The Muse: An International Journal of Poetry (Vol. 1, Issue 1, June 2011) (Volume 1)

This is the June 2011 issue of The Muse - An International Journal of Poetry (readership in 112 countries) - a bi-annual journal of poetry from India. The vision of the journal is to make it a storehouse of best contemporary poetry and representative poetry criticism. It is purely academic in nature and not for profit. Its range and scope is international. The Muse aims at welcoming and incorporating poetry and criticism of poetry from all continents. INDEX Page no. Editorial note Poetry A. D. Winans Illegal 1 Sign of the Times 2 Alan Lindsay Striation: Lines in the Sand Cliff 3 Your Name 4 Benjamin Myers Poem Beginning with a Line 5 Carrie Allison Drive to Catechism 6-7 Dalel Sarnou A Lullaby of Hatred 8 A scar of you 9 Hal O’Leary Free Verse 10-11 Judith Prest Telegrams From God 12 Why Poets Are Late for Work 13-14 Linda Appleby In the Beginning 1 5 Snowball Fight 16 Mike J Gallegher Bookends 17 Interlude 18 Raj Vatsya Slow Consumption 19 Exile of Autumn Leaf 20 Sam Eisenstein Coma 21-23 Valentina Cano Cold War 24-25 Ádám Bogár FOUR HAIKU 26 Anca Vlasopolos Those Never Written 2 7 - 2 8 Boghos L.Artinian The Unknown Snipers 2 9 The Cardiologist 30 Chris Tanasescu A Man Consists of Sun 3 1 Devreaux Baker Re-inventing Language 3 2 - 3 3 Hugh Fox MOZART 34 YOU’D THINK 35 NOT A THOUGHT 3 6 Kathleen Spector Will You Go 37 Michael D. Sollars Relative Constellations 3 8 - 4 5 Paul Lobo Portuges Stones from Heaven 46 Richard Oko Ajah Black Eagles of Dark Forest 47 Victor W. Pearn L iving Inside Confucius Wall 48 Natural shape 49 Adrienne Wolfert Street Lamp 5 0 Point of View 5 1 April Avalon From The Heart 5 2 Madness So Sweet 53 In Lines 5 4 Life 55 Carl Scharwarth Death of The Past 56 Christina Murphy Down to the rivers of gold 5 7 Gale Acuff Fountain City, Tennessee, 1964 58 Jennifer C. Wolfe F l ower Child 5 9 Kenneth Pobo P OMPEII 60 DINDI’S ALLERGIC ATTACK 61 Michael Lee Johnson Hookers on Archer Avenue 62 Philip A. Ellis Our Children 6 3 - 6 4 Married Life 65-66 Rebeca Sara Four Haiku 67 Thomas Zimmerman A Glimpse of the Tragic Vision 68 William John Watkins MORTAL/MARTIAL/MAR ITAL WOUNDS 69-70 Research Papers and Essays Joseph Powell PET TREES & DANCING BAY PONIES 71-95 Felix Nicolau How Dangerous is Digital Literature? 96-101 Byron Beynon ''The Welsh-poppy flame of the sun'' A Tribute to Raymond Garlick (1926 – 2011) 102-104 Book Reviews Book review of Al Beck’s Curiosity’s Cushion by Pradeep Chaswal 105-109 Book review of Millie Niss’ City Bird by Joel Weishaus 110-113 E-Interviews An E-Interview with Hugh Fox by Pradeep Chaswal 114-118 An E-Interview with Al Beck by Pradeep Chaswal 119-124 Contributors’ List 125-137