Photography © Glenn Bowie

 

Facade

Stream’s on fire
there is a glow
in the ripple

two people caught
in the tongs of love

That fair and even
façade— in time
nails down communication

Heavy
trudging to the end
they remain strangers—

 

Susan Isla Tepper’s latest novel Hair of a Fallen Angel was published by Spuyten Duyvil, NYC. A twenty-year writer, she is the author of twelve published books of fiction and poetry and seven stage plays. Tepper has been nominated twenty one 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 produced 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.