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.  

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Drake Mabry	Poem	Four Haiku	The Poetic Bond	2011	Composer, painter, photographer and poet. His music has been widely performed; his paintings and photography have been featured in numerous exhibitions. His collection of bilingual Poetry Drakedonius is published by Le Plac'Art. He divides his time between France, California and Istanbul.
Naomi Madeline	Poem	When you meet me	The Poetic Bond II	2012	Naomi Madelin is a writer, mother and business woman currently based in New Zealand. Her haiku and senryu have appeared in print publications including Frogpond, Kokako and Paper Wasp. She writes wherever her mind wanders, including a blog: http://jumpingoffbooks.blogspot.co.uk/
Neetu Malik	Poem	Growing Feathers	Human to Human	2021	Neetu’s eclectic work reflects her diverse background as she explores the joy and darkness of the human condition in poems and stories noteworthy for their intensity in brief span. Her publications include poems in The Poetic Bond Series, journals, and anthologies. Her poem, "Soaring Flames”, was awarded First-Place by the NY Literary Magazine (2017).  Nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2019, Neetu’s poem “Sacred Figs” was published in The Ocotillo Review by Kallisto Gaia Press.  Neetu lives in Pennsylvania, USA.
	Poem	The Teardrop	Human to Human	2021
	Poem	The Reckoning	Human to Human	2021
	Poem	Where do we belong?	Human to Human	2021
	Poem	Social Distancing (every two minutes)	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
	Poem	new wheels old yard	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Poem	benumbed	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Poem	Chasing Love	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Story	A Smile of a Thousand Stars	Life Dances	2017
	poem	dancers	The Poetic Bond VI	2016
	poem	the pianist	The Poetic Bond VI	2016
	poem	wanderer	The Poetic Bond VI	2016
	Poem	The Cobwebs	The Poetic Bond V	2015
	Poem	A walk in the rain	The Poetic Bond V	2015
	Poem	Limbo	The Poetic Bond V	2015
Chris Maloney	Poem	So, It Begins	The Poetic Bond IX	2019	Chris Maloney grew up in Bayside, Queens which is in New York. His passion for writing began in his mid teens. Through out the years Chris would practice writing whenever and wherever he could. He would read poetry books and novels not just for entertainment but to learn as well. As he got older, he went on in having several different jobs. All which he enjoyed. All the while he was still writing poetry and having hopes in becoming a successful and respected poet.
	Poem	Pals	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
Susan Manchin	Poem	Now That You're Gone	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	A graduate of West Virginia University,  worked as a copywriter and creative director. Presently, pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Bennington College with a focus on poetry. She is an active member of Pennwriters and SCBWI. Most recently, she completed workshops at Highlights, and Stony Brook University.
Browning Mank	Poem	crush	concataverse	2022	Browning’s work was published in concataverse and she is a regular contributor to Poetry, Review, and Discuss, a major poetry forum on LinkedIN,
	Poem	grudges	concataverse	2022
	Poem	bubblingover	concataverse	2022
	Poem	spitshine	concataverse	2022
	Poem	Fourleafclover	concataverse	2022
	Poem	smitten	concataverse	2022
	Poem	struck	concataverse	2022
	Poem	strangher	concataverse	2022
	Poem	Senseless	Lockdown 2.022	2022
	Poem	VIRAL EQUATIONS	Lockdown 2.022	2022
Israela Margalit	Story	Too Much	Life Dances	2017	Israela Margalit is an award-winning writer, playwright, and concert pianist. Her credits include the Gold Medal New York Film & TV Festival, Two NEA Media Awards, an Emmy Nomination, finalist the Long Island Film Festival, finalist the Glimmer Train Press Short Fiction Competition, Best Play Honorary Mention the New York 15-minute Play Festival, Best Production New York MIT Festival, an Ovation-recommendation LA, and Best CD the British Music Industry Awards
Caitlin Mitchel-Markley	Poem	submissive	Human to Human	2021	Formerly an attorney, Ms. Mitchel-Markley is a neurodivergent poet and stay-at-home mom to three incredible children. Having escaped the nightmare of practicing law, she now enjoys spending her time writing poetry, cuddling her lovely husband, and sharing her love of all things geeky with her amazing kids.
Mari-Carmen Marin	Poem	This is War	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Mari-Carmen Marín was born in Málaga, on the southern Mediterranean coast of Spain, but moved to Houston, TX, in 2003 after receiving her Ph.D. in African American literature from the University of Zaragoza (Spain). An avid reader and lover of literature from an early age, she began to write poetry to give a specific shape to, and be able to order, the chaotic and complex feelings and ideas running rampant in her mind. Writing poetry has become her comfy chair in front of a fireplace on a stormy winter day.
	Poem	Life in the Time of Coronavirus	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
	Poem	Rum and Coke	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Poem	Who Can Answer?	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Poem	The Old Guitarist	The Poetic Bond X	2020
Annel Bell Martin	Poem	Watching	The Poetic Bond VIII	2018	Annel’s published memoir Just Ringing My Bell includes some of her poetry. She has short stories published in ELM Anthologies #2, and #3. (All Available on Amazon). Though she is currently working on a novel and a collection of short stories, she always finds time to write more poetry.  She lives in Georgia.
	Poem	My Wisteria Vine Swing	The Poetic Bond VII	2017
Sara Martin	Poem	A Single Dead Whale Can Nourish an System for Fifty Years	Nature 20/20	2020	Sara recently completed a novel in verse called They Wake Up Swinging. The poem featured in this collection is an excerpt from that project. She has a MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers Workshop, fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center, Yaddo Corporation, Jentel Foundation, Sundress Press Academy for the Arts, and the Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. She currently lives in Philadelphia and teaches at Montclair State University.
Kayla Matheson	Poem	Unending	The Poetic Bond X	2020	A retired English teacher from Texas, Kayla has shared her love of poetry with her students for nineteen years. She has been published in The Poetic Bond IV, the Poetic Bond IX, and two articles and poems in Poet's Are Heroes Magazine.
	Poem	Crimson Tide	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Poem	Prison Life	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
	Poem	Lady Luna	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	Open Water	The Poetic Bond VII	2017
Johnnie Clemens May	Poem	Inundated	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Johnnie Clemens May, a Phoenix area poet, has an MFA from Pacific University and taught poetry and creative writing at the college level for over 25 years. She has also conducted many workshops and participated in several readings in her community as well as having published her work in a number of journals and online literary magazines.
Chris Maynard	Poem	Dying	The Poetic Bond VII	2017	Chris has done many things and traveled many places, but now her garden is her joy, she loves to walk by the sea, and is happy to see her poems find the light of day.  She is married to Brin, has 2 children, 5 grandchildren, and 9 great-grandchildren, and lives in sunny Southend-on-Sea.
	Poem	Cuddly Cat	The Poetic Bond VII	2017
	Poem	Pigeons	The Poetic Bond VII	2017
Trevor Maynard	Poem	The Real	Lockdown 2.022	2022	"Trevor B Maynard combines complicated thematic material and unites fractured images with a sure hand." (THE STAGE) Trevor Maynard’s most recent publications are Paradox – a collection of his own poetry, Lockdown 2.022, concataverse, featuring 66 poems by 24 poets, Poems from the Lockdown, featuring 146 poems by 115 poets from 11 countries, and Human to Human, featuring 46 poems from 28 poets from across the world.  His previously published collections include The Path Now Known, Grey Sun Dark Moon, and Keep on Keepin’ On, as well as his one-act play anthology Four Truths. He curated and edited the ten-volume series of the international poetry anthology series The Poetic Bond showcasing the work of 236 poets from 37 countries.  He also edited Nature 20/20, an anthology of 21 poets on the theme of the environment. Trevor is the editor of the Cunningham Short Story Anthologies Life Dances (2017) and Our World, Your Place (2018), Nine Frames (2019). Who Are We? (2020) Other publications featuring his work include Aesthetica, Tuck, October Hill, Deep Underground, Poetry, Life and Times, Miracle, and the anthology Men in the Company of Women (EAP).  Trevor read Drama and Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway College, and is a member of The Poetry Society (UK), as well as formerly an executive member of The Writer’s Guild of Great Britain, and former treasurer of The Theatre Writers’ Union.  He is the manager of the LinkedIn poetry forum Poetry, Review, and Discuss, which has 22,800 members.  Trevor is married to Jo, has four children, four cats, nine grandchildren, and indeterminate number of tropical fish.  Details at www.trevormaynard.com
	Poem	waking	Lockdown 2.022	2022
	Poem	snake	concataverse	2022
	Poem	Subsistence	concataverse	2022
	Poem	Catchit	concataverse	2022
	Poem	Approach	Human to Human	2021
	Poem	this day	Human to Human	2021
	Poem	troubadours of the scaffold	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
	Poem	Watching a TV Show	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
	Poem	The World Has Changed, but There is Hope	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
	Poem	The Spring	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
	Poem	Precision	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Poem	every	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Poem	One	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Poem	apology	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	float	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	story	George, the Cat	Nine Frames	2019
	Poem	Written     Out	The Poetic Bond VII	2017
	Poem	One Minute Later	The Poetic Bond VII	2017
	Story	The Dance	Life Dances	2017
	poem	Take Flight	The Poetic Bond VI	2016
	poem	crushed	The Poetic Bond VI	2016
	Poem	The Grey Sun	The Poetic Bond V	2015
	Poem	Human	The Poetic Bond V	2015
	Poem	the earthmovers	The Poetic Bond IV	2014
	Poem	Clarity	The Poetic Bond IV	2014
	poem	Beyond the Writing on the wall	The Poetic Bond III	2013
	poem	The Chattering Ants	The Poetic Bond III	2013
	Poem	Gently, I walk the water's edge	The Poetic Bond II	2012
	Poem	My Love is Like the Ocean	The Poetic Bond II	2012
	Poem	Redundant C	The Poetic Bond	2011
	Poem	elegant grace eternal	The Poetic Bond	2011
Luke Zachary Maynard	Poem	War	The Poetic Bond IX	2019	Luke is an undergraduate reading Computer Science at Brunel, University of London.  He enjoys video, tabletop, and card gaming, as well as science fiction and fantasy novels.  His poem War was written when he was in high school and was influenced by his interest in history and fantasy games such as Warhammer.
Shalisa McAvoy	Poem	Covid Lesson 101: Humbly Woke	L:ockdown 2.022	2022	Shalisa loves to smile. Growing up as the youngest in the family, her parents and siblings shaped her into the woman she is today. Watching, learning, listening, and developing her own identity. Writing poetry allowed her to escape all of life’s chaotic noise and into a tranquil mindset that has kept her very humble. Free-spirited, she is an educator that loves to inspire the youth through creativity. She is all about love and expression. Shalisa loves to lo
Brian McCully	Poem	The Journey of H'won	The Poetic Bond V	2015	Brian is a doctor, and the father of 4 children, a cat, and 2 small dogs. His book, Why Goldfish Never Die, which is an exploration of living and self-awareness, is currently availble on Amazon  Website www.whygoldfishneverdie.com.au
Judith Mikesch McKenzie	Poem	Post Hoc	The Poetic Bond X	2020	She has traveled much of the world, but is always drawn to the Rocky Mountains as one place that feeds her soul. She loves change - new places, new people, new challenges - but honors a strong connection to the people and places of her roots. Writing is her home. She is a recent winner in the Cunningham Short Story Contest and the Tillie Olsen Short Story Contest.  Her work has been published in Who Are We?, the Tishman Review, Rogue River Review, Thought and Action, Mountains and Lake, Works in Progress, and she has published four books.
	Poem	Looking out the Upstairs Window	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Story	A Perfect Circle Around The Moon	Who Are We?	2020
Janice McLaughlin	Poem	The Swampy Bog Blues	The Poetic Bond IX	2019	From Pennsylvania, Janice enjoys photography, music, gardening, dancing, movies,  reading., and of course, poetry. She has compiled 64 unusual forms into two instructional books: The Nooce (sic) and Other Fun Poetry, and The Blues and Other Fun Poetry. She’s is promoting her book of Japanese forms -- Haiku – Snapshots of Life, which contains Haiku and Haiga, and Tanka-Senryu-Sedoka.Janice also does layout and design, some editing, and book covers for other authors.
	Poem	I Am War	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
Michael McLaughlin	Story	The Death of Rock ‘n’ Roll	Life Dances	2017	Michael was the founder, producer, and actor with an improvisational comedy troupe in Sacramento, California for 20 years. Hehas appeared in films, television, and yes, radio. He has had short stories appeared in periodicals around the world. In 2005 he escaped to Ajijic, Mexico to write and live. You should too. Presently he is producer and director of a benefit lip sync show (the largest and longest running show in the world!) for the city's theater ...
John F. McMullen	Poem	Submission	The Poetic Bond VIII	2018	Poet Laureate of the Town of Yorktown, the author of over 2,500 columns and articles and eight books, and the host of a weekly Internet Radio Show (Links to the recordings of all radio shows as well as information on Poet Laureate activities -- www.johnmac13.com.
	Poem	Why Me?	The Poetic Bond VIII	2018
Annmarie McQueen	Poem	We didn’t think it would be us next	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	English, Creative Writing graduate from Warwick University in the U.K, Previously a  winner of the Simon Powell poetry prize and has been published in magazines including ‘Words with Jam,’ ‘Reach poetry’ and ‘Buried letter press.’
B McVie	Poem	unrequited	concataverse	2022	Brian McVie is originally from North Yorkshire, UK, but now lives in Australia with his wife and five dogs. His own collections of poetry “Surprising Kindness” (1974) and “In a World of Hope” (1976) were published by Dora Press.
Nicole Hospital-Medina	Poem	Backpacks	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Nicole earned her MFA at the University of Miami where she is now a professor who instructs writing. Her poems can be read in the anthologies Feminine Rising: Voices of Power and Invisibility and Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence, as well as in CURA: A Journal of Art and Action, The Miami Herald, Linden Lane Magazine, Paper Nautilus, Blunderbuss Magazine, The Acentos Review, Canyon Voices and more. Nicole, professor, Floridian, surfer, sailor, artist and environmentalist, ventures to write. She is a poet-activist.
Tania Melick	Poem	Dignity	The Poetic Bond IX	2019	Mother Lebanese and father Brazilian, Tania was born and raised in Lebanon. At the age of 23 she left Lebanon to study, live and work in Europe and Asia. Tania's life experience strengthened her faith in God, taught her resilience, tolerance, hope and humility and inspired her creative writings while igniting in her the passion to help other people. Tania is a Business and Executive Coach working internationally from her home base in Beirut
	Poem	Heart of Winter	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	The River Water	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
Mermie aka Lousie Robinson	poem	Eggshells	The Poetic Bond III	2013	"Jack-of-all-trades, master of a few...always chasing the eternal dream (whatever that is). Even if no-one buys my books I'll keep scribbling and sketching...its my bliss!
Miklos Mezosi	poem	An Iamblified Inquiry	The Poetic Bond VI	2016	A published author and scholar, Miklos Mezosi writes on literature and opera. Miklos, who was a Mellon fellow at Edinburgh University, authorized a book on Russian opera. He has published two poetry collections. He writes in Hungarian, English, Latin and Greek.
	Poem	Farewell!  Do spend thy time and money well!	The Poetic Bond II	2012
Claire Mikkelsen	Poem	Public Outrage	The Poetic Bond X	2020	Claire is a joyous poet as well as a glass artist.  Her mature poetry will soo be published on Mule on a Ferris Wheel. She has worked as a social worker, and has done many mundane jobs for various poetry related organizations.  Some of her favorite themes are nature, especially in regard to animals, social justice and music.
	Poem	Insouciance	The Poetic Bond VIII	2018
	Poem	Moanin' the Blues	The Poetic Bond V	2015
	Poem	A New Bottom Line	The Poetic Bond IV	2014
	Poem	Tiny Banker	The Poetic Bond IV	2014
Kat Milberger	Poem	What is Left	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Kat has been a social worker working with the autism spectrum population for 9 years in Richmond, Virginia.  She is proud member of the LGBTQ community and the fluidity of my experience has informed my poetry; poetry sets free the conventions of speech and writing. On March 16th, 2020, she developed a fever, had to leave work, and proceeded to experience the rest of her illness in self-quarantine. She says “Covid-19 is unlike anything I have experienced; the way that it improves and then suddenly worsens, see-sawing back and forth for days and days, is maddening. It steals the air from our lungs and causes us to labor over each breath; in and out. Experiencing this in isolation, before good information was available to the public about it, hit on many of my core fears as a human being; I am corrupt, I am a burden, I am bound to be rejected, I am useless. It was these voices, and the eventual recovery of my health and self-love, that inspired my poetry.”
Linda Mills	Poem	Balloon Kiss	The Poetic Bond IX	2019	Nearly blind from birth, Linda's work grows from the reality of others into whatever she can imagine.  Wonder how you would describe the color green in its infinite verities, if you could not see it.  Sometimes her words wander off in unexpected directions far from the reality where they started, there is no anger or resentment in her work, but sometimes sadness for that reality.
	Poem	By the River San Antone	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	poem	Winter Seep	The Poetic Bond VI	2016
	poem	Abide	The Poetic Bond VI	2016
	Poem	Gone Sound	The Poetic Bond V	2015
	Poem	Sleepy Dragon	The Poetic Bond V	2015
	poem	Coal Taking	The Poetic Bond III	2013
	poem	A Cloud of Butterflies	The Poetic Bond III	2013
	Poem	From My Eye	The Poetic Bond II	2012
Simon Miller	poem	Tingling Point	The Poetic Bond III	2013	Teaches English and Drama at an international school in Thailand where he lives with his wife and three growing children.  He has written several plays for young people.  His own childhood was spent between Botswana and England and he has rarely stopped exploring since.  Social history, culture and the natural world are his main fascinations, particularly the points where all three meet.
Anthony Mirarcki	Poem	How to See	The Poetic Bond X	2020	Anthony Mirarcki lives in Syracuse, New York, with his wife. He currently works as a carpenter and is a full-time student at Oswego State University, working towards his BA in English and Creative Writing. Anthony's work has appeared in LIT Magazine, the Great Lake Review, the 2020 anthology Poems from the Lockdown, and has earned honorable mention in the 47th New Millennium Writing Awards
	Poem	Every Quiet Second	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Poem	Moments of Life	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
	Poem	100,000	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
Bilal Moin	Poem	Brittle	The Poetic Bond VIII	2018	16 year old poet from Mumbai, India.  Mainly pens haikus and continuous haikus (where each stanza of a poem is a haiku). Has featured in the Scholastic Young Writers Anthology and the Tipton Poetry Journal.  His poems have themes of love, pain, insecurity and conflict. Bilal is an entrepreneur, self-titled globetrotter, and spends his free time collecting antiques, reading and arguing.
	Poem	Happy Hour	The Poetic Bond VIII	2018
Justin Moir	Poem	The Song is Quiet Now	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Justin Moir is a writer and English graduate student from Halifax.
	Poem	To A Plague Rat	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
Susana Molinolo and Pamela Yuen	Poem	Postcards We Never Sent	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Susana Molinolo is an Argentine born, Toronto-based copywriter and activist. In 2017 her poem, I Am Nine, was a winner in the Ontario Books Publishers' Association writing contest. She is currently the Programming Chair for the Toronto branch of Canadian Authors Association. Pamela Yuen was born in rural Ontario to Hong Kong migrants. She is an expressive writing facilitator with the Toronto Writers Collective. Her writing explores diasporas, normativity, kinship, and mysticism. Susana and Pamela first met on Twitter, and then in real life at the Tartan Turban Secret Reading Series in Toronto. As their workplaces are close by, they had planned to meet for lunch until COVID-19 cancelled all socializing. In lieu of a face-to-face lunch, they wrote this poem together as an imagined meeting in New York City
Helen H Moore	Poem	Papaya King	The Poetic Bond IX	2019	Helen H. Moore is the daughter of a bricklayer, who was raised to believe that any art beyond a greeting card was not for her. Nevertheless, she persisted. Her writing is the fruit of her struggle against that belief. She received her Bachelor's degree from York College, CUNY, where she studied poetry under David Ignatow. She has three sons, three stepchildren, eight grandchildren, and three daughters-in-law. She lives in in Las Vegas with her husband.
	Poem	There Came a Night	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	Temptation	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	The Coming-Home Time	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
Greg Mooney	poem	Insecurities	The Poetic Bond VI	2016	Active duty United States Marine, in 3 classes away from my bachelors in Marketing, currently writing a book that will be dedicated to a deceased friend.
Marli Merker Moreira	Poem	Closet Writer	The Poetic Bond X	2020	Marli was born and raised in a German family, in the very south of Brazil.  In Middle School, this girl met her husband-to-be.  Her graduate degrees are from Cornell University and Teachers College (US). For more than thirty years, she taught Literature as a full professor at UNISINOS. Family has been her choice: husband, 4 children, 8 grandchildren, and 3 sisters. Simplicity, love, Nature music, and shells orchestrate her universe.
	Poem	Quarantine	The Poetic Bond X	2020
	Poem	Summer Flash	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	Night Riddles	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	poem	Drifters	The Poetic Bond VI	2016
	Poem	Behind Bars	The Poetic Bond V	2015
	poem	Vacant Eyes	The Poetic Bond III	2013
	Poem	First Kiss	The Poetic Bond II	2012
	Poem	Dead Woman	The Poetic Bond	2011
Kristina Moriconi	Poem	#quarentineartclub	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Kristina Moriconi is a poet and essayist whose work has appeared in a variety of literary journals and magazines including Brevity, Cobalt Review, Ruminate, as well as many others. Future publications include Sonora Review: the Woodhall Press anthology, and Flash Nonfiction Food (2020). Her lyrical narrative, In the Cloakroom of Proper Musings, will be published by Atmosphere Press in 2020.
Debbie Edwards Morton	Poem	What Will Happen?	The Poetic Bond	2011	Born and raised in west central rural Ohio. Married to a lovely English gentleman. Likes writing, sketching, and spending time with pets. Also enjoys genealogy and computers. Written poems since the age of 9. Prefers poems that send a message in hopes to better mankind.
Mustofa Munir	Poem	Broken Meditation	The Poetic Bond VII	2017	Mustofa writes poems and stories. He is the translator of Poet Kazi Nazrul’s Sanchita, published by Outskirts Press Inc. USA. His poem ‘Stratagem’ was published in anthology ‘Sometimes Anyway’ by NavWorks Press, Los Angeles. He studied in Uppsala University Sweden and George Mason University, USA. He lives in Houston
Sonay Mustafa	Poem	Do Not Pursue Her	The Poetic Bond VIII	2018	A second generation Turkish Cypriot, born and bred in London. Sonay started writing poetry as a coping mechanism after a bereavement. Since then, she has discovered a love and passion for writing and is an active member of poetry communities on LinkedIn, Medium.com and Instagram. Instagram poetry page @s_k_mustafa.
James Najaran	Story	Of Strange Lands and People	Our World, Your Place	2018	James teach nineteenth-cntury British literature at Boston College, where he also edits the scholarly journal Religion and the Arts.  His fiction Hs been published in Worcester Review, Vermont Literary Review, and other small presses, most recently Kestral, and The Ear.  His first book of verse. The Goat Songs, won the Vassar Miller Prize, and was published by the University of South Texas Press.
Martha Nance	Poem	thesolution	concataverse	2022	Martha Nance is a physician, part-time gardener, light sleeper, cookie-baker, and admirer of dragonflies who lives in Minnesota. She has taken to photographing the world around her and has shared some of her work in various literary journals. She also writes occasionally for publication, usually briefly, and typically on topics related to medicine or the natural worl
	Poem	escape	concataverse	2022
	Poem	wine	concataverse	2022
	Poem	evolution	concataverse	2022
	Poem	icarusandi	concataverse	2022
	Poem	deathisnotfair	concataverse	2022
	Poem	chocolatechipcookies	concataverse	2022
Gale Naylor	Poem	conditionedresponse	concataverse	2022	Gale has decided to express her biography in verse. galewritesinventuracaliforniaandisa poetengineermotherchildpartner descendentancestordreamer
Kohl Neal	Poem	The end of the world from inside the house	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Kohl Neal is a writer and advocate born in New Jersey, raised in Texas, living and in Chicago.
Jude Neale	Poem	Ash to Dove	The Poetic Bond IX	2019	Jude is a Canadian poet, vocalist, spoken word performer and mentor. She has been shortlisted, highly commended and finalist for many international and national competitions.  Jude has written seven books.Her book, A Quiet Coming of Light, A Poetic Memoir (Leaf Press) was a finalist for the 2015 Pat Lowther Memorial Award.In 2018, Jude and Bonnie Nish started an online collaboration which lead them to write, Cantata in Two Voices, in fifty challenging days. Her book, A Blooming, was published by Ekstasis Editions in May 2019 and We Sing Ourselves Back June 2019.
	Poem	Obit	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	And Not	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	Spells Out Daughter	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	poem	One Cleft Moon	The Poetic Bond VI	2016
	Poem	The Arrangement	The Poetic Bond IV	2014
Hongvan Nguyen	poem	Becoming	The Poetic Bond VI	2016	Hongvan Nguyen is an English and philosophy graduate from George Mason University. She is the author of two collections of poetry, Under the Stone, and the Chickadees. Her third book, Crossing Places,  is in the publication process and will be out on the market by the end of 2016.
	Poem	Singers	The Poetic Bond IV	2014
Gloria Nixon-John	Poem	Convenience Store during Covid	Lockdown 2.022	2022	Gloria Nixon John's novel, The Killing Jar (2012) is based on the true story of one of the youngest Americans to have served on death row. Her memoir entitled Learning from Lady Chatterley (2015) is written in narrative verse and is set in Post WWII Detroit.  Her Chapbook, Breathe me a Sky was published by The Moonstone Arts Center. Her most recent publication is a collection of poetry entitled The Dark Safekeeping. She lives in Oxford Michigan with her horses, dogs, cats, and husband Mike.
Maxine Nodel	Poem	United States of Virus	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Has a BFA in Fine Art from Cooper Union and an MFA in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College.  She studied writing privately with Allen Ginsberg in the late 80s and received an award from the Academy of American Poets for original poetry. Founded her own art high school in NYC with a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant in 2003. The school received the 2009 Lincoln Center Institute 1st Place Award for the Most Imaginative Curriculum in NYC.  She has also written educational material, including for the Children’s Television Workshop.
Bridget Noel	Poem	And's and But's of Quarantine	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Bridget Noel is an alumnus of Rutgers University and the University of Pennsylvania. She received the Mitchell Adelman Memorial Scholarship for Creative Writing at Rutgers University. She is currently a critical care nurse.
	Poem	Just a Nurse	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
Sandy Norris	Story	No Going Back	Life Dances	2017	Sandy is a retired English teacher turned writer. In 2005 her children's novel: Run Away to Danger was published by the National Maritime Museum but more recently she has begun to write for an adult audience and has completed two novels, both of which have garnered some agent interest, although neither has yet found a publisher. She is now researching a third novel about the spitfire women in World War Two.
Deborah Esther Nyamekye	Poem	Makola Market Day, Accra Ghana	The Poetic Bond VII	2017	Deborah is a prolific inspirational writer (Blogger, Published Author & Poet) from Ghana in West Africa. Deborah is also in Christian ministry; teaching, writing and prophetic intercession. Link: amazon.com/author/nyamekyede
Ryan O'Connor	Poem	On Entering a Close	The Poetic Bond X	2020	Ryan was born in Boston, Massachusetts but grew up in Cork, Ireland. He now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland where he works for Edinburgh University. He spends his time playing various stringed instruments, reading and trying to write better poems.
	Poem	Keep Running	The Poetic Bond X	2020
Mary K O'Melveny	Poem	Space Bubbles	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Mary K O'Melveny (Washington DC and Woodstock NY): is author of A Woman of a Certain Age and MERGING STAR HYPOTHESES.
	Poem	Adrenaline Rush	Poems from the Lockdown	2020
Freddie Ostrovskis	Poem	The Waiting Tree	The Poetic Bond V	2015	Seventeen year old writer from Derbyshire, inspired by an eclectic mixture of modern and historical authors and poets. His debut novella 'Viridi' is available on the amazon kindle bookstore to five star reviews. This is hopefully the first of many appearances in the Poetic Bond anthology, amongst other publications
Denisa Parsons	Poem	In, Heat	The Poetic Bond VII	2017	North Carolina resident, Denisa lives with her husband and family in the Raleigh area.  She graduated from Catawba College in 2013 with a BA in English and Philosophy.  She has E-books available on Amazon, my latest is titled: Wrecked, Beyond Belief.
	Poem	Southern Treasures	The Poetic Bond VII	2017
Kevin Michael Patrick	Story	Elan	Nine Frames	2019	Kevin is a American born writer living in Spain who spent many years in the magical city of London.  His flights of fancy have also taken in New York and Sydney, and though twice divorced, he is a firm believer in romance.  This is a true story, and Claire is the real name of his first wife, though his name is a pen name.
Vox Pop Max Pax	Poem	Prepped	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	(Nathan Carmen Brown) British/American Citizen, New York native, traveled in Europe and Australia, and until now, across the United States of America.  Hold up in the midwest until the virus passes.
RH Peat	Poem	Enigmatic: Dead Polar Bear	Nature 20/20	2020	RH PEAT, lives in California, he's been published in the USA, New Zealand, India, England, Canada, and Japan. He’s taught workshops and read his works on radio & TV. He’s been listed in top 100 in Writer’s Digest Annual Poetry Competition; he’s operated poetry readings sponsored by Poets & Writers Magazine. His book Abyss Of The Moon Poems rediscovering love in late life.
	Poem	Fawn in a Day	Nature 20/20	2020
	Poem	A Shoe Beside the Bed	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	Several Years Back	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	Ocean Depths	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	Dead Fish Laughing	The Poetic Bond IX	2019
	Poem	Flying Fingers	The Poetic Bond V	2015
	Poem	The Chinese Restaurant	The Poetic Bond V	2015
	Poem	At the Cost of Others’ Eyes	The Poetic Bond IV	2014
	Poem	Crows in the Snow	The Poetic Bond IV	2014
	poem	Forgotten Embroidery	The Poetic Bond III	2013
Christine Pearson	poem	I Didn't know I Loved	The Poetic Bond III	2013	When she was two years old Christine met The Three Stooges. Nothing afterwards quite compared.  She wrote, she taught, made documentaries, ran non-profits, fell in and out of love, traveled, played a lot of Scrabble, that sort of thing. Today she lives a madcap life in the US with two children and one husband, proving true the cliché that life does, indeed, come full circle.
Piet Pedersson	Story	Starlight	Nine Frames	2019	Written under the pen name Piet Pedersson, to reflect his Scandinavian origins, the writer is an author of novels and poetry.  Meanwhile, writing fan fiction and adult content elsewhere, he is published widely in online magazines and blogs. He has four children, lives in England, and enjoys running and motor racing.
KP Perry	Poem	inlust	concataverse	2022	KP Perry lives and works in Riverside, California, as a model and occasional body double. She is studying Creative Writing at night and online, and these are her first published poems. She writes loves poetry so much she has named her cats Haiku and Limerick. She entered concataverse for the challenge and is really happy to have succeeded.
	Poem	injust	concataverse	2022
	Poem	insync	concataverse	2022
Yvonne Peters	Poem	But Will You Think of Me?	Human to Human	2021	Yvonne Peters, English graduate, christened Jane Smith (there’s a lot of us) approaches thirty years on this Earth with trepidation but is confident in her ability to reach and overcome this milestone.  Her siblings made it and they seem ok.  She has shared her poetry online, but this is her first foray into print.
Patricia Pfahl	Poem	Obsidian	The Poetic Bond IV	2014	Patricia has lived in South-western Alberta for 22 years; born in British Columbia.  She is raising three kids with her husband on a cattle ranch - a very cool existence.
	Poem	How To Love A Woman	The Poetic Bond IV	2014
	Poem	The Hammock	The Poetic Bond IV	2014
Tuan Phan	Story	The Viet Kieu Casanova	Our World, Your Place	2018	Tuan Phan was born in Saigon, now called Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam.  He left the country in 1986 wityh his family as part of the exodus of refugees called The Boat People.  In America, he spent his childhood learning English and forgetting his mothe tongue.  Now he is back in his birth country, relearning his first language and teaching English literature to high school scholars.  Tuan has completed a memoir of his experiences and is looking for agent or publisher.  Yopu can read more of his writing on his blog Itsaphanlife.com
John Pietaro	Poem	A Fallout Unspoken	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Writer, poet, spoken word artist and musician from Brooklyn NY, and staff columnist/critic of the  NYC Jazz Record,  Recently commissioned for Shifting the Jazz Narrative: Photo Essays of Women Instrumentalists by the Berklee Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice.  Curates the poetry/music series West Village Word at Cafe Bohemia NYC.  Other recent credits include poetry in  Il Biglietto 2 (translated by Erika Dagnino, Genoa Italy: Sibello, 2018), the proletarian fiction collection Night People and Other Tales of Working New York (2013).  Contributing writer to Z, the Nation, CounterPunch, the Wire (UK), People's World and other progressive and arts periodicals.
	Story	Her Side of the Road	Who Are We?	2020
Lizzie La Pool (Elizabeth Aiyar)	Poem	Have You Forever	The Poetic Bond VII	2017	Lizzie La Pool came into being when Elizabeth Aiyar met Mr Parkinson - this presence, (Parkinson Disease) is an all-consuming and uninvited guest, yet has concentrated my mind.
Paul Portugés	Poem	we are afraid of swallows	Lockdown 2.022	2022	Taught creative writing at UCSB, UC Berkeley, USC, and the University of Provence. Books include Sorrow and Hope, Breaking Bread, The Visionary Poetics of Allen Ginsberg, Saving Grace, Aztec Birth: The Turquoise Mockingbird of Light, The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson, Ginsberg: On Tibetan Buddhism, Mantras, and Drugs, Witness, and Falling Short. Poems scattered in small magazines: Prairie Schooner, Floricanto, The American Journal of Poetry, Hambone, Chelsea, River Sty, etc. Awards from the National Endowment, the Fulbright Commission, et al
	Poem	there’s no-ine heree	Lockdown 2.022	2022
Robert S. Prattico	Poem	Poetry is Dead	The Poetic Bond II	2012	Robert S. Prattico, J.D.: poet/essayist from Western Massachusetts. Publications include:  poems - When Ice Melts It Leaves No Trace But Water; essay - Gay Rights are Universal Human Rights. (2012)
Gillian Prew	Poem	Birds and Bombs	The Poetic Bond	2011	Gillian Prew is the author of two recent chapbooks, DISCONNECTIONS (erbacce-press) and In the Broken Things (Virgogray Press). A previous self-published book, the idea of wings, is also available via Amazon. Her poems have been published widely online and in print.
Peter Pritzel	Poem	N-95	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	Anthony Chesterfield (aka. Peter Prizel) is a social worker who specializes in end-of-life care and hospice. Each of his patients and their families have individually taught him about the unknown as he continues his vocation. Anthony considers fatherhood to be the greatest adventure of his life, and believes there is no one perfect way to be a father. He is currently pursuing an MFA at Manhattanville College, and lives in Bedford Hills, NY, with his wife, three daughters, and three cats.
Nancy Pritchard	Poem	Dreaming in an Alley	The Poetic Bond II	2012	Nancy Pritchard lives, works and writes in St. Louis, Missouri. Her work has appeared in Melic Review, Natural Bridge, REVerb, Fugue, and other journals. She would like to live and write more—work less. She enjoys single malt scotch, the Russian Kettlebell Challenge and travel. That’s why she has to work.
	Poem	Allusions	The Poetic Bond II	2012
	Poem	Moon	The Poetic Bond	2011
	Poem	Trouble on the Line	The Poetic Bond	2011
Glen Proctor	Poem	Curtains	The Poetic Bond VIII	2018	Published poet, sometime musician, lover of animals and believer in Meta. I came to poetry quite late, via the song lyrics I tried to write. I run a poetry blog (irregularly), mixing words, images, old poetry and new: https://poetshrub.wordpress.com
CC Pulliam	Poem	dangerousgame	concataverse	2022	CC Pulliam holds an MFA in Performance. CC taught theatre in higher education and among other things, instructed students in playwriting. CC’s published material includes plays for stage, radio, adaptations for the stage, and marketing campaigns for technical and creative advertising. CC’s poetry and photography have appeared in several university literary Magazines: Everyman (St. Edward's University),  Impressions  (Dickinson State University), Sage (Sul Ross  State University), Loomings (Benedictine College), and in the Mountain Springs House Anthology, Lost Tales from the Mountain.
	Poem	Revenant	concataverse	2022
	Poem	Surprised	concataverse	2022
	Poem	haunted	concataverse	2022
	Poem	fragment	concataverse	2022
	Poem	Landscape	Human to Human	2021
MK Punky	Poem	Pandemic Possibilities	Poems from the Lockdown	2020	MK PUNKY is the author of many books, including the novel Year 14 (Barrelhouse Books), and gambling memoir The Smart Money (Simon & Schuster), as well as his beloved travelogue-with-dog Ella in Europe (Bantam/Dell). MK's memoir of befriending and housing a homeless man, The Unexpected Guest (Diversion), is forthcoming in 2020.

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