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 CiaranO’Driscoll is moving toward production. Susan is a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review.  http://www.susantepper.com

DARK BULKY COAT

By Susan Isla Tepper

You lent yourself
a  dark bulky coat
way too early
in the season
Large and heavy
bending your back
when you waded the pond
for air and relief—
the trees, too,
genuflected
their glorious autumn
— an unfair coalition.
Dark bulky coat
all wrong for you
remorse stitched tightly
into the fibers.

Judith A. Lawrence was the editor/publisher of Lilly Press and River Poets Journal for several decades. She is also a prolific painter, and writer of fiction, memoir, and poetry. Originally from Philadelphia, PA, she now resides in Florida. She has published five chapbooks of poems, written a volume of short stories, and a recent memoir titled “Point of Comfort.” She is currently completing a murder/mystery novel and a book of short poems containing her watercolors, under her nom de plume Juniper Rue.