Words Have Wings: A Carpe Stylum! Anthology of Poetry & Art

By CarpeStylum Members

This anthology of poetry, short prose, and art is a collective effort of the members of Carpe Stylum! You will be astounded at the truths revealed. The members of this group have loved, lost, suffered, and survived. Their work is a reflection of life, and these words of wisdom will no doubt inspire others.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bronze Goose Books
• Release date: Sep 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9798986698618

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Starry night with barn owl on moss covered branch. Gold letters “Words Have Wings: A Carpe Stylus! Anthology of Poetry & Art.

WORDS HAVE WINGS

A CARPE STYLUM! ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY & ART

ANTHROPOR NORMA ARCHIBALD GEORGE BAKOLA DAVID CARRUDE LUWANDA M. CHENEY DANOLD MARTHA ELLEN LAURA FOLEY ENION GARRETT PAUL GARRETT EDNA M. KINGSLEY GRAEME MCALLISTER DR. BRENITA MITCHELL DENISE MONAGHAN ED ORZECHOWSKI YANDISWA PEARL JULIA POLLARD JANICE THOMPSON MARCIA BYARS WILLETT

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CONTENTS

Compiled and Edited by

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Flower Face

About The Cover

Foreword

CONTRIBUTORS

Poetry & Art

Anthropor

Secret Moment

Art: Secret Moment

Art: Naked Moment

Naked Moment

Art: Mariya

A Smile From a Wounded Heart

A Letter to the Soul

The Soul of the Corpse

Quote

Norma Archibald

Invisible

Panic

Never Goodbye

Shining Night

Love Speaks

George Bakola

Thoughts That Come From The Bottom

Mind

Dreams

War

Attempt

Cougar

Another World

David Carrude

Hey Dude

You Are

Ghost Memories

Tapping at My Door

Make Believe

Our House

King of Siam

Every Mirror

In my Garden

I Had Troubles

Quote

LuWanda M. Cheney

Stoner

The Shadow

Advice from an Old Woman

Devils Dancing in my Head

Leave Me Be

Surrender

Don’t Go

Danold

Art: Aurora Aestus

Art: Dream Skipper

Art: Wisdom’s Good Fortune

Art: Water Dancer

Art: Universum

Martha Ellen

Blood of the Lamb

My Dream

Kurt

Cognitive Dissonance

I Found My Way

Friends

Top Shelf

Quote

Laura Foley

Hush

Pulling Free

A Promised Silence

Please Don’t Forget Me

Who and When?

Enion Garrett

Not My Story

Beings

Morning Bird’s Song

Bedroom Mirror

Dance

Art: Dancing Man

Art: My Love

My Love

Strange Christmas

Quote

Paul Garrett

Gravity

Valentine

Edna M. Kingsley

That Girl

Nova- 1st Birthday

Graeme McAllister

Art: Flowing in the Thaw

Flowing in the Thaw

Art: That Multiplying Puzzle

That Multiplying Puzzle

Art: Listen Young Man

Art: Quiet Abandon

The Flower Weaver

Art: Medusa Grass

The Wader

Quote

Dr. Brenita Mitchell

Art: Embodiment

I Am An African Woman

Denise Monaghan

Art: Days of the Dead

B 2

Art: Golden Toad

Golden Toad

Art: Flame Deer

Art: Window Strike Victim

Art: Fire Birds

Ed Orzechowski

Estate Sale

Pandemic Ponderings

Quote

Yandiswa Pearl

Betrayal

Binds

Touch of Dawn

Hopeless Romantic

Julia Pollard

My Angel My Protector My Light

My Name Is Zeke

Of Life, Hope, and Redemption

A Little Child

Odeta- Blue Sea

KookoosKoos (Great Horned One)

Janice Thompson

New Beginnings

Such In The Nature Of Love

Shanty Town

Quote

Marcia Byars Willett

The Arc

Covenant Autumn

I Do Not Love the Sun

Quote

A Big Storm A Poem for Emilia and Juliet

A Song of Welcome

In the Dark

Quote

Afterword

Words Have Wings: A Carpe Stylus! Anthology of Poetry & Art

Compiled By:

LuWanda M. Cheney

EDITED BY:

LuWanda M. Cheney

Paul Garrett

Terri Mertz

Title: Words Have Wings, A Carpe Stylum! Anthology of Poetry & Art

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All names, texts, collections, and images are property of their respective owners. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Cover Art by Denise Monaghan Cover & Interior by Danold Ampagoomian

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DEDICATION

This anthology is dedicated to the notebook fillers, the stop and go scribblers, the late-night lamplight wordsmiths. Here’s to the daydreamers who should be working, the dishwashers who should be writing, the lost-in-thought meeting attendees, those with shower stall flashes of brilliance, the jump out of bed at two a.m.-ers. Hail to the constant email checkers, the rejection slip collectors, the eavesdroppers, the periodic poets, the early risers, and the late bloomers. We celebrate those with walls of post-its and file cabinets and hard drives full of works in progress, those who can’t quite get started or can’t quite get finished, those who write drunk and edit sober. We honor those whose teardrops pepper the keyboard and those with champaign glasses raised in celebration, the ones who keep it to themselves, and the ones who put it out there. Here’s to you, the writers, who regularly heed that age old admonition: Put your ass in a chair.

—Paul Garrett

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This anthology of poetry, short prose, and art is a collective effort of the members of Carpe Stylum! a critique writing group. Their cooperation in completing Words Have Wings helped in ways they may not even realize. It has been a privilege to work with these dedicated members. As I spent many hours collecting, compiling, editing, and pouring over the work submitted, I was astounded at the truths revealed. The members of this group have loved, lost, suffered, and survived. Their work a reflection of life. Their dedication and determination to write well, their encouragement of one another, and their sharing words of wisdom will no doubt