Thank you to Editor Glory Sasikala for publishing my poem "Where Chief Once Stood" in the November issue of GloMag.


https://view.joomag.com/glomag-glomagnovember2018/0767864001543066795?short

Where Chief Once Stood

He is Sioux.

He came from an old place

where they taught him

to honor the land.

After his last breath,

he was a ghost and lingered,

having no place to go,

his old burial grounds torn.

And he stayed still

so the winds would come for him. 

Let it blow.

Wait for early sun.

The elders had been delaying 

until it would be light

enough to see his face.

Now he's been found, 

and the ghost tribe will move on 

from where Chief once stood.

Thank you so much to Editor Ashley Newton for publishing "Summer Vacation Memories '66" in the Seasons Issue of The Free Lit Magazine.


https://www.freelitmagazine.com/magazine

Summer Vacation Memories ‘66

Bicycle card spokes fluttering with ticking thumps,

sunny afternoons under sheets as tents,

the click of go-go boots dancing on pavement

the sound of pop music adding depth and cheer

bleeping from transistor radios

the lilting ice cream truck,

the snap of freshly laundered damp sheets on clotheslines

in the summer breeze

the rumbly engine of the bookmobile

saving us from ennui,

telling tales in books we read,

transporting us to new world 

when we get bored

with the same old street

the doppler of cars passing by 

as we whiz around on roller skates

porch lights now shining, 

telling us the day is done

and the tired trudge home must begin.

Thank you to Joanne Olivieri for publishing my poem in Stanzaic Stylings.

http://stanzaicstylings.blogspot.com

How Goes the World

Remember when actors

moved from the stage to the silver screen?

So now goes the way of wood and ink,

and in its place,

a new marquee of letters.

The world is changing.

Review of "Pairings" e-book published by Soma Publishing

by Robert Feldman

Author of "Hineni"

A hearty and well deserved bouquet of applause for Linda Imbler’s second book, Pairings. This assemblage of short stories and essays, each “paired” with a relevant and reflective poem, translates into a rewarding stroll through Ms. Imbler’s garden of creative literary visions.  Pairings guides the reader through a plethora of commentaries and discourse, ranging from science fiction and futuristic pieces to holy men and phantoms, complete with allegories, fables, and musical themes.

Most notably, the pairing of “Many Alone”/“The Lonely”, a tale of a collection of village people who eventually become “subjugated to their will”, strikes a profound and prophetically foreboding note. In “Tattoo”/”Flags”, the author ponders the seeming paradox of “those who live and strive for peace and freedom” with their imminent devolvement into an image of unwavering “flagpoles now still” as “the future world follows”. 

Another “pairing” of note, “The Old Shepard”/”Grab the Sun”, guides the reader through a man’s journey in his search for truth and his eventual realization that this rigorous path requires “more effort to follow it”, thus illuminating the hidden gift of man’s “strength untapped”. “Digging The Day”/Weather The Night”, my personal favorite, is dedicated to both the great American poet Allen Ginsberg and The Ten Commandments. “Digging” is a poignant sketch of a somewhat solitary “Beat” artist whose “words” are his bonds which he chooses to “unleash at times”, while “Weather” aptly and insightfully concludes: “dreams are the barometer of the weather in my head”.

Last, an accomplished guitarist in her own right, Ms. Imbler offers her audience a delicious homage to music in “My Song for Small Things”/”Heart Strings”. Here, we are treated to her simple yet profound notion of how sweeter life’s significant moments can be when reflected through music: life as an “eternal symphony playing in ether”.

Linda Imbler’s Pairings would make anyone who delights in a few hours of provocative thought and literary appreciation quite pleased and rewarded to have accompanied her along this richly multifarious journey.