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by Craig Kirchner
Potent layers of shared soul,
a confidence that it is you
calling,
and the phone rings.
The dog beckons me to run
with her to the window,
before you turn at the corner.
You pass. We mourn. Bury.
The eulogies are priceless.
The despondence is an abyss.
An aching secret self,
a gnarled root in primal
need,
slowly seeks sustenance,
grasps the thickest layer,
emerges as silk cocoon,
begs to be discovered.
Craig Kirchner thinks of poetry as hobo art, loves storytelling
and the aesthetics of the paper and pen. He has had two poems nominated for the Pushcart,
and has a book of poetry, Roomful of Navels. After a writing hiatus he
was recently published in Decadent Review, Wild
Violet, Last Leaves, Literary Heist, Ariel Chart, Cape Magazine, Flora
Fiction, Young Ravens, Chiron Review, Yellow Mama, Valiant Scribe and several
dozen other journals.
Cindy Rosmus originally hails
from the Ironbound section of
Newark, NJ, once voted the “unfriendliest city on the planet.” She talks like
Anybodys from West Side Story and everybody from Saturday Night
Fever. Her
noir/horror/bizarro stories have been published in the coolest places, such
as Shotgun Honey; Megazine; Dark Dossier; The
Rye Whiskey Review, Under the Bleachers, and Rock and a
Hard Place. She is the editor/art director of Yellow Mama.
She’s published seven collections of short stories. Cindy is a
Gemini, a Christian, and an animal rights advocate. She has recently
branched out into photo illustration.
Ann Marie Rhiel was the Assistant
Art Director for Yellow Mama Webzine. She was born and
raised in Bronx, New York, and lived in New Jersey. She reconnected with her passion for
art in 2016 and had her work exhibited in art galleries around northern New Jersey ever
since. She was a commissioned painting artist, who also enjoyed photography. Her work also
appeared in Black Petals and Megazine Official. Sadly, Ann Marie passed away in January, 2023...
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