The Writers of Willowdown Books
Featuring every poet and short story writer from The Poetic Bond Volumes I – X, Human to Human, Lockdown 2.022, Poems from the Lockdown, Nature 20/20, Who are We?, Nine Frames, Our World, Your Place, and Life Dances.
The poets/writers are listed alphabetically, and then in order of publication. Each biography is taken from the most recent publication of each poet; therefore, some biographies are older than others.
All writers will be contacted for up-to-date biography. Revised biographies will be uploaded if, and when, they become available.
Gerald Dampier |
Poem |
tortoise |
concataeverse |
2022 |
Gerald Dampier is a university lecturer and part-time poet, based in the south-east of England. Previous poetic publications include entries in the Human to Human and concataverse anthologies (Willowdown Books); Selective memories, long-listed for the Write about Walking and Listening poetry competition, and an original collection entitled Curious Creatures: poems for all the family including the dog. |
Poem |
stolen |
concataeverse |
2022 |
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Poem |
theextraterrestials |
concataeverse |
2022 |
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Poem |
Lockdown Dreams |
Lockdwon 2.022 |
2022 |
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Poem |
Cameras Off, MIcropohnes on Mute |
Lockdown 2.022 |
2022 |
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Poem |
Cutting Branches |
Human to Human |
2021 |
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Poem |
Henriette |
Human to Human |
2021 |
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Emily R. Daniel |
Poem |
Roots |
Human to Human |
2021 |
Emily's debut chapbook, Life Line, was selected as a winner of the Celery City Chapbook contest and published in 2019. Emily's work has been published online in The Bangalore Review, Sylvia Magazine, Olit Magazine, and elsewhere. She is a creative writing student at Western Michigan University and the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Emily lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with her family. For more information about Emily and her work, visit www.emilyrdaniel.com. |
Poem |
Proxy |
Human to Human |
2021 |
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James Darcy |
Poem |
Alone |
The Poetic Bond II |
2012 |
I am an author of poetry and fiction novels. I live in Southampton, England. My writing style is driven by human observation and an emotional journey often tinged with sadness |
John Davis |
Poem |
Two Weeks to Remember |
Human to Human |
2021 |
John Davis is a drop-out in the Ben Reuben Fitness by Mail Program. To revive, he meditates over stinging nettle soup when not primping with snakes in the wind. He performs in a blues band, hums silently while adrenalin worms into his lungs and liver. His poetry writing is an attempt to capture the trills of waxwings. He craves the danger in a honeysuckle breeze. He is the author of Gigs (Sol Books) and a chapbook, The Reservist. |
Rick Davis |
Poem |
Spring Wind* (*Written with Mariangela Canzi) |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
Rick Davis is a graduate of North-eastern Illinois University & of several graduate schools. Author of three published novellas and has had over 1,000 poems published. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge.He lives in the Chicago area (USA), and has worked in market research and urban ministry. He is married to Marianne, and they have five adult children. |
Poem |
Toxic Personality |
The Poetic Bond VIII |
2018 |
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Rhona Davidson |
Poem |
Not Just a False Alarm |
The Poetic Bond V |
2015 |
Rhona Davidson has been writing poems and stories since she was fourteen but has never previously submitted anything anywhere. When not pouring her soul onto paper, she works as a manager, reads widely and dreams of living in Italy…and being a full-time writer. Website planned – for now, contact via LinkedIn. |
Poem |
Waiting |
The Poetic Bond V |
2015 |
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Poem |
Stuck |
The Poetic Bond V |
2015 |
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Anna Delamerced |
Poem |
Once More |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Anna is a medical student at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She received funding through the Bray Medical Humanities Fellowship to pursue a year-long project, focusing on poetry for kids in the hospital. Her works have been published in KevinMD, Medscape, Abaton, Plexus, in-Training, Cornerstone, Murmur and Doximity. She is passionate about listening to people tell their stories. |
Poem |
Seeds in the Desert |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
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Poem |
Pigtails & Playstations |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
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Poem |
Evening Music |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
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Poem |
A Study of the Heart |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
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Natasha N. Deonarain |
Poem |
Social Distancing (speak to me) |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Natasha Deonarain's first chapbook, 50 etudes for piano, will be published by Assure Press. She has been selected for the 2020 Three Sisters Award by NELLE magazine. Her work has appeared in The Inflectionist Review, Rogue Agent Journal, The Ravens Perch and Door is Ajar among others. She lives between Colorado and Arizona, depending on weather patterns and sometimes practices medicine. |
Abby DeSantis |
Poem |
the morrow |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Abby is a retired fashion executive from New York who moved to rural northeastern Pennsylvania in 2019 She decided to try her hand at writing after attending a local poetry reading. Her poems are inspired by nature, hope and the human condition. Abby’s poetry has appeared in several anthologies and on-line journals including Northeast Pennsylvania Bards Poetry 2020, Trees out of the Garden of Ashes, Chaos, Beat Anthology, Poems from the Lockdown, Poets Live 2020, Tiny Seeds Journal and Thirteen Days of Halloween. She lives with her husband and several furry and feathered friends. |
Poem |
the new normal |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
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Poem |
old woman |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
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Poem |
before the fog |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
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Poem |
spare change |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
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Catherine DeWolf |
Poem |
Tantrum |
The Poetic Bond IV |
2014 |
Catherine dares me [Ed.] to publish the following biography, so quote “I want to thank my friends, Shakespeare, Yeats, Dostoyevsky, Byron and Rae, for giving me the courage to write. Yes, as they've all instructed me, as their next and greatest yet, I bow humbly to those before me. Yet, I know I am capable, as I hear their voices every day and night!” |
William Di Benedetto |
Poem |
Meditation Versus |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
William is a freelance writer, ghostwriter, and editor residing in Seattle. Born long ago in New York City, he was a journalist in Washington D.C. following his graduation from the University of Virginia. His reading focuses mainly on his Modern Library editions, history, poetry and a large science fiction collection. William also reads and re-reads Shakespeare and is interested in the challenge of writing in structured verse forms such the sestina, tritina and villanelle. |
Poem |
Jazz Club at the Chelsea |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
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Poem |
Start Stop |
The Poetic Bond VIII |
2018 |
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Poem |
In Love as in War |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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Poem |
In my father’s step |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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Poem |
Poetry of Today |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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poem |
time comes uninvited |
The Poetic Bond VI |
2016 |
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poem |
7-May-15 |
The Poetic Bond VI |
2016 |
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Poem |
wow they have |
The Poetic Bond V |
2015 |
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Poem |
3am overdraft blues |
The Poetic Bond IV |
2014 |
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poem |
Triton Beach |
The Poetic Bond III |
2013 |
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poem |
Angelo's Hat |
The Poetic Bond III |
2013 |
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Rebekah Dobson |
Story |
The Seal |
Our World, Your Place |
2018 |
Rebekah is a prolific word weaver of women's fiction, fantasy, and science fiction novels. Her works include the series Postcards from Paris, The Curse of Lanval series, several stand alone novels, and her upcoming YUA novel, Clock City. She has been writing her whole life, with her first published work, 4H Clubs of America, at 12 years old; at 16, she has published with the National Poetry Society. With an extensive background in education, history, pscyhology, and English, she currently lives in Oregon where she is a college professor by day, and a writer by night. |
Sam Doctors |
poem |
A Supine Oak |
The Poetic Bond III |
2013 |
Retired professor of business and government (2005), recently moved to the North Tahoe area where his wife is the rabbi; published a chapbook in August 2011, Moods and Moments of a Restless Mind, Finishing Line Press. He has published more than 25 other poems and several memoir essays in the past eight years. |
poem |
A Brindled Cast |
The Poetic Bond III |
2013 |
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poem |
In Praise of Stones Fences |
The Poetic Bond III |
2013 |
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Poem |
A Time Suspended |
The Poetic Bond II |
2012 |
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Deborah Dodge |
Poem |
Faerie – Tales and Falsities |
Lockdown 2.022 |
2022 |
Deborah is a recovering bureaucrat with a background in higher education (leadership, policies, and organizations); a predilection for conflict resolution (ombudsing); and a murderer's thumb on her left hand. She is right-handed. Political moments, bittersweets, and social justice inspire her. Deborah appreciates the splendor of words, crows, and shiny things. She is grateful to be included in this collection of poetic response to pandemic times, isolation, and loss. May poetry unite us and bring comfort. RIP-Wild Bill. |
Poem |
For Wild Bill (Not Hickok) |
Lockdown 2.022 |
2022 |
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Tim Dolland |
Poem |
Fishing Net |
Nature 20/20 |
2020 |
Tim, originally from the East End (of London), spent four years in Australia (when married), before getting lost (and single) in Leeds. Has plans to return to his roots once his book is published. |
Mitzi Dorton |
Poem |
Shouldn't We Have Enough |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Mitzi has studied with both the Peripatetic Writing Workshops and Grubstreet. Mitzi's work has been published in Rise, an Anthology of Change! Northern Colorado Writers, and Cleaning up Glitter, as well as ‘Bloodroot,' and ‘Good Old Days’ magazine. Mitzi worked as a learning specialist for the disabilities’ center at a community college in the southeast. She loves scary dolls, with glass eyes from the turn of the century, local histories, and adventures with Marigold, her golden ‘doodle. |
Mike Dunne |
Poem |
Shop-fever |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Michael Dunne grew up in Manchester but has lived in London for most of his adult life. He has had poetry published in Wasafiri, Transmission, Lamport Court, Turbulence, Goldfish, is included on the Poetry Society's website and in the Poetry Map of Manchester. Non-fiction has appeared in London Irish Writer, NME, The Irish Post and he is a past winner of the Chapter One Novel Writing Competition. He successfully completed an MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, London, and is currently preparing a PhD proposal. He is a secondary school English teacher and works in alternative education with young people excluded from school. |
Marian Dunn |
Poem |
Watching the War |
The Poetic Bond |
2011 |
I have been published in several anthologies & The Literary Review. I am currently working on 2 poetry collections and my memoirs & sell poems via my website. I am a Reiki healer and use this skill to enhance the healing power of my words. I belong to The Poetry Society. |
Belinda DuPret |
Poem |
Dreaming of Butterflies |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
UK born Belinda DuPret has lived in New Zealand, Australia and France, working as a TV reporter, foodwriter and DJ – she’s supported many bands, including Free, Jethro Tull and others. Back in the UK, her work’s been published in TPB 6 years running. Themes include Self-Scenting; Tattooed Ladies; Da Vinci - and a perfumed afterlife. in 2017, she dreamed of butterflies. |
Story |
When Food Kills |
Life Dances |
2017 |
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poem |
Isobel |
The Poetic Bond VI |
2016 |
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Poem |
Ginervra da Benci |
The Poetic Bond V |
2015 |
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Poem |
The Scent of Trees |
The Poetic Bond IV |
2014 |
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poem |
The Scent of Honey. |
The Poetic Bond III |
2013 |
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Poem |
Fruitful |
The Poetic Bond II |
2012 |
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Sumita Dutta |
poem |
Her Flight |
The Poetic Bond III |
2013 |
A poet and writer based in Chennai, India. Some of her work can be found on various websites as well as her personal blog http://zippythoughts.wordpress.com |
Samantha Eads |
Poem |
Seed Saver |
Nature 20/20 |
2020 |
As a nurse practitioner and educator, Samantha Eads is lucky to have known many souls who preserve and create new opportunities for growth. This is a love letter to them all. |
Amanda Eakin |
Poem |
The Broken Repairman |
The Poetic Bond VI |
2016 |
Amanda Eakin is an Ashland University graduate who enjoys reading, writing, and surreptitiously looking for grammar errors in social media. She taught English for a few years and is currently enjoying her time in a Communication Center for a Fortune 500 company |
Katherine Eberley |
Poem |
Picking Raspberries with Mickey |
Human to Human |
2021 |
Kathryn Eberly is a poet who has had work published both online and in print in numerous journals. Most recently in Tiny Seed Literary Journal, Molecule, a tiny lit mag and forthcoming in Plants and Poetry. After living in the San Francisco Bay area for many years she now makes her home in Montpelier Vermont. |
Aaluk Edwardson |
Poem |
Lockdown |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Aaluk Edwardson is an Iñuit/Norwegian/Sámi artist (writer, actor, director, singer). She also teaches creative writing and performance with IḷisaÄ¡vik College, Alaska's only tribal college and serves as the Artistic and Executive Director of Bright Shores Creative Decolonization (BSCD). You can learn more about Aaluk and the work she does on the BSCD website: http://www.creativedecolonization.org. |
Kurt Cole Eldsvig |
Poem |
In and Out of Quarantine with Persephone |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Kurt is an artist and poet. His work has appeared in Hanging Loose, Slipstream, Main Street Rag and others. He maintains a website at www.EidsvigArt.com. |
Alice Eluned |
Poem |
Stranger in Paradise |
Human to Human |
2021 |
Alice Eluned is a museum assistant and curator from Cardiff, currently based in West Wales. Her work primarily includes themes of “necromancy”-an ongoing discourse in ancestral legacy, identity, and the relationships (conscious or otherwise) formed between people and places. When not writing she enjoys a wide range of crafting activities from sewing to ceramics, reading antiquated detective novels and walking her beloved terrier George along the beautiful Pembrokeshire coastal path. |
Rebecca Evans |
Poem |
How to Cover a Bruise |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
Rebecca Evans, essayist, memoirist, and poet, has hosted and co-produced Our Voice and Idaho Living television shows and currently hosts Writer to Writer podcast. She mentors teens in the juvenile system. You can find her work in The Rumpus, Entropy Literary Magazine, War, Literature & the Arts, 34th Parallel, Capable Magazine, Blue Mountain Review, and Collateral Journal, among others. She has just completed both her essay collection, Body Language, and memoir, Navigation. Rebecca was the winner of the Cunnning Short Styory Competition in 2018 for her story Veiled. She’s a decorated Gulf War veteran, has served on the editorial staff of the Sierra Nevada Review, and lives in Idaho with her three sons. |
Poem |
I am rare and unlovable |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
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Poem |
trash-binning |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
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Story |
Veiled |
Our World, Your Place |
2018 |
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Brian M Falconer |
Poem |
Survival |
Nature 20/20 |
2020 |
Brian M Falconer is an ex-computer programmer, now freelance technical and content writer, who recently won First Prize for his poem Survival in the anthology Nature 20/20. He also won third prize in the Poets’ Choice Awards for The Poetic Bond IX, which may sound like a community chest card in Monopoly, but it was the first time he had won anything. He describes his style as “broken verse”, and recently moved to Wales to be by the sea. |
Poem |
'tween times |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
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Poem |
give it up |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
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Poem |
I Was |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
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A.D. Fallon |
Poem |
Elusive Promise: Hope |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
A. D. Fallon is Professor of Literature and Poetry at Kentucky State University. She is also a poet, singer, and musician. She received an MFA from University of Pittsburgh and a PhD in 20th Century Literature and Poetry from University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She has published two books of poetry: Mindseye's Consort in 2013 and Universe of Discourse in 2011. She grew up in Downers Grove, Illinois, and she currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky. |
Poem |
Ambush |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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Poem |
Doubt |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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Poem |
Hermeneutics of Youth |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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Poem |
Futility of Desire |
The Poetic Bond |
2011 |
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Dion Farquhar |
Poem |
Surviral |
Lockdown 2.022 |
2022 |
Dion’s poems have appeared in L'Esprit Literary Review, Non-Binary Review, Blind Field, Mortar, Birds Piled Loosely, Local Nomad, Columbia Poetry Review, Shampoo, moria, Shifter, BlazeVOX, etc. Her third poetry book Don't Bother is in press with Finishing Line Press, and she has three chapbooks. She works as an exploited adjunct at two universities, but still loves the classroom, and she is active in the University of California Santa Cruz adjunct union, the UC-AFT. |
Poem |
Strained |
Lockdown 2.022 |
2022 |
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Arnold Farr |
Poem |
prize |
concataverse |
2022 |
Retired English teacher whose current project is to read all of the Man Booker Prize Winners and runners-up from its inception in 1969. Anything to distract him from completing his own novel about a retired English teacher obsessed with TE Lawrence. |
Poem |
surviving |
concataverse |
2022 |
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Catherine (Lee) Felty |
Poem |
Speak to me of new |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Lee Felty is a published nature poet living in New England, USA. |
Kristin Kowalski Ferragut |
Poem |
When screens replace touch |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Kristin lives in Maryland where she has been a featured poet at readings including Words Out Loud at Glen Echo, Evil Grin in Annapolis, DiVerse Gaithersburg Poetry and Third Thursday Poetry Reading in Takoma Park. Kristin participates in local poetry and prose writing workshops and open mics, in addition to reading, hiking, teaching, playing guitar and enjoying time with her children. Her work has appeared in Beltway Quarterly, Nightingale and Sparrow, Bourgeon and Mojave He[Art] Review among others. |
A J Fierney |
Poem |
buttercups and roses |
Lockdown 2.022 |
2022 |
Born in Spain, AJ travelled extensively as a child, but once settled in the UK as an adult, less so, and since lockdown, rarely. They live alone, reading and walking, tending sunflowers, and continuing to object to the militarization of society. |
Hugh Findlay |
Poem |
Go |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Hugh Findlay lives in Durham, NC, and would rather be caught fishing. He drives a little red MG, throws darts on Thursdays, reads and writes a lot, dabbles in photography and makes a pretty good gumbo. His work has been published in The Dominion Review, Literary Accents, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, Bangalore Review, Burningword Literary Journal, Wanderlust, Montana Mouthful, Souvenirs, Dream Noir, San Pedro River Review, Proem, New Southern Fugitives, Arachne Press and Pinesong. @hughmanfindlay |
Madaline Fine |
poem |
Lost Letter from Love |
The Poetic Bond VI |
2016 |
Madalena Fine is an anglo-portuguese creative writing student from Sussex. Her writing explores relationships and identity. She was spurred to writing again in 2015, after a public reading of Warsan Shire's What they did yesterday afternoon. Madalena's bedside reading includes Warsan, Grace Nichols, John Agard, Caroline Bird, Wendy Cope and others. |
Jennifer Finstrom |
Poem |
Isolation Poem with Ceres |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Jennifer was the poetry editor of Eclectica Magazine for thirteen years, and recent publications include Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, Red Eft Review, and Thimble, with work forthcoming in Dime Show Review, Eunoia Review, and Rust + Moth. Her work also appears in several Silver Birch Press anthologies, including Ides: A Collection of Poetry Chapbooks. |
Poem |
Isolation Poem with The Destruction of Pompeii |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
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Bonnie J. Flach |
Poem |
Cast Your Spell |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
Poet, photographer, for the non-profit Ocean Artists Society, member of Shelter Island Art Assoc (San Diego). Writes poems and stories primarily on, but not limited to, nature, wildlife, and indigenous people. |
Poem |
One |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
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Poem |
You Though I Never Would |
The Poetic Bond VIII |
2018 |
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Poem |
Beyond Oneself |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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Poem |
Walk Past |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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poem |
At the Crossroads |
The Poetic Bond VI |
2016 |
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Poem |
Harbor Night Songs |
The Poetic Bond V |
2015 |
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Poem |
Realization |
The Poetic Bond V |
2015 |
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Poem |
Navajo Sand Painter |
The Poetic Bond IV |
2014 |
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Susan Fleming |
Poem |
All Back in Place |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Susan Fleming is a real estate investor who grew up in the Appalachian area of Ohio. She has always been a big fan of poetry and enjoys writing personal poems in her spare time. |
Andreas Fleps |
Poem |
When The Music Begins |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Andreas Fleps is a 28-year-old poet, based near Chicago. He studied Theology and Philosophy at Dominican University, and has appeared or is forthcoming in publications such as High Shelf Press, Snapdragon, The Windhover, and Waxing & Waning, among others. Battling Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder since the age of five, he translates teardrops. |
R David Flecther |
Poem |
Lexicon |
Lockdown 2.022 |
2022 |
R. David Fletcher is a poet living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Favouring traditional verse poetry defined by meter and rhyming, he explores relationships with people, technology, society, identity, and art. His poems provide insight on realities of the world--natural, social, political, spiritual--and increase understanding of the nuances of time, memory and imagination. His poetry volumes can be found at www rdfletcherpoetry com |
Poem |
Virtual |
Lockdown 2.022 |
2022 |
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Stella Fletton |
Poem |
A Blend of Colour |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
A passionate and inspiring writer who transforms her personal experiences of challenge and trauma creatively, into deeply meaningful and authentic poetry that is heartfelt, warm and positive. With her unique writing style Stella shares her thoughts with compassion and forgiveness towards herself and her fellow human beings. A true humanitarian, Stella's thought-provoking poetry illustrates how in our world today, love and spiritual guidance can lead us all gently into the Aquarian Age. With a refreshingly open-minded and embracing attitude towards continual change that is life, Stella Fletton is straight talking and blunt without offending. |
Poem |
Watching Over me |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
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Amber Jimenez-Flores |
Poem |
These Hands |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
I go by FunSized. I am married, have beautiful nieces & nephews that I love as my own, am an Ovarian Cancer Fighter, don't believe that blood signifies family, love deeply, write powerfully and try to live fully. My professional education and experience can be found on www.linkedin.com/in/ajflores91. |
Poem |
Do You See As I Do? |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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Poem |
A Disharmonious Ode to No Name |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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Poem |
You Can Overcome Anything |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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Nina Floreteng |
poem |
The Shadow |
The Poetic Bond III |
2013 |
Swedish; started writing poetry at the age of ten and has been sporadically writing ever since. Currently writing her autobiography and taking creative writing courses. Sharing some of her Swedish poetry on blog. |
Poem |
Spring of Awakening |
The Poetic Bond II |
2012 |
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Virginia Bach Folger |
Poem |
giraffe |
concataverse |
2022 |
Virginia Bach Folger lives in an 1888 Victorian house in Schenectady, New York where she writes from a second story office in its turret. She is a member of the Schenectady County Library Writers’ Group. She has a BA from Montclair State University and an MA from Seton Hall University She has worked as a gas station attendant, paralegal, switchboard operator, claims adjuster and corporate learning and development manager. Her poems have appeared in Punt Volat, Adanna, Lumina and Eclectica, among other publications. |
Poem |
years |
concataverse |
2022 |
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Poem |
myimperfection |
concataverse |
2022 |
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Poem |
yellow |
concataverse |
2022 |
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Poem |
both |
concataverse |
2022 |
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Stuart James Forrest |
Poem |
Coastline |
Nature 20/20 |
2020 |
Stuart (born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1951), is a retired public servant living in Oceanside, California. In the summer of 2014, he developed a passion for creative writing while attending Stanford University Continuing Studies. He continues writing poetry, short stories and hopes to develop enough skill to be a strong, creative voice of his generation of Black Americans who lived through a very tumultuous period in American history. |
Poem |
Empty Hands |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
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Poem |
Regret |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
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Poem |
Nightfall |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
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Poem |
Farmers Markets |
The Poetic Bond VIII |
2018 |
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LynneAnne Forest |
Poem |
Haven |
Human to Human |
2021 |
LynneAnne Forest is in her 80th year and a retired psychotherapist. She has written poetry for years but decided, partly due to the impact of COVID19 on our lives, to begin to seriously respect her writing abilities. She began formal study with writers including workshops with poet Ellen Bass. She has been published in the Yellow Arrow Journal and The Sitting Room Anthology for 2021. |
Pam Fox |
Poem |
Black Swan Song |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Pam Fox is a professor of Religious Studies, Literature, and Humanities and co-founder of Perelandra College (www.perelandra.edu), formerly granting licensed, accredited Master's degrees in Creative Writing and now a certificate program, and has published numerous essays and poetry in academic journals. |
Gilbert A. Franke |
Poem |
Just Numbers |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
Gilbert Franke is a retired Lutheran pastor living with his wife, Beth, in Bellville, Texas, USA. He enjoys sailing, amateur radio, traveling, reading, writing, and spending time with his granddaughter. He maintains a web presence at http://www.gilbertfranke.com. |
Poem |
Stopping at a Bar on New Year's Eve |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
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Poem |
To Be Happy |
The Poetic Bond VIII |
2018 |
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Poem |
The House at Prinsengracht 263 |
The Poetic Bond VIII |
2018 |
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Poem |
A Horizon of Blue |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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Poem |
Safe Anchorage |
The Poetic Bond VII |
2017 |
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Poem |
Music, Love and Memories |
The Poetic Bond V |
2015 |
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Poem |
Promises From A Rose Garden |
The Poetic Bond V |
2015 |
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Poem |
Reflections on the Sea |
The Poetic Bond IV |
2014 |
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poem |
Chief Joseph |
The Poetic Bond III |
2013 |
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Poem |
The Stocking Cap |
The Poetic Bond II |
2012 |
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Louise Francois |
poem |
Tomato 'Trumpet Red' |
The Poetic Bond III |
2013 |
Poetic style is a marriage of English literary tradition and Grenadian vernacular (a fusion of European and African languages. M.A. 20th Century Caribbean Cultural History / MA (Commendation) Creative Writing |
Tanya Fraser |
Poem |
Wide Berth |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Tanya lives in Brooklyn with her cat, Juno. |
Mike Friers |
Story |
The Race |
Nine Frames |
2019 |
Mike Friers is a bit of a petrol head and has written for several online blogs on Formula 1 and Touring Cars - this is his first attempt at fiction. He is 46, lives in Essex with his daughter Mel, his son Chris, and his dog Sheba. He is currently working on a novel based in and around his childhood. |
Anthony Frobisher |
Poem |
Waiting for Time To Stop |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
Anthony Frobisher is a poet, writer and teacher. He lives in Worcester, UK and is author of 9 collections of poetry. His latest poetry collection, Let The Acorns Grow, is raising money for Acorns Children's Hospice, a charity that cared for Anthony's daughter Milla. Milla passed away in 2016 and by writing and connecting with poetry, Anthony found a creative outlet for his emotions and a way to manage grief. He has continued to write ever since. He is also the author of a novel, The Shadows That Sang. http://www.frobipoetry.com IG @ajfrobisherpoetry |
Poem |
Locked Down and Confused |
The Poetic Bond X |
2020 |
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Poem |
The Shelter |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
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Poem |
It’s Time |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
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Poem |
The Sea-Winter |
The Poetic Bond IX |
2019 |
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Poem |
Summer by the Sea |
The Poetic Bond VIII |
2018 |
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Poem |
The Orchard |
The Poetic Bond VIII |
2018 |
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Mysti Frost |
Poem |
#lifeinthetimeofcoronavirus |
Poems from the Lockdown |
2020 |
Lives in Eugene, Oregon with her daughter Alice and father, the famous John Frost, a master storyteller. |