Poem by MARC BEAUDIN & Art by CARRIE ALBERT

Marc Beaudin, a former Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation artist-in-residence, is a poet, theatre artist and bookseller in Livingston, Montana. Books include Life List: Poems and the hitchhiking memoir, Vagabond Song: Neo-Haibun from the Peregrine Journals. More at CrowVoice.com.

Carrie Albert: is an artist and writer. Drawings, collage, comics, photographs, sculpture, and visual art/poem pairings have been published and featured in numerous journals, most recently Ink Sweat & Tears, pacificREVIEW: The Mirror Maze, The Indianapolis Review: Visual Poetry Issue, and upcoming cover art for Up the Staircase Quarterly. Her artworks have been exhibited and won awards nationally. She lives in Seattle, where she is a featured artist at Four Corners Art.

art, literature, poetryPhoebe BoscheFebruary 24, 2022The Raven Chroniclesraven chronicles, marc beaudin, Carrie AlbertComment

Poem by PRISCILLA LONG & Art by JASMINE IONA BROWN

Priscilla Long is a Seattle-based writer of poetry, essays, creative nonfictions, fictions, science, and history. She has an MFA degree from the University of Washington and teaches writing. Her guide to writing is The Writer’s Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life (University of New Mexico Press, second edition, 2018).

Jasmine Iona Brown: “My paintings, photography and illustrations usually focus on the face. I paint portraits, masks and icons or take photographs that highlight individual beings. My work is in the collections of the Wing Luke Museum, the municipal collections of both Seattle and Tacoma, and the Trayvon Martin Foundation.” Visit her Instagram site @jasmineionadesign.

Prose by JANIS BUTLER HOLM & Art by DAVE SIMS

Janis Butler Holm has served as Associate Editor for Wide Angle, the film journal, and currently works as a writer and editor in sunny Los Angeles. Her prose, poems, and performance pieces have appeared in small-press, national, and international magazines. Her plays have been produced in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.

A retired educator, Dave Sims makes art and music in the mountains of central Pennsylvania. His comix and paintings both old-school and digital appear upon the walls, covers and inside pages of over sixty tactile and virtual exhibits and publications. His guitar playing and singing still leave listeners shaking their heads in disbelief, while his totems continue to catch the eyes of many strangers. Experience more at www.tincansims.com

2 Poems from THIS NEUTRAL AIR: 9/11 What needs to be said

Robert Gregory: …something solid and permanent/ just up the street disintegrates in distance and silence,/ and a roaring wind from the unheard blast comes/ running past us with the ragged torn fragments/ of paper and skin…

Anna Bálint: I heard the plane./ First the drone/ and then the roar of it,/ the rest a confusion./ Sudden heat and screams,/ a rush of fire, black smoke,/ fire and smoke/ rushing into my lungs/ as everything/ everything/ gave way…

POEM by Ronda Piszk Broatch & ART by Danielle Hark

Ronda Piszk Broatch is the author of Lake of Fallen Constellations (MoonPath Press). Ronda’s current manuscript was a finalist with the Charles B. Wheeler Prize and Four Way Books Levis Prize. She is the recipient of an Artist Trust GAP Grant. Ronda’s journal publications include Blackbird, 2River, Sycamore Review, Missouri Review, Palette Poetry, and Public Radio KUOW’s All Things Considered.

Danielle Hark is a writer and mixed media artist whose work explores mental health and trauma. Whether it is through words, lens, paint, or found objects, Danielle’s evocative work blurs the lines between dreams and living nightmares. Her work has been described as haunting, terrifying, and transcendent. When she is not creating, Danielle can be found napping in her blanket cave with her black cat and creepy dolls. www.daniellehark.com IG: @daniellehark

art, poetryPhoebe BoscheSeptember 8, 2021The Raven Chroniclesraven chronicles, photorgraphy, ronda broatch, danielle harkComment

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