Susan Isla Tepper has a Novella just out from Wilderness House Press titled GIRL UPSIDE DOWN. Currently it is only available from the author direct.  A twenty-year writer, she has penned 14 published books of fiction and poetry and 7 Stage Plays. Honors include 25 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 more. Her stage 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.
http://www.susantepper.com

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Sandwiches Damp

By Susan Isla Tepper

You promised lovely
but I never 
took you at your word

do I seem a fool

So what if the table 
is a pretty blue shade
painted by yourself

only to be set under 
a persistent 
gray misery called sky.

The sandwiches damp.

Birds caterwauling
in search of a mate

Why must you always 
situate things near sad trees.

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Keith Pearson teaches mathematics at a high school in southern New Hampshire, where his passion for numbers is matched by his love of language and art. A published poet and photographer, his work explores the intersections of observation, emotion, and form—capturing both the precision of thought and the spontaneity of experience. Whether writing verse or framing an image, Keith seeks to reveal the quiet beauty hidden in ordinary moments. An amateur wanderer and keen observer of the world, he finds creative inspiration in nature, travel, and the subtle rhythms of daily life. His poetry and photography together form a contemplative journey through landscapes both internal and external.