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Bill BatcherA native of Long Island, New York, I consider myself a poet under construction. While always interested in writing, I began to devote more time to it after my retirement, having taught school for over 35 years. Ever the teacher, I now lead a writers critique group in Riverhead, New York. Two of my poems were published in Decision magazine, and several others won awards from Bylines and Writer's Digest. In 2003, my poem "Upside Down" won the Higher Goals in Christian Journalism award from the Evangelical Press Association. My first book of poems came out last year (Footsteps to the Resurrection, Winepress). I am also a poet in residence on the Argo, and several of my poems are on their website.Mary CresswellMary Cresswell is a science editor from Los Angeles and has lived in New Zealand for many years. She has published in a variety of print and online journals in the US, NZ, Australia and Canada.Kathy EganBorn on June 1, 1953. Live in Aspinwall, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Work as a clerk-typist for the PA Dept. of Health. Enjoy writing poetry and am attempting to branch out into short story-writing. Have two children, Edwin (22) and Alisa (21) Sheldon.Susan J. EricksonSusan J. Erickson lives in the City of Subdued Excitement, Bellingham, Washington. Her first chapbook The Art of Departure was published in 2003 by Egress Studio Press. Her work has appeared in Clackamas Literary Review, Switched-on Gutenberg, PoetryMagazine.com,Raven Chronicles, The Lyric and various anthologies. She is the co-organizer of the Poet as Art reading series which features outstanding poets from the Pacific Northwest.Mike FarmanAn electronics engineer working under contract to NASA, Mike's primary poetic obsession is translating Chinese classical poetry. His translations have appeared frequently in literary and translation magazines. His Chapbook "Clouds and Rain, Lyrics of Love and Desire from China's Golden Ages" was published in 2003. It can be ordered from the Piper's Ash website.Robert GodwinBorn in Minnesota in 1933; did a stint in Korea (1953-55); a graduate of UCLA (1963); the State of Washington has survived my years as a civil servant since taking me on in 1982. About my poetry: I consider myself a Formalist, in the sense that almost all of my poems use rhyme, rhythm, or meter—from blank verse to the villanelle. Nell GreyNell Grey has published poems, short stories, articles and reviews, both online and in magazines (mostly small but perfectly formed), as well as three novels; Solitary Pleasures, The Golden Web and Three Magic Women. She has a passion for the natural world, archaic mystery, myth and legend and those places where fact and fiction cross and mingle. Most of her stories and poems ferment and distill while walking with her dog on the South Downs. She is a resident site expert on WriteWords, the writers' website. Karma de GruyKarma de Gruy is working towards a Master's in English Literature at the University of South Alabama, where she also teaches composition. Her verse, short fiction, and critical essays have appeared in WordWrights and in local literary magazines. This is the first ghazal she's ever had the nerve to show anyone.C W HawesA human services worker by occupation, C W Hawes lives on a small farm in the Midwestern United States. His interests are many and varied and he hasn't exhausted them yet. For him, poetry is a Way, a spiritual path. His work has appeared in Carnelian, Tryst, SubtleTea, Makata, Lynx, and Poetic Voices among others. He also edited a Japanese-form issue of The MAG (Summer 2004) and was a winner in the 2004 Tanka Splendor Contest.Robert KennedyRobert Kennedy was born in Yonkers, NY in 1950, and studied Economics at Manhattan College and Law at New York Law School. He is married and has five grown children. Bob is a member of the Croton, NY Poet's Group, the Valley Artists and the Garrison Art Center, and regularly recites and shows his artwork in the Northern Westchester, NY area. In addition to his poetry on The Ghazal page, a collection of his sewer cover photos may be found online. He is employed at the monastery of the Friars of the Atonement at Graymoor, Garrison, NY. Joan LoggheJoan Logghe is a writing teacher, poet, and arts activist in rural New Mexico. Her projects include Write Action, a 13 year deep free writing workshop for people living with crisis, illness and loss, Tres Chicas Books, a collaborative Press she runs with poets Rene Gregorio and Miriam Sagan, and a local free arts workshop in her community called Artist of the Month. Her books are available at Amazon or signed from the author.
You may contact Joan via her hotmail account: David LundeDavid Lunde, whose formative years were spent in Saudi Arabia, is a poet and translator whose work has appeared in such journals as Poetry, The Iowa Review, TriQuarterly, Kansas Quarterly, Chelsea, Confrontation, Hawai'i Review, Chicago Review, Seneca Review, Cottonwood, The Literary Review, Renditions, Poetry Northwest, and Northwest Review. Most recent books: Blues for Port City, Heart Transplants & Other Misappropriations, Nightfishing in Great Sky River, and The Carving of Insects, a translation of Bian Zhilin's collected poems co-translated with Mary M.Y. Fung.Mary Ellen MillerAfter working 34 years for a global corporation in various locations around the country, I retired in 1998. My husband and I then moved from Royal Oak, Michigan to Oriental, NC. Finding I needed a challenge to enhance my retirement, I returned to college to fulfill a long-held dream of earning a degree in English. In May 2006, I completed my first two years at our local community college and will be entering East Carolina University as a junior in the fall. I credit my English instructor at the community college for introducing me to number of poetic forms including the Ghazal and encouraging me to practice creative writing. Back to the topRick MillerI was born in Virginia, raised overseas (Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Niger). My father worked for USAID, so I attended International Schools which brought me into contact with various forms of poetic expression, sensitizing me to the nuances of cultural forms that have made my life richer and given me an appreciation for true diversity. I became interested in ghazals while living in Pakistan, hearing them recited on the radio at night. I love the cadence and resonance of a spoken ghazal, especially in Urdu. I have a master's in ESL from East Carolina University and teach English as a first, second, and foreign language. Joel NeubauerFrom my original home in Maryland, I have lived in the dual reality of post-modernism and the MTV generation, eagerly seeking community and yearning for a strong individual voice. Drawing on my history and my contacts with faith, education, multiculturalism and a persistent encouragement to foster a free spirit, I look for poetry to unite the chaos of experiencial life and the ordered form of transcendental faith.Leonard NgLeonard Ng teaches English and English Literature in Singapore. More information may be found on his website, Rainy blue dawn.RainforestRainforest (Geraldine Toh) is a scientist with a recurring poetry habit. Other poems have appeared in Lynx and The Ghazal Page; an additional selection may be found here.Roger RobisonRoger Robison is a retired high school biology teacher who used a lot of writing-to-learn strategies in his classroom. Short, structured poetic forms like cinquain, diamante, tanka, sijo, and double-dactyl crept into his life as a result. Since retirement, he has been dabbling in the Latin language and Roman culture. Currently he is active in an on-line community of ancient history enthusiasts called AncientWorlds, where he is known as Senex Caecilius. Hence comes the nickname "Senex" in the ghazals. He invites you to visit the poetry page in his scriptorium. Erin ThomasErin Thomas was born in Riverside, California, in April 1971, but was raised in various locations along the California coastline. For the past year and a half he has lived in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Jenna. His interest in poetry began when he was twelve years old upon discovering The Best Loved Poems of the American People, so his first contact is with primarily formal poetry. Thomas' main influence has been Robert Service, whom he read vigorously from age twelve through his twenties. As might be expected from this, his secondary influences are classical English and American poets such as Tennyson, Thomas Campbell, and Julia Dorr. He has committed a decent repertoire of poetry to memory over the years, and has come to sing many of them—such as Dorr's "The Legend of the Organ Builder" and Tennyson's "The Daydream"—as "cantillations". Since he started writing poetry seriously around 1997, he has been accepted for publication in printed and electronic periodicals such as Blackmail Press, Blue Unicorn, Candelabrum, Illuminations, The Lyric, The Penwood Review, Art Arena, Disquieting Muses Quarterly, Tales of the Talisman and Zephyr. |
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