Susan Isla Tepper has a new Novel just out titled “hair of a fallen angel” from Spuyten Duyvil Books, NYC. A twenty-year writer, she’s authored 12 books of fiction and poetry and 5 stage plays. Honors include 21 Pushcart Prize Nominations. 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 is moving toward production. Susan is a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review. http://www.susantepper.com
Boxes
By Susan Isla Tepper
Kept us apart
you chose the night box
right side
windows shut tight
against stars and
the errant butterfly
You could always jump
if possible madness
Mine a low performer
in the chaos
never stopped swirling
A whirly-gig
against
hovering invasions
The rest was storage:
From when we were happy.
Alexis Rhone Fancher is published in Best American Poetry, Rattle, Hobart, Verse Daily, Plume, Tinderbox, Cleaver, Diode, The American Journal of Poetry, Spillway, Nashville Review, Poetry East, Gargoyle, and elsewhere. She’s authored ten poetry collections, most recently, TRIGGERED, 2023 (MacQueen’s Publishing); BRAZEN, 2023 (NYQ Books); and DUETS, (2022) an illustrated, ekphrastic chapbook collaboration with poet Cynthia Atkins, published by Harbor Editions. Alexis’s photographs are featured worldwide including the covers of The Pedestal Magazine, Witness, Heyday, Pithead Chapel, and The Net ne Mas Tequila Review. www.alexisrhonefancher.com
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