Susan Isla Tepper has a new Novel out titled “Hair of a Fallen Angel” from Spuyten Duyvil Books, NYC. A twenty-year writer, she authored 12 published books of fiction and poetry and 5 Stage Plays. Honors include 21 Pushcart Prize Nominations, a win in the Francis Ford Copolla Zoetrope Contest for the Novel (2003), Second Place Winner in Story/South Million Writers Award and many more awards. 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. Susan is a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review. A YouTube music video for her new novel: https://youtu.be/W2HVIc4NrqY
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The 2:27 to Walalassa Falls

Thea lives in a house
with wings
three down from the tracks

sixty-two train whistles
every twenty-four hours.

There are only
so many numbers
a body can absorb.

When Thea feels her head
about to concuss
she informs the house:
Time to spread your wings

and the grey shingled
two-story
lifts toward the sun or moon
dependant upon
the Gregorian Calendar
O the chanting…

Her mother’s choice
far less exotic
seems almost simplistic
when Thea looks back.

Adele made the jump.
A train thundered by
at approximately 2:15
in the afternoon
cloudy with a chance of rain.

Details
plus the actual recorded time
in the paper:
The 2:27 to Walalassa Falls.

Just a day after
Thea turned twelve in May.
She wonders if those falls
were roaring, too.

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.