Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty-year writer and the author of 11 published books of fiction and poetry and 5 stage plays. She has been nominated 21 times for the Pushcart Prize in both fiction and poetry. Her play THE CROOKED HEART concerning artist Jackson Pollock premiered on October 25, 2022 at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC. Adapted from an earlier novel, it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Another play, LADY IN A POST BOX, co-written with poet and writer Ciaran O’Driscoll, will also premiere in a staged-reading this year, again at The Irish Rep. Her satirical Novel OFFICE was re-printed as a Second Edition. A new Novel will be out in the winter. Susan Isla is a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review.
http://www.susantepper.com

SEND

By Susan Isla Tepper

To remember me
I send a puddle
endless tears filling
the yard down the hill
to the street—
uncontrollable storms
I send baskets of blood
the whites of
my eyes flaring
red as fire
no room for fruits or
the usual
filling a market basket
I send hair strands
that fall throughout
your bed
most uncomfortable
nesting place
in the world
For myself I send
a small garden
blooming at
the base of a living tree

Judith A. Lawrence was the editor/publisher of Lilly Press and River Poets Journal for several decades. She is also a prolific painter and has had numerous poems published in anthologies and literary magazines.
She has five published books, Point of Comfort, a memoir, Uncharted Territories, a book of 20 short stories, The Metamorphoses of Connie Toscano, a novella, Remembrance, a book of 50 poems, and The IRS Chronicles, a comedic take on IRS Examiner Training, all available on amazon.com. A 6th book, The Lafourche River Murder, a mystery, is scheduled to be published by June, 2024.
She is currently working on a book of short poems, Nuggets, containing her watercolors, under her nom de plume, Juniper Rue.
Judith lives in Florida with her pet Piccolo, a spoiled Shih Tzu.