Straight out of our
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From My Journals (Part 1) by Roshi Gregory Hosho Abels
From My Journals (Part 1) Feet on floor and over to the nearby
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Light/ poem by Matthew J. Spireng
Today I will visit as the first rays of the sun. I will
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Geraniums/ poem by Jo Pitkin
Shriveled and rusted, my mother saves the lost, reviving darkly spotted plants with
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Collector of Lapsed Time/ poems by David Appelbaum/ book review by Laurence Carr
David Appelbaum’s new collection of poems, or I should say, one of several
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After Thomas James’s poem, “Letters to a Stranger”/ poem by Timothy Brennan
1. Within an hour we had formed his body Of aluminum bent with
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Sky Burial/ poem by Stephanie JT Russell
The point is to be generous after you’re gone, though you’ve nothing more
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Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos/ music review by Mike Jurkovic
The Rock n Roll Curmudgeon Rides Again Written In Their Soul: The Stax
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What’s what?/ poem by Susan Chute
Who do you think you are? The times are asking, you are who?
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Poison Ivy/ poem by Kim Ellis
Poison ivy flutters its glossy toxic leaves climbing up the double-trunk pine Buttercups,
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