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Natalia

Magdalena PodobińskaJune 12, 2019

Natalia written by: Magdalena Podobińska One summer morning Still yawning She jumped out of bed Just like a Morning bird and she ran to the m...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

If You Had No Body

Janina OsewskaMarch 10, 2019

if you had no body written by: Janina Osewska translated by: Karol Chojnowski and Desmond Graham if you had no body and I was a soul the painte...

EnglishInternationalPoetryPolish0 min read

A Meadow Split So Well

Michael SheaOctober 25, 2016

A meadow split so well written by: Michael Shea @calmsbehaviour A meadow split. Small brown bird flits spasmodically through the grass, hidden like h...

English1 min read

Moon Meadow, Martha’s Vineyard

Anda PetersonJuly 9, 2016

Moon Meadow, Martha's Vineyard written by: Anda Peterson @anandaand Winter light pale over the meadow and soft like a promise whispered to the still ...

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“Hemmingplay,” is the pen name of Doug Stanfield, who grew up on a family farm in western Ohio, went with his parents for two years in Karachi, Pakistan, in high school and had lived, until recently, in Bellefonte, PA with his late wife, Wilda and their two sons, Ben and John. Doug was a writer, editor and director of internet communications at Penn State for 26 years. He has had a few disreputable occupations, including newspaper reporter and editor, and public relations flak, but is trying to make amends for his sins by writing poetry and fiction. When his sons were safely off making their own mistakes, he turned on the computer one day, stared at the screen, and began to learn the craft anew at age 67. Doug has published three books: "Mermaid Sisters: First Dive", a children's book; "I Came From A Place of Fireflies" and, "Snowflakes & Ashes: Meditations on the Temporary”.