Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty-year writer and the author of 12 published books of fiction and poetry and 5 stage plays. Her new Novel titled ‘HAIR OF A FALLEN ANGEL’ was released by Spuyten Duyvil Press, NYC, in November. She has been nominated 21 times for the Pushcart Prize in both fiction and poetry. Her play ‘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. Tepper’s Novel Satire titled ‘Office’ has been released as a Second Edition by Wilderness House Press. Susan Isla is a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review.
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IRIDESCENT
By Susan Isla Tepper
Inside the truck to freedom
a division:
two filthy barren spaces
brown walls patchy, uneven
a couple of tilted chairs
ready to collapse:
one connected would seat three.
Immediately I registered my indignity:
Painted on the side your truck says
Bound for the U.S.
My partner hushed me; nervous;
telling them we would make do.
A few men wandered inside,
sat down in certain chairs
where raw fish, iridescent in death
were arranged on the floor
in semi-circles.
Glenn Bowie is a published poet, lyricist, and photographer from the Boston area. He also owns and operates an elevator company that supplies custom-built elevators for clients from New England to Hollywood. Author of two poetry and photograph collections (Under the Weight of Whispers and Into the Thorns and Honey) on Big Table Publishing, he donates all profits from his books to various charities for the homeless and local animal shelters.
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