Issue #7

Welcome, autumn and poetry appreciators! We have seven stand-out poems that are just begging for your ears. Although we are only featuring four poets this issue, all of our contributors burn brilliant. As a special treat, given the month this issue is being published, we end on what can be likened to a Halloween trio (costume, terror, and moral tale). Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who submitted; we’re thrilled to be able to share your work with the world. But you’re not here to read, so go ahead and get listening!

Issue #7 – Playlist

A message from the editor
00:00 – 00:46

Liz Ahl
00:49 – 03:07 “Etymology, Again”
03:12 – 04:32 “Places I’ve Abandoned My Body”
04:37 – 06:29 “Tumbleweed”

Hiram Larew
06:35 – 08:15 “Achill Sound”*
08:20 – 10:45 “Smart Dumb”**

Ink
10:50 – 12:30 “Hydrophobic”***

Zoe Davis
12:34 – 14:08 “Ha’penny Street”

Issue #7 – Individual Contributors

Poem: Etymology, Again
Poet: Liz Ahl (Web, Bluesky, X/Twitter)
Bio: Liz Ahl is the author of A Case for Solace (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2022) and Beating the Bounds (Hobblebush Books, 2017), as well as several chapbooks, including A Thirst That’s Partly Mine, winner of the 2008 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Prize. You can find her in the meatspace known as New Hampshire, or more digitally/distantly at https://lizahl.com or on Bluesky where she is trying but not yet succeeding to fully break free from what she still calls Twitter.

Poem: Places I’ve Abandoned My Body
Poet: Liz Ahl (Web, Bluesky, X/Twitter)
Bio: Liz Ahl is the author of A Case for Solace (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2022) and Beating the Bounds (Hobblebush Books, 2017), as well as several chapbooks, including A Thirst That’s Partly Mine, winner of the 2008 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Prize. You can find her in the meatspace known as New Hampshire, or more digitally/distantly at https://lizahl.com or on Bluesky where she is trying but not yet succeeding to fully break free from what she still calls Twitter.

Poem: Tumbleweed
Poet: Liz Ahl (Web, Bluesky, X/Twitter)
Bio: Liz Ahl is the author of A Case for Solace (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2022) and Beating the Bounds (Hobblebush Books, 2017), as well as several chapbooks, including A Thirst That’s Partly Mine, winner of the 2008 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Prize. You can find her in the meatspace known as New Hampshire, or more digitally/distantly at https://lizahl.com or on Bluesky where she is trying but not yet succeeding to fully break free from what she still calls Twitter.

Poem: Achill Sound*
Poet: Hiram Larew (Web, Twitter, Facebook)
Bio: Founder of Poetry X Hunger: Bringing a World of Poets to the Anti-Hunger Cause, Larew has had poems appear recently in Poetry South, Contemporary American Voices, Poetry Scotland‘s Gallus and The Iowa Review.  His most recent collection, Patchy Ways, was released in 2023 from CyberWit Press. 

*Previously published in Words for the Wild.

Poem: Smart Dumb**
Poet: Hiram Larew (Web, Twitter, Facebook)
Bio: Founder of Poetry X Hunger: Bringing a World of Poets to the Anti-Hunger Cause, Larew has had poems appear recently in Poetry South, Contemporary American Voices, Poetry Scotland‘s Gallus and The Iowa Review.  His most recent collection, Patchy Ways, was released in 2023 from CyberWit Press. 

**Previously published in vox poetica.

Poem: Hydrophobic***
Poet: Ink (Web, X/Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky) with backing vocals (“drips”) by Zoë Kleinz
Bio: Balancing a taste for all things caffeinated with a thorough knowledge of how to waste time, Ink (he/him) stains the pages of online and print periodicals periodically and often performs at open mics of ill repute. He is the EIC of Stanza Cannon, an online journal for oral poetry, and has one chapbook (61 Central) out via Finishing Line Press and another (The Vessel of the Now) available from Back Room Poetry. Ink’s full-length poetry collections include Death Loves a Drinking Game (Piscataway House Press) and Miserable with Fire.

*** Previous published in Soup Can Magazine

Poem: Ha’penny Street
Poet: Zoe Davis (X/Twitter)
Bio: Zoe Davis is an emerging writer and artist from Sheffield, England. A Quality Engineer in advanced manufacturing by day, she spends her evenings and weekends writing poetry and prose, and especially enjoys exploring the interaction between the fantastical and the mundane, with a deeply personal edge to her work. You can find her words in publications such as: Acropolis Journal, Livina Press, MONO. Full House Literary, and Idle Ink. You can also follow her on X/Twitter where she’s always happy to have a virtual coffee and a chat.