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 Coppola 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

Dappled Sun and Clouds

By Susan Isla Tepper

The man offered a foot
since hers was to be removed.
She questioned him at length,
never heard of anyone
getting a foot transplant.
She had so little money.
How would she pay
the removal bill
let alone the attachment.
She worried about size.
Hers a dainty 7 and a half
while his looked quite
a bit larger, chunky.
And shoes
what about shoes
they would have to be
two different sizes.
Then again,
going about with just one foot
was no picnic.
They sat together on a bench
sharing a sandwich of
cheese and pickle.
The park was shaded
dappled sun and clouds.

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.