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Selected Authors - December 6, 2019

Mike Cohen (Bovine Mantra) hosts Poetry Aloud and Alive at Philadelphia's Big Blue Marble Book Store. His articles on sculpture appear in the Schuylkill Valley Journal. His wry writing has appeared in Mad Poets Review, Apiary Magazine, Fox Chase Review, and other journals. Mike has performed in venues including Princeton's Cafe? Improv, the Pen and Pencil Club, the Hedgerow Theatre, Fergie's Pub, Harlem's Apollo Theater, and neither least nor last, Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Carole Ziegler (Spinelli) Croll (Things) graduated West Chester University with a B.S. in Education. She began her career as a first grade teacher at Collegeville Trappe Elementary School in 1973. After a move to the Chicago area, she became a licensed massage therapist, as well as a teacher of English Language Learners in the Wheaton school district. Her book, The Gift Forthcoming, is a collection of poems about love, beauty and spirit. Carole's work has appeared in various publications, and has been awarded by the Nevada Poetry Society, Poets and Patrons of Chicago, and the Illinois State Poetry Society.

Steve Delia (Fear of Poetry) has been writing poetry for 42 years. He has read in various book stores, coffee houses, libraries and other venues. He has read on WXPN. He is one half of the dueling poets with Mike Cohen. Steve has 6 books. his latest, The Alphabet Concerto. He has won prizes at the Phila Writers Conference including first prize in 2015. Look for Steve and Mike conducting interviews with poets on youtube.

Linda M. Fischer (A Homecoming) -Winner of the 2019 Philadelphia Writers' Conference poetry contest, Linda M. Fischer has published two chapbooks: Raccoon Afternoons and Glory (Finishing Line Press). Her poetry has appeared in Ibbetson Street, Muddy River Poetry Review, Poetry East, Potomac Review, Roanoke Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal, SoFloPoJo, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Verse-Virtual, The Worcester Review, and elsewhere. Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, she is an enthusiastic gardener and lives in Swarthmore, PA. www.lindamfischer.com

Monica Borrin Flint (Forest Bathing) was born in England, where her parents had found refuge a few years earlier after their original country, Poland, was brutally conquered first by the Nazis in 1939 and then by the Soviets in 1945. She moved to the US in 1989 with her husband and two daughters, where she eventually met Dr. Chris Bursk who inspired her to write poetry.

Leslie D. Hamilton (She) wants to live in a world where differences are appreciated and the intrinsic value of women, children and people of color is celebrated. When the world doesn't live up to this ideal, she writes about it. A poet and storyteller with an MBA in marketing, Leslie has performed in numerous venues including the Barnes, African American Museum of Philadelphia, schools, concert halls and the inaugural MAAG Rocks Art Festival. She was recently published in Black, Brown & Beige. Follow her on Facebook at Leslie.d.hamilton247.

Dagmar Iris Hoell (Oyster Mushrooms For Alice)- Poetry and Storytelling has been in a way, a quiet, yet strengthening force in my life since the age of 33. I'am a 'young Crone' still making efforts to live a connected life to the awe and wonder of the Gifts. I was born in a very rural town of Southern Germany in 1948 and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1955. Poetry and Storytelling have been self taught .. nothing formal. In 2018 , i had the pleasure of meeting MaryAnne Miller , publisher and owner of Lucia Press. Together , my first two chap books : The Gazing Eye and Skizzenbuch have been published.

Jeffrey Ethan Lee (air and variations heretic psalm) Jeffrey Ethan Lee's novel The Autobiography of Somebody Else was published by White Pine Press (2016.) His poetry book, identity papers was a 2006 Colorado Book Award finalist and his first poetry book, invisible sister (Many Mountains Moving Press, 2004), was praised in American Book Review etc. Towards euphoria was co-winner of the editor's poetry chapbook prize from Seven Kitchens Press (2012). He won the 2002 Sow's Ear Poetry Chapbook prize ($1,000) for The Sylf (2003), and the chapbook Color Schemes was a finalist for their first poetry chapbook prize in 2015.

Ellen Murphey (Right Now: Mass Shootings in El Paso, Dayton) is an adjunct instructor at Arcadia University, where she teaches courses about gender, memory, coming out, and poetry. She has had poems published in Chiron, Blood & Thunder, and Apiary.

Steve Nolan (The Shaker at Hancock House)- BS in English from the University of Miami and Masters from Barry University, in clinical social work (25 years as a therapist and 30 years in the military ending his career as the Chief of Combat Stress for Paktika Province in Afghanistan). Publications: Passages North, U.S. 1 Worksheets, The Florida Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal, River Heron Review and others; his poems featured on National Public Radio, September, 2007 upon returning from Afghanistan.

Faith Paulsen (Attention) is delighted to be included in Rhythm and Verse. Faith's poetry and prose have been published in many venues ranging in alphabetical order from Apiary to Wild River Review. One poem was nominated for a Pushcart. Her chapbook A Color Called Harvest (Finishing Line Press) was published in 2016. Most recently her work has appeared in the QuillsEdge Anthology 50/50: Poems & Translations by Womxn over 50, Mantis, Evansville Review and Terra Preta.

Wendy Fulton Steginsky (Twilight's Small Gestures) is the author of three books of poetry. She attributes her love for the art form to growing up on the shores of Bermuda where the sea's rhythms seeped into her bones and stayed. Her work has been widely published in the Caribbean and the U.S. She was selected as runner up to the 2017 Bucks County Poet Laureate. She resides happily in Doylestown, PA, returning as often as she can to Bermuda.

Alan Toltzis (Parking Lot Meditation) is the author of 49 Aspects of Human Emotion and The Last Commandment. A two-time Pushcart nominee, he has published in numerous print and online journals including, Grey Sparrow, The Wax Paper, Hummingbird, IthacaLit, and Poetry NI. He serves as a Contributing Editor for The Saturday Poetry Series in As It Ought to Be Magazine and as an Editor for the Mizmor Poetry Anthology. Find him online at alantoltzis.com and follow him @ToltzisAlan.

Rebeckah Wyant (On Wing & A Prayer) -The yard sale sign called to out-of-town cousins. Besides, the farmhouse had always fascinated Rebeckah. $10 bought a box of Writing Books - several gems in the craft of fiction. Her interest morphed into a hobby. During the solitude of a winter writing retreat by the ocean, Rebeckah Wyant, an MBA amid MFAs, decided to pursue Creative Writing and Publishing degrees - to give life and honor to all those characters she has known, loved, and unloved.

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Selected Authors - May 3 2019

Deidra Greenleaf Allan (What She Heard the Room Say) has been published in American Poetry Review, Haibun Today.com, Poetry Miscellany, Puerto del Sol, West Branch, Umbrella, and Wind Magazine, among other print and online journals. In 2001 she was selected as Montgomery County Poet Laureate in a competition judged by Robert Hass. She has received a Leeway Emerging Artist Award and been a finalist for a Pew Fellowship in poetry. Her poem "Apostrophe to the Living" was selected in 2012 by Musehouse as its Poem of Hope poster.

Elizabeth Austin (Sway) is a poet, photographer, and visual artist. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has appeared in the Schuylkill Valley Journal, See Spot Run, Foliate Oak, Driftwood Press, and Anti-Heroin Chic, 3Elements Review, and Sybil. She currently lives in Newtown, Pennsylvania with her two children. Find her on Instagram at @elizabethbeingqueen.

Mike Cohen (Routine) hosts Poetry Aloud and Alive at Philadelphia's Big Blue Marble Book Store. His articles on sculpture appear in the Schuylkill Valley Journal. His wry writing has appeared in Mad Poets Review, Apiary Magazine, Fox Chase Review, and other journals. Mike has performed in venues including Princeton's Cafe? Improv, the Pen and Pencil Club, the Hedgerow Theatre, Fergie's Pub, Harlem's Apollo Theater, and neither least nor last, Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Carole Croll (The Beat) was born in Pottstown, grew up in Schwenksville, and graduated West Chester University She is a former elementary school teacher, a teacher of English language learners, and a massage therapist. Her book, The Gift Forthcoming, is a collection of poems about love, beauty, and spirit. Carole's work has appeared in various publications, and she has been awarded by the Nevada Poetry Society, Poets and Patrons of Chicago, and the Illinois State Poetry Society.

Steve Delia (Dance) is closing in on 42 years of writing poetry. He has been writing memoirs for three years but he's not telling everything! His last book of poems, The Alphabet Concerto and can be purchased on Amazon. Steve and poetry pal Mike Cohen have been conducting interviews with poets which can be viewed on You Tube. Steve is also part of the just write it group that meets at Upper Moreland library once a month

Jo Freehand (Discovering the #NewWorld #OcasioCortez), poet and mixed-media artist, is contributing editor for River Heron Review and founder of Peace of Paper, a nonprofit that provides art materials for creative expression for children and adults in times of distress. Her book of poems, Whatever You Thought, Think Again, is hot off the Read Furiously spring 2019 press. Jo lives in Langhorne with her partner who graciously accepts (most) of her invitations to dance and/or hula hoop.

John Kitch (Dancing to the Music) is retired and currently resides in Philadelphia, PA. During the course of the many chapters in his life, questioning the world around him was a consistent pursuit throughout. He has recently self published a small collection of his favorite reflective writings on Amazon, entitled... As I See It: Life Questions Are Worth Asking.

By day, Lenny Levy (Two to Tango!) is a mild-mannered Federal employee. But when he leaves work, he slips into the closest telephone booth and morphs into a creative talent who writes plays, including several that have been performed and one that won a contest. To hone his playwrighting skills, Lenny has acted on stage, in independent films, including three leads, and performed standup comedy. His writing skills extend to being a scriptwriter, editor, poet, and lyricist.

Steve Nolan (The Blessed Way) has been published in: Passages North, U.S. 1 Worksheets, The Florida Review, River Heron Review, Gypsy (Amnesty International Edition), Schuylkill Valley Journal, Vox Populi and many others. His poems were featured on Morning Edition, National Public Radio, 24 September, 2007 upon his return from Afghanistan in a story called, "Mother, Son Share War Experiences." He is the author of "Go Deep" a collaboration of poetry and painting with the artist, NJ DeVico.

Fereshteh Sholevar (Dancing in My Bones), the Iranian born poet and writer, immigrated to Germany and later to USA in 1978. She got her Master's degree in Creative writing at Rosemont College, Pa. She writes in four languages and has authored 6 books of poetry, a novel, and a children's book. She won two awards in Philadelphia poets, Pa Poetry Society second prize in 2004. She also won three prizes in Pennsylvania Poetry Society in March 2019. Her new bilingual poetry book (English-French) is out and Available @ Amazon.com: Of Dust And Chocolate.

Wendy Fulton Steginsky (Stravinsky's Firebird Ballet, London 1970) is the author of three books of poetry. She attributes her love for the art form to growing up on the shores of Bermuda where the sea's rhythms seeped into her bones and stayed. Her work has been widely published in the Caribbean and the U.S. She was selected as runner up to the 2017 Bucks County Poet Laureate. She resides happily in Doylestown, PA, returning as often as she can to Bermuda.

Alan Toltzis (Views from the Telemetry Unit) is the author of 49 Aspects of Human Emotion and The Last Commandment. He has published in numerous print and online journals including, The Wax Paper, Hummingbird, IthacaLit, Hedgerow, and North of Oxford and is a Contributing Editor for The Saturday Poetry Series in As It Ought to Be Magazine. Find him online at alantoltzis.com and follow him on Facebook and on Twitter @ToltzisAlan.