august 2007

4 writing mandatory, cuteness optional
by julie chapman

6 under the gingko tree:
a review of penelope j stoke’s Delta Belles
by julie parker

7 stitches*
by maggie wynne

8 rare as a blue moon: sharon’s sanctuary
by britt kaufmann

11 water, earth, and air*
by lori storie-pahlitzsch

11 for the first time in years,
the gardenia has buds on it*
by elizabeth garzarelli

12 the power of story
by linda blume

14 room to wait
by jean sexton

16 writing, wondering, and carrying on
by marijo moore

17 poems left behind*
by leigh murphy

17 progress*
by brenda kay ledford

20 clearly southern:
jessie jones, playwright
by sandi tomlin-sutker

22 medium security*
by susan bell

27 wnc woman short story contest

28 women take the stage
by melissa graham

30 of poetry and pigs:
wnc woman’s poetry contest
by kay stripling byer

30 brief encounter *
by leigh murphy

32 hands*
by maggie wynne

33 mountain mama
a review of Vicki Lane’s new book Old Wounds
by h. byron ballard

35 the king’s (er, the queen’s?) english
by susan castelli

34 canebreak*
by lori storie-pahlitzsch

37 the garden recipe*
by anne maren-hogan

38 when crickets die*
by judith toy

IN EVERY ISSUE:

18 funny, isn’t it?
by jeanne charters

19 working with words
by peggy millin

24 cosmicomedy
by lavinia plonka

36 women and power:
the power of focus
by barbara waterhouse

the first word

the last word

*WINNING POEMS FROM OUR POETRY CONTEST

ON THE COVER and LEFT:
Iris by Paula Rumsch