Photography © Glenn Bowie
Winter
Everything is bitten off
chewed down to the swallows
those we loved
still love
occasionally their warmth
hovering
and we turn to look
look again
but it’s just the window
giving back what it gets
Susan Isla Tepper has a new novel just released from Spuyten Duyvil Books, NYC, titled Hair of a Fallen Angel. A twenty-year writer, she is the author of twelve published books of fiction and poetry and 5 stage plays. Tepper has been nominated 21 times for the Pushcart Prize in both fiction and poetry. Her play Crooked Heart concerning artist Jackson Pollock premiered on October 25, 2022 at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC. Adapted from an earlier novel, it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. A YouTube music video for her new novel was made by Tim Young and Paula Parente.
Glenn Bowie is a published poet, lyricist, musician and photographer from the Boston area. He also owns and operates an elevator company that supplies custom-built elevators for clients from New England to Hollywood. The author of two poetry and photograph collections (Under the Weight of Whispers and Into the Thorns and Honey) from Big Table Publishing, he donates all profits from his books to various charities for the homeless and local animal shelters.