Summer-Fall 2018 Dragon Poet Review
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Dragon Poet Review Summer / Fall 2018 Copyright © 2018 by Jessica Isaacs and Rayshell Clapper All Rights Reserved. All parts of this journal are the sole property of the respective writers and artists and may not be reproduced in any fashion without written permission from both the author / artist and publishers of this journal. Several of the works have been published in other books, journals and anthologies and appear in this issue by permission of the author / artist. Please write to Jessica Isaacs at [email protected] or 3930 NBU, Prague, OK 74864 with questions. Cover Art: “Autumn,” Photography, Copyright © 2018 by Jianqing Zheng CONTENTS AMERICAN #3, Gary Reddin ............................................................................................................ 1 AMERICAN #4................................................................................................................................... 2 THE CHURCH OF SEPTEMBER ................................................................................................. 3 HEMATOLOGY, Sandy Coomer ........................................................................................................ 4 ANOSMIA, Charles Wyatt ................................................................................................................... 5 REQUISCAT........................................................................................................................................ 6 CIRCUS TRAIN, Robert Ferrier .......................................................................................................... 7 INTO THE FAR DISTANCE.......................................................................................................... 9 READY FOR FLIGHT ................................................................................................................... 10 SCARRED .......................................................................................................................................... 11 LILIES BLOOMING AT THE CHIANG KAI SHEK MEMORIAL PALACE, TAIPEI, Yolanda Barton ...................................................................................................................................... 12 AMONG THE TREES, Cullen Whisenhunt .................................................................................... 13 BIRD WATCHING .......................................................................................................................... 14 SPARROW ON A CONCRETE WALL AT THE SUN YAT SEN MEMORIAL HALL, TAIPEI, Yolanda Barton ..................................................................................................................... 15 RACOON EYES, Cullen Whisenhunt ............................................................................................... 16 CONTEMPLATION IN WOOD, Robert Ferrier .......................................................................... 18 THE OLD CHAMP, Drew Mortier .................................................................................................. 19 THE REFERENDUM OF SURVIVORS, Mark Kessinger .......................................................... 20 CONE OF CERTAINTY ................................................................................................................ 21 MARRIAGE, Jianqing Zheng .............................................................................................................. 22 THE WANDERING MIND AT NIGHT IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA ......................... 23 AUTUMN ........................................................................................................................................... 25 SPIDERLILY ..................................................................................................................................... 26 THE COLOR OF DECEMBER .................................................................................................... 27 THE CHEAPER THE CROOK, THE GAUDIER THE PATTER, Charles Wyatt ............. 28 POEMS STILLBORN, Yvonne Carpenter ........................................................................................ 29 BEES, Olivia Harlan ........................................................................................................................... 30 DEAR GRAMS .................................................................................................................................. 31 OUR OWN WORLD (AFTER ANDREW WYETH’S CHRISTINA’S WORLD) .............. 32 OLD SOUL, Jacqueline Jules ............................................................................................................... 34 CONJUGATING SPANISH .......................................................................................................... 35 SONATA, Nickolas Urpí .................................................................................................................... 36 THE PIANO I HAVEN’T MET YET, Margaret Montet ............................................................. 38 HEAD OF HAIR, Tara Smith .......................................................................................................... 40 SIREN’S SCORN .............................................................................................................................. 41 #METOO, Lauren Hatch Pokhrel ...................................................................................................... 42 ONESIES AND NONESIES, George Timothy Mason .................................................................. 44 SETTLE FOR A PRETZEL? ......................................................................................................... 45 RIVERSIDE RUMPUS .................................................................................................................... 46 IRMA, Nicole Spicer ............................................................................................................................. 48 PERSONAL, Elle Brandt ................................................................................................................... 49 THE BOOTLEGGER’S STORIES, Sharon Edge Martin............................................................. 50 ADALIRIEN AGES: THE EPIC OF GATOR HUDSON, Khoi Nguyen ............................... 52 CENTRAL PARK TEMPEST (OR, MIRANDA'S EMPOWERMENT), David Alper ........ 54 PASTURES WAITING FOR FOLK FESTIVALS, Carol Hamilton ......................................... 55 THE ELEPHANTS OF CHIANG MAI ...................................................................................... 56 VINES AND VEINS, Sage Alastor Node ........................................................................................ 57 GUST FRONT, James Cooper ............................................................................................................ 58 SOUL TRAVELING ........................................................................................................................ 59 OCTOBER IN OKLAHOMA ....................................................................................................... 60 DELIVERED, Frank Possemato ........................................................................................................ 61 BLUE DEMOCRACY, Christopher Brooks ...................................................................................... 62 EN PAZ Y LIBERTAD OBREMOS ............................................................................................ 63 THE FIGHTING SEASON ........................................................................................................... 64 TRY THIS ON, Jessica Mehta ............................................................................................................ 66 SAVANNAH, Brendan Bense ............................................................................................................. 67 I TOO KNOW .................................................................................................................................. 68 WHAT THE HOUSE SINGS ........................................................................................................ 69 THE SHORT REIGN OF IOANNES PAULUS UNO, DA Borer ......................................... 70 SNAKE TALE ................................................................................................................................... 72 ECHO – ECHO, JH Martin ............................................................................................................. 73 MIND YOUR SELF ......................................................................................................................... 73 SOUL PROPRIETORSHIP, Kris Tammer ..................................................................................... 76 IT RAINS IN MY SUN ROOM, Charissa Menefee ........................................................................ 77 ROSE’S MISSING DIARIES ......................................................................................................... 78 MONSOON EVENING, Madhu Kailas ........................................................................................ 79 TONIGHT WAS THE MOST MOON, Quinn Carver Johnson ................................................... 80 CHARLIE, Kara Goughnour ............................................................................................................... 80 VIVIAN, Linda McMullen .................................................................................................................