Bøger af Kathleen Cassen Mickelson

In this Winter 2017 issue of Gyroscope Review, we are truly pleased to offer a diverse group of poetic voices and hope you find something that lodges itself in your head or your heart. We welcome poets new to us as well as old friends who never fail to make us think. Authors in this issue include Janet Barry, Sarah Bigham, CL Bledsoe, Micki Blenkush, Jota Boombaba, Judith Waller Carroll, Michael Chin, Natalie Crick, Jude Dillon, Alan Elyshevitz, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Laura Foley, John Grey, Lois Marie Harrod, Sabrina Hicks, Mike Jurkovic, Steve Klepetar, Kristian Kuhn, Grey Lyons, Suzanne Rogier Marshall, Mark J. Mitchell, Toti O'Brien, James Penha, Robert L. Penick, Ron Pullins, Jennifer A. Reimer, henry 7. reneau, jr., Jane Roop, Raji A. Samuel, Amber Scott, Claire Scott, Terry Severhill, Marian Kaplun Shapiro, Kelly Terwilliger, Laura Grace Weldon, and Ed Werstein.

Constance Brewer writes in Prayer Gardening, "my eyes adjust to nuance," and my eyes do too, as a reader of this evocative chapbook that explores daily life with fresh eyes. These are poems of gratitude, in Kathleen Cassen Mickelson's words, for the landscape "in which I love everything/the traffic, the gas pumps/the bus bench, the library...," while also acknowledging "the hunger beneath every song." The interplay between the two poets immerses us in family relationships, encounters with the natural world, and most of all, a mature understanding of the contradictions in all of our lives, for "What is love but a failed picture of the moon."-Joanne Durham, author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl and On Shifting ShoalsThe earth-toned poems in Prayer Gardening by Constance Brewer and Kathleen Cassen Mickelson burble along the riverbank, lace themselves among the trees, tease us through seasons, give us glimpses of dreams, the yeasty smell of bread rising, the moon, angels, and even origami. And, oh, the birds-glorious, full-throated, "each voice as one small part of a choir," (KCM) "light arrowing down/ to anoint... with purpose" (CB). Though there are two distinct voices here, one cannot help but deduce they are both channeling the same dazzling earth-centric deity.-Kari Gunter-Seymour, Ohio Poet Laureate, author of Alone in the House of My HeartPrayer Gardening sparkles with birds, stars, and snowflakes. In these pages we feel touch "sweep my soul/back into my body" and "hear the hunger beneath every song." Constance Brewer and Kathleen Cassen Mickelson's words call us to "whisper thanks for this breath," reminding us to fully inhabit our lives-as the best poetry always does. -Laura Grace Weldon, 2019 Ohio Poet of the Year, author of Portals

Fine contemporary poetry by Micki Blenkush, Elya Braden, Paul Edward Costa, Deborah L. Davitt, Alexandra Donovan, Roberta Feins, Kate Garrett, Joan Gerstein, Todd Heldt, Craig Heyne, Oonah V Joslin, Jennifer Judge, Babo Kamel, Peggy Landsman, Susanna Lang, Barbara Lawhorn, Eileen Malone, Nicole Mason, Joan Moritz, Daryl Muranaka, Scott Norenberg, Charlotte Ozment, Horia Pop, Clara Power, Donna Pucciani, Remi Recchia, Steven Reese, Amy Schmitz, Kimbol Soques, Laurel Szymkowiak, Bonnie Thibodeau, Elyse Thomas, Sarah Brown Weitzman, John Sibley Williams, Christy Wise, and Kobina Wright.

Contemporary poetry by S.R. Aichinger, Clyde Always, Aje Björkman, Carl Boon, Virginia Boudreau, Beth Boylan, Micah Bradley, Catherine Bull, Deborah L. Davitt, Mark A. Fisher, Fletch Fletcher, Bill Garten, James Graham, Laura Hoffman, James Croal Jackson, Oonah V Joslin, Jacqueline Jules, Daniel Kuriakose, Pigpen Madigan, Janaya Martin, Beth McDonough, Terry Jude Miller, Mark J. Mitchell, Daniel Edward Moore, Lyndi Bell O'Laughlin, Sergio A. Ortiz, AJ Oxenford, M.P. Powers, Samuel Salerno, Joannie Stangeland, Debra Stone, M. Stone, Adam Szetela, Judith Taylor, and Matt Zambito. Edited by Constance Brewer and Kathleen Cassen Mickelson.

Fine contemporary poetry by Steve Anderson, Micki Blenkush, Carol L. Deering, Ginger Dehlinger, Michael DeMaranville, Renée Christine Ehle, Art Elser, Jennifer Gauthier, Ruth Gooley, Charles Grosel, Joseph Hardy, Nicholas Alexander Hayes, Laura Johnson, Elizabeth Jorgensen, Babo Kamel, Kate Kearns, Maureen Kingston, Sandra Kohler, Olga Livshin, Jenica Lodde, Kendall Mallon, Bonnie Lini Markowski, Nate Maxson, Ashley Memory, Daryl Muranaka, Karen Whittington Nelson, Hadi Panahi, James Penha, Alex Pickens, Ren Pike, Peter L. Scacco, Claire Scott, John Sierpinski, Travis Stephens, Laurel Szymkowiak, Lillo Way, Diane Webster, Laura Grace Weldon, Hannah Yerington, Mantz Yorke, and Mariel Yovino.

Contemporary poetry from Linda Baldanzi, Ace Boggess, Michelle Brooks, Yu-Han Chao, Barry Charman, Dan Darrah, Holly Day, Michael Wayne Friedman, Marissa Glover, James Graham, Lois Marie Harrod, Sue Howell, Jeff Jeppesen, Oonah Joslin, Mike Jurkovic, Stepy Kamei, Charles Kell, Steve Klepetar, Sandra Kohler, Susan L. Leary, Jenny McBride, Ashley Memory, Lyndi Bell O'Laughlin, Ken Poyner, A.R. Robins, Claire Scott, Mary Sesso, Marian Kaplun Shapiro, T.J. Smith, Sarah Dickenson Snyder, John Vanek, and Sally Zakariya.

Special issue showcasing poetry by women over 50. Authors include Nancy Austin, Jan Ball, Michael Berton, June Blumenson, Gabriella Brand, Dorothy Howe Brooks, Cathleen Calbert, Connie Clark, Sara Eddy, Kathie Giorgio, Gail Goepfert, Kathleen Gregg, John Grey, Mary Beth Hines, Dottie Joslyn, Janet Kamnikar, Bonnilee Kaufman, Hilary King, Tricia Knoll, Beth Konkoski, Jane K. Kretschmann, Janet Landman, Charlene Langfur, Carolyn Martin, Joyce Meyers, Pamela Miller, Kirsten Morgan, Mark A. Murphy, Gunilla Norris, Toti O'Brien, Janet M. Powers, Suzanne S. Rancourt, Zvezdana Rashkovich, Cinthia Ritchie, Mary Kay Rummel, Sharon Scholl, Jill Sell, John L. Stanizzi, Carol A. Stephen, JC Sulzenko, and Leslie Smith Townsend.