Prose, Poetry and Fine Art Slightly Mushy Essay About Poetry and Peaches by Nonnie Augustine 8 Part 1 Folk Love 14 Ruin Me Red by Tobi Cogswell 15 Pottery by Susan Tepper 16 Thomas Hardy, Poet by Stephen Zelnick 18 Phantasmagoria by Nonnie Augustine 39 8.23 to Marylebone by Jim Hatfield 40 Perspective by Jim Hatfield 41 Interpreter by Gemma Meek 43 The Lie of Honeymoon Yellow by Tobi Cogswell 45 Our Grandson Asks Me about Olives by Tobi Cogswell 46 Fire Pantoum by Toby Cogswell 47 Rutter's Requiem by W. F. Lantry 49 La Belle by W.F. Lantry 51 A Colliery Boyhood by Bruce Harris 52 Moraine by Tamara Madison 54 The Musicians by Tamara Madison 56 The First Lie by Tamara Madison 58 Prey Drive by Tamara Madison 59 Desert Dreams by Bernard O'Rourke 60 Under The Mopane Tree by John S. Fields 61 Daughters of the Sun by Mari 62 Zabaleta's Town by Marie Fitzpatrick 63 Part 11 Philately 64 Soon It Will Be by Thomas O' Connell 65 The Pond by John S. Fields 66 Hiding the Moon by Chris Castle 75 Communion by James Claffey 80 Ashwini Alli by Peter Vilbig 88 Dreaming of Elsbeth by Alexander Lang 98 The Wedding Dress by Joseph Cordero Flashlight's Jewels by Robert Scotellaro 110 Artists For The Issue Lisa J. Cihlar Murmuration 38 Deconstructed Shadow Box 42 How Did She Do That? 44 September Ditch 48 South Face 50 Autumn Before the Rains 54 Ice Storm 57 Judith A. Lawrence Turtle Tureen 16 The Mopane Tree 61 Isolation 60 Snow Storm 64 Gazing at the Moon 74 1st Communion 80 School Locker 88 King Fish 98 Parachute Destination 104 The Linnet's Wings House Art Apple Beth, facing page Dear Autumn 12 Form, Spun From Breath 14 Old Town 53 Children of the Sun 62 Endearing Young Charms 73 I Made my Song a Coat (Yeats) 87 'Man's timid heart is bursting with the things he must not say, For the Woman that God gave him isn't his to give away; (Kipling) 97 Where Dreams are Adrift 103 Triste 110 Fin 112 Editors Marie Fitzpatrick Bill West