Editors' Notes

Maria Damon and Michelle Greenblatt
Jim Leftwich and Michelle Greenblatt
Sheila E. Murphy and Michelle Greenblatt

A Visual Conversation on Michelle Greenblatt's ASHES AND SEEDS with Stephen Harrison, Monika Mori | MOO, Jonathan Penton and Michelle Greenblatt

Letters for Michelle: with work by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Jeffrey Side, Larry Goodell, mark hartenbach, Charles J. Butler, Alexandria Bryan and Brian Kovich

Visual Poetry by Reed Altemus
Poetry by Glen Armstrong
Poetry by Lana Bella
A Eulogic Poem by John M. Bennett
Elegic Poetry by John M. Bennett
Poetry by Wendy Taylor Carlisle
A Eulogy by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Joel Chace
A Spoken Word Poem and Visual Art by K.R. Copeland
A Eulogy by Alan Fyfe
Poetry by Win Harms
Poetry by Carolyn Hembree
Poetry by Cindy Hochman
A Eulogy by Steffen Horstmann
A Eulogic Poem by Dylan Krieger
An Elegic Poem by Dylan Krieger
Visual Art by Donna Kuhn
Poetry by Louise Landes Levi
Poetry by Jim Lineberger
Poetry by Dennis Mahagin
Poetry by Peter Marra
A Eulogy by Frankie Metro
A Song by Alexis Moon and Jonathan Penton
Poetry by Jay Passer
A Eulogy by Jonathan Penton
Visual Poetry by Anne Elezabeth Pluto and Bryson Dean-Gauthier
Visual Art by Marthe Reed
A Eulogy by Gabriel Ricard
Poetry by Alison Ross
A Short Movie by Bernd Sauermann
Poetry by Christopher Shipman
A Spoken Word Poem by Larissa Shmailo
A Eulogic Poem by Jay Sizemore
Elegic Poetry by Jay Sizemore
Poetry by Felino A. Soriano
Visual Art by Jamie Stoneman
Poetry by Ray Succre
Poetry by Yuriy Tarnawsky
A Song by Marc Vincenz


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Feathers in da Sky
by Joe Balaz

She happened to be wun fan
of da Baltimore Orioles

and like every adah haole
                 on wun mission

she came seeking da island element.


"I want to know their stories,
                           their voices,
their unique way of saying things."

She announced dis

as she settled in
and began to spin her web.


Research & Development
foa da academic position
                 at da university—

— objective: infiltrate
              wit wun smile

and learn how to temporarily
           co-exist wit da natives

as you attempt to become
wun integral part
of da creative community.




Start da "innovative" journal

and mix everyting
into wun happy cornucopia

of varied potpourri.


Yeah, right,

da window dressing and tinsel
                   looks very homely

but da visitor
is only visiting—


I looked out
at da Waianae mountain range

and saw wun flock of local hawks
                                in attack mode

diving and spiraling in da air
shredding bone and sinew in dere wake—

—in da ensuing frenzy

wun cloud of black and orange
                                       feathers

wuz swooped up into da sky
as if it wuz riding wun tornado.






Yes, fan of da Baltimore Orioles
         da talons are always dere—

It's wun lesson well learned
                by da new hawks

     dat have to constantly fly

undah da imposing wing span
             of da great bald eagle.


Joe Balaz is a well known writer of Hawaiian Islands Pidgin (Hawai'i Creole English). He also writes in American-English and creates visual concrete poetry and composes music-poetry. Some of his Pidgin works such as "Junior Like Be Wun Rastah," "Pidlit 101," "Da History of Pigeon," and "Da Mainland to Me," are viewed and studied as classics in the genre. Balaz also recorded Electric Laulau (1998), an innovative and groundbreaking cd of his Pidgin literature set to music. In 2005 Balaz moved to northeast Ohio and presently lives in the Greater Cleveland area.



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