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Lisa H. Owens

Lisa H. Owens, a former monthly humorist columnist, resides in North Texas with two rescue dogs and a long-suffering air plant named Airy Potter, who resides in a vintage tea pot. She began writing at the age of 56, her first published story being a real-life horror about the time she was nearly abducted by Ted Bundy in Pensacola, Florida. Lisa’s stories and poems have been published in e-zines and anthologies, of various genres, and narrated on several popular podcasts. Her work is typically inspired by true events, often including private jokes and family nicknames.

Worn Slap Out

Ms. Egret lay her scrawny neck upon my braless chest
Tears sting like chigger bites for her lonesome sorrow
White fluff, her hatchling falls over yonder from her nest
I’ll fetch her from between the cattails sun-up tomorrow

Ma is looking for my fresh-skinned catch, a small catfish
Hushpuppies nip and growl when they hit the sizzling lard
I’d be blowing away mosquitos, I reckon, if I had one wish
Or maybe living in high cotton where life won’t be so hard...

Features

Finding Light in a Black Hole

Dunker Church

Empty Lines

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Dominic Rivron

Interview Q&A With Lisa H. Owens

Spotlight On Writers – Nelly Shulman

Square City Surrounded by Hope

Finding Light in a Black Hole

Word Games

Summer Days on Brooklyn Streets

Brooklyn Streets

Dunker Church

Empty Lines

What Remains

To Dodge a Bullet

A Moment in Time

Finding Light in a Black Hole

My Beloved Word

Long Dancing

Living Mess

BAMBOO

Square City Surrounded by Hope