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The Last Hermit in New England
The Last Hermit in New England by Eric D. Lehman, Autumn 2014
It’s Complicated: Living the Simple Life in Rural New England
It’s Complicated: Living the Simple Life in Rural New England by Gail Collins-Ranadive
The Lake by Shannon Viola
Featured in Vol. 3 Issue 3, Autumn 2014 Header Image by © Leslie M. Browning I. Videnda My cousins, Corey, Lindsey, Hailey, and I call our grandmother Nanny, and our Nanny lives in a log cabin in Litchfield, Maine. Across from her street, there is a lake. We spend our...
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The Circle
Below you can explore our circle of wayfarers. Poets, activities, philosophers, teachers, artists, we're well-traveled along the inner-landscapes of the mind/soul and the outer landscapes of the wild earth. L.M. Browning Founder & Editor-In-Chief...
Nature, Spirituality and Paradox in New England Transcendentalism
Contemplative Column by Staff Writer Theodore Richards, Autumn 2014 Issue
The Pilgrimage Home: Finding the Sacred Ordinary
Letter from the Editor by L.M. Browning, Autumn 2014 Issue
Emerson: Champion of Creativity
Creativity Column by Staff Writer J.K. McDowell, Autumn 2014 Issue
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Apple Harvest by Kathleen M. Quinlan
Appeared in Volume 3 Issue 3 Kathleen M. Quinlan has two poems featured in the edition. Nine pairs of eyes—yours the wariest— narrow at our arrival, track us as we tumble out of the car into our grandfather’s arms. We cower, out-numbered against the locals,...
Only To Be Erased by Amy Nawrocki
Appeared in Volume 3 Issue 3 Amy Nawrocki has two poems featured in this issue. Photo Left: © Russ Russimages Flickr Because I am not thinking of the next moment, this one drapes itself, long and evident and words come to my mind only to be erased by others,...
The Old Lesson Again (and Again) by Reggie Marra
Appeared in Volume 3 Issue 3 Reggie Marra has two poems featured in this issue. Header Image: © Jar (Away) | Flickr And then one day if you're lucky or unlucky, or you recognize a moment of grace (or grace recognizes you) you wake up to find what you thought...
The Housatonic at West Cornwall by David K. Leff
Appeared in Volume 3 Issue 3 David K. Leff has one poems featured in the edition. Photo © Doug Kerr There’s no tonic like the Housatonic. —Oliver Wendell Holmes Shadowed by green humped hills, anglers cast into riffles and pocket-water where trout linger among...
Creativity
The Creativity Column By Staff Writer J. K. McDowell, Summer 2014 Issue
Cosmos, Mythos and Spirit
The Contemplative Column by Staff Writer Theodore Richards, Summer 2014 Issue
Compass by C.M. Rivers
Appeared in Vol 2 Issue 3 (Summer 2014) C.M. Rivers is the feature poet of this issue. Three poems total are featured in the edition. Header Image: © John Fowler Compass by C.M. Rivers How do we become so fenced in, afraid, mean-spirited? Why not instead leave...
Sacrifices by Nicolo Santilli
Appeared in Vol 2 Issue 3 (Summer 2014) * Two poems by Nicolo Santilli appear in this issue. Header: © LadyDragonfly Sacrifices by Nicolo Santilli a saint sees the sacrifices that lie under every paving stone and in every mouthful of food how a world of...
Stardust and Peace by Monika John
Appeared in Vol 2 Issue 3 (Summer 2014) *Two other poems by Monkia John also appear in the issue. Header Photo: © Prayer Wheel Michael Bay Stardust and Peace by Monika John My mind is joined to victim and violator, to conquerors’ greed and insights of Sufi...
The Altar Of Birds by Heloise Jones
Appeared in Vol 3 Issue 2 (Summer 2014) Header Image © Jamie K. Reaser The Altar Of Birds by Heloise Jones I. I looked to the dawn sky over the bay, saw the coral sheets I knew colored the sand, the water, the homefronts. When I finally stood at the pink...
The Men Died First
Appeared in Vol 2 Issue 3 (Summer 2014) Header: © Kate Mereand-Sinha by Sharlene Cochrane In my family, the men died first; the women carried on. Women in three consecutive generations faced the death of their husbands from early, unexpected illness. Necessity shaped...
Being the Lone Bannerman: Advice for New Writers on Getting Published
Edited by L.M. Browning Appeared in Vol 2 Issue 3 Each week Homebound Publications receives numerous phone calls and emails from unpublished writers who are looking for guidance as they desperately try to break into the industry. Each person usually asks...
Loneliest Beach In The Megalopolis
Walking And Dreaming On A City’s Wild Shore by David K. Leff Appeared in The Wayfarer Vol 2 Issue 1 Header photo by Jacquie Roecker It’s a breezy, cloud studded summer day on Connecticut’s longest undeveloped and unprotected barrier beach less than an hour’s drive...
An Interview with Michael Longley by Emmett Gilles
An Interview with Michael Longley by Emmett Gilles, Featured in Vol 2 Issue 1