Peace, baby
by
Meg Baird
Something in the way she
said
Matches and goes together
The way she said she saw
what
Matches and goes together
Quite differently than most
people
That made the word “Pyromaniac”
Flash through my mind
Like a neon sign
Cocksucker! I said to myself
Go light your fire somewhere
else
And I proceeded to write
a poem
And stick it on my wall
Peace, baby
Is all you’re going
to get
From me
Meg Baird
can be found in the ezine archives of Yellow Mama, Twisted Sister, Anemone Sidecar,
Open Heart Forgery, Apollo’s Lyre, and Prachya
Review, as well as the paper publications Fluidity, CV2: Poetry Only,
Expressions, and Fourth Floor Images.
She enjoys performing in cafes, libraries,
bars and special events. Poetry, her own and that of others, has saved her life
on more than one occasion. Say no more!
KJ Hannah Greenberg is eclectic. She’s played
oboe, participated in martial arts, learned basket weaving, and studied Middle Eastern
dancing. What’s more, she’s a certified herbalist, and an AP College Board-authorized
teacher of calculus.
Her creative efforts have
been nominated once for The Best of the Net in poetry, once for The Best of the Net
in art, three times for the Pushcart Prize in Literature for poetry, once for the Pushcart
Prize in Literature for fiction, once for the Million Writers Award for fiction, and once
for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. To boot, Hannah’s
had more than forty-five books published and has served as an editor for several literary
journals. Channie’s latest book is Eternal not Ephemeral, Eternal not Ephemeral: Greenberg,
KJ Hannah: 9798852494016: Amazon.com: Books, a collection of fifty tales, including "Absinthe
for Aliens," "Isabelle," "Transitory Unease," and "Special Teeth," which were originally published in Yellow Mama or Black Petals.
