2010 - II

2010

Isles Review

2010  II

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WINDMILL

 

dust spots eyebrows, beard

stone grinds on stone grinds cochlears

one door closed, one open

Niall McGrath

Niall McGrath

Niall McGrath is one of Northern Ireland leading contemporary poets.  His recent publications include the collection Treasures of the Unconscious (2009, Scotus Press, Dublin ) and Who I Am (Lapwing Press, Belfast , 2010). He has read at the Dublin Book Festival 2010. His work has appeared in Quadrant (Australia), Poetry Ireland Review, Aesthetica, The Antigonish Review (Canada), The Dalhousie Review (Canada), Eternity (India), Crannog, The Yellow Nib, Stand, Cyphers, Fortnight, The South Carolina Review, Northwords, The New Statesman, The Shop,  etc. 

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UP TOO LATE

Watch me

fly.

Watch me

shiver.

Watch me

lose love,

now an inch,

then a foot.

Until the door

closes forever.

Henry Sosnowski

Henry Sosnowski

The poet reports:  My poems have appeared in more than 3 dozen publications.  I live in Reno, NV, where I work as an English and Poetry professor. 

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In Broad Daylight

                                   The boy
                              who heard me read
                             at the Fringe Club
                            called after midnight.

                            He asked to live here
                               for two months
                       while he prepares for O-levels.

                           How's that for hutspa,
                           the power of the word,
                            or the wit of police?

                                  Instead,
                            at the campus canteen
                                 he stumbled
                            through a simple text
                           all through our lunch.

                             Most lonely people
                          keep ourselves that way.

                       Louie Crew

Louie Crew, 73, an Alabama native, is an emeritus professor at Rutgers.  He lives in East Orange, NJ, with Ernest Clay, his husband of 35+ years.  
  
As of today,  editors have published  1,969  of Crew's poems and essays. Crew has edited special issues of College English and Margins. He has written four poetry volumes Sunspots (Lotus Press, Detroit, 1976) Midnight Lessons (Samisdat, 1987), Lutibelle's Pew (Dragon Disks, 1990), and Queers! for Christ's Sake! (Dragon Disks, 2003).
  
The University of Michigan collects Crew's papers

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Our Love

By Erin Cook

My heart yearns for your love

My body aches for your touch

There is talk from the skies above

About how I need you so much

I remember that feeling

when we first met

when our hearts were meeting

For the first time

The love that we can't forget

Your smile so sweet

Your warm hands touching mine

The feeling we had was so great

When everything stopped for a moment

Everything stopped in time

The love we had moved mountains

Made grown men weep

You were the one I counted on

Now I just watch you leave

I am lost since you are gone

Erin Cook.  The poet reports:   I am 31 years old. I have been writing poetry since Junior High and I also write children stories as well. I am a member of the Society of Children Writers and Illustrators.

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Erin Cook

2010