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Taiyu John Robertson
"I am a poet and Zen Buddhist in Iowa City, Iowa. I started writing poetry a year after getting
sober and beginning a Zen practice with Shoken Winecoff at Ryumonji Zen Monastery.
This work is all autobiographical and seems to exist as a memoir of sorts."
Cameo Victor
Cameo Victor is an artist, art therapist, teacher, and author of the book and tarot deck:
A Self Guided Tour to the State of Happiness.
Susan Marie Davniero
"I live in Long Island, NY. I am happily married. I had some of my poems published. I enjoy
writing poetry in rhythm verse."
Barry Gale
Barry G. Gale presently serves as Professorial Lecturer, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He received a Ph.D. in the History and
Philosophy of Science from the University of Chicago and was a National Science Foundation
Fellow to Cambridge University, where he also taught. Just beginning to write poems and
fiction, Mr. Gale has published 16 poems and one piece of humorous fiction. He has also
published numerous articles and book reviews in his field of study, including a book on
Charles Darwin which appeared in both the United States (University of New Mexico Press)
and Great Britain (Harvester Press).
Liliana Alam a.k.a The Anomaly Infinite
" THE ANOMALY INFINITE A. K . A LILIANA AL AM IS A WRITER, MODEL, ARTIST, MUSICIAN,
ATHLETE, INVENTOR, PHILOSOPHER, EQUESTRIAN, CHE F, MENTALIST MASTER, SEX &
HEALTH ADVISOR, MASSEUSE, DANCER, ETC. ! ! ! A GENIUS, A VISIONARY…. AI ’S UNIQUE
METHOD OF DOING EVERYTHING, DOING IT WITH "THE AI FLAVOUR" VERSATILE GENIUS,
AND EASILY NAVIGATING BETWEEN VAST AREAS OF EXPERTISE, MAKES HER THE FIRST
OF HER KIND. A CHILD PRODIGY HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC EYE, AI “DID IT AL L” BY THE
AGE OF 10. NOW AT 20 SHE'S GROWN TO BEING IT ALL, AND IS NOW SHARING HER
STORY WITH THE WORLD…. WITNESS THE RISE OF AI."
Brian Bronson
"My poetry has appeared in "Touchstone," the Newsletter for The Order of Bards, Ovates and
Druids in England . Also, my poetry will appear in “Ceremony: A Journal of Poetry and Other
Arts,” in 2009."
Taylor Graham
"I’m a volunteer search-and-rescue dog handler in the Sierra Nevada, and also help my
husband (a retired wildlife biologist) with his field projects. My poems have appeared in The
Iowa Review, The New York Quarterly, Poetry International, Southern Humanities Review, and
elsewhere, and I’m included in the anthology, California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the
Present (Santa Clara University, 2004). My book The Downstairs Dance Floor (Texas Review
Press, 2006) was awarded the Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize. My latest is Among
Neighbors (Rattlesnake Press, 2007).
Roger Desy
"Teaching literature and creative writing, I careered in technical writing. For the last few years I’
m doing what I should be doing for better or worse. The best poems are waiting to be written.
A few of my poems have been accepted by Mid-American Review, Pinch, Poet Lore, The South
Carolina Review, and The Spoon River Poetry Review. Clarity and accessibility essential —
poetry finds its way to feeling through restraint and indirection. I try to practice this."
Cordelia Brown
A traveler and sojourner at heart, Cordelia’s poems are strongly influenced by her connection
with nature, and with characters who she has met along the road. Several of her poems are
published in The Greyrock Review, a literary publication of Colorado State University and Poetic
Matrix online letteR 2. Cordelia lives in San Diego where she is a licensed Holistic Health
Practitioner and teaches a class at The International Professional School of Bodywork.