Robert D Lopez Profesor emeritus, California State University Sacramento I have dedicated 45 years to my beloved field of education. I have served as faculty, counseling psychologist, teacher, coach, athletic director, mentor and friend. I enjoy travel, sports, music, arts, literature and writing poetry and songs. My poetry books “Eggs Benedict,”and “Seasons of Thoughts” and […]
Poetry Niche – April 2024 Read More »
Catalina Gutierrez is a Mexican born artist who grew up in nature, which gave her a lot of sources of inspiration along her life. Living here and overseas has enriched even more of her creativity over the years.She finds her inspiration in existence and the essence of what she sees is imprinted in the words
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Go for Broke Susa Silvermarie Time is on our hands. Motionless it hangs like a joke next to the boat we thought was moving. Our lives stand still for the big Exam. Go for broke, reel in real meanings. There’s a good reason time is in our hands. ****** On Becoming a Memory Allison Quattrocchi
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Brian grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico and has lived in San Francisco, the Bitterroots of Montana and the last three years in Mexico. “I grew up in the days of albums, reading the lyrics on the inner sleeves and album jackets. I thought to myself, “That’s what I want to do! It got
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Bill Frayer is a retired college English professor who lived and wrote at Lakeside for ten years and now lives in Maine. He has had his poems published in The California Quarterly, The Poeming Pigeon, The Main Street Rag, Heydey Magazine, Poetry South, El Ojo del Lago, The Lake Chapala Review, and Magnapoets. He has published
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My name is Christina Small shortened to Chris Small after I moved to Ajijic, Mexico with my husband Jim Small ten years ago. Our marriage lasted thirty wonderful years—twenty in Marin and Sonoma counties, California. We met at a writer’s workshop in Mill Valley. When Jim died four years ago, I experienced an awakening.
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Writing poetry for over half a century delving into themes such as relationships, spirituality, creativity, and his passion for life, John has self-published a collection of 15 volumes including two enchanting children’s books composed in verse, namely A Sneaky Twitch of an Itch and The Journey Home, as well as a compilation of essays and
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I was only sixteen when my father left us behind in Sedona, Arizona. He divorced my mother and moved to New Mexico saying he was fed up with her telling everyone she saw UFOs. She even claimed that one of her friends had been abducted and impregnated by aliens, who were keeping the fetus. I
Kenneth Salzmann—or just Ken, moved to Ajijic in 2014, from New York’s Capital Region and Hudson Valley, following careers in nonprofit administration and journalism. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies throughout North America, and in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Another Gray Afternoon in Guernica Not even the startling red of anguishpooling in
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Don Beaudreau has lived at Lakeside with his husband Juan Rivera for 10 years. They share their home with 7 dogs, 2 cats, and a white lab mouse. He is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister, and a retired English and music teacher. A professional jazz and ragtime pianist, Don has raised money for numerous social
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