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MacQueen’s Quinterly: Knock-your-socks-off Art and Literature
Contents: Issue 10: October 2021 |
Featured Poet |
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Fiction
Flash (501–1,000 words) Micro (up to 500 words) |
Faction Announcements Bio Notes Nonfiction Visual Arts | Poetic & Hybrid Forms Ekphrastic Works Haibun Haiga Poems: Micro Poetry: Lineated Prose Poems |
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Content Warning: MacQueen’s Quinterly (aka MacQ) contains an eclectic range of literary and artistic works, many of which are suitable only for mature adults. However, an “[R]” after titles below simply indicates reprinted works (or, more accurately, republished works, since MacQ publishes online and not in print). Unless otherwise noted, all works published in this journal are copyrighted by their respective authors and artists, and may NOT be reproduced without written permission from individual copyright holders. Thank you for respecting copyrights. Works by an individual may appear under multiple genres below. For a complete list of works by each person, see Index of Contributors. |
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Announcements |
| Clare MacQueen | Editor’s Choice Award |
| ◊ | Statistics |
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Ekphrastic Works |
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| Mikki Aronoff | Cinder [micro-fiction], after lithograph by Odilon Redon |
| Ruth Bavetta | Madonna With the Long Neck [poem, lineated], after painting by Parmigianino |
| Hedy Habra | Or Call Me a Hoarder If You Will But Try to Understand [poem, lineated: pantoum], after painting by Remedios Varo |
| Michele Morris | Serenity Now [prose poem], after painting by Benjamin Chee Chee |
| Robbi Nester | After The Large Blue Horses, Franz Marc (1911) [poem, lineated] |
| Gary S. Rosin | [origami cranes] [micro-poem: haiku], after sculptures by Naoki Onogawa |
| ◊ | Suspension [poem, lineated], after photograph by Ralph Mercer |
| Gary S. Rosin | See also Poems: Micro below. |
| Note: If you’re interested in submitting ekphrastic works to us, wonderful! We hope you’ll take a few minutes to read our tips in KYSO Flash, Ephective Ekphrastics: A Guide for Verbalizing Art, which include additional examples of what we’re looking to publish here in MacQueen’s Quinterly as well. | |
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Featured Poet |
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Note from MacQ publisher, Clare MacQueen:
In October 2019, in my intro to Earth Hymn (the sixth and final KYSO Flash Anthology), I included a Special Mention. Here’s an excerpt: “An enthusiastic round of applause for author and editor Bob Lucky, the only person with works in all 12 issues of our journal online—as well as in each of our six annual print anthologies AND in our special-edition Anthology of Haibun and Tanka Forms 2015....” Fast-forward two years, and I’m delighted to say that Bob’s signature wit also appears in each and every issue of MacQ (ten of them!). Incredible, yes? Not to mention, downright marvelous. And for this issue, Bob responded even more generously than usual to my invitation to send works for consideration. I was grateful and thrilled to receive a veritable cornucopia of Lucky poems, and simply could not resist choosing half a dozen of them! And I hope y’all enjoy these as I do: |
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| Bob Lucky | 4th Grade Poetry Lesson: Haiku [poem, lineated] |
| ◊ | A Beautiful Cacophony but a Din Nonetheless [haibun] |
| ◊ | Conspiracy [prose poem] |
| ◊ | Oneiric Event #3 [haibun] |
| ◊ | the marble statue with his marble eyes [poem, lineated] |
| ◊ | The Party [haibun] |
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Fiction: Flash and Micro* |
| Mikki Aronoff | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Roberta Beary | 20th Anniversary Debris [micro] |
| Guy Biederman | Café Therapy [R] [micro] |
| John Brantingham | Wait, Just Wait [micro] |
| Jeff Burd | What to Expect [flash] |
| Frances Gapper | Torn Ribbon Moon [micro] |
| Kathryn Silver-Hajo | A Changed Man [micro] |
| ◊ | Owl Eyes [micro: six-sentence story] |
| Kathleen Thomas | Autumn Arpeggios [flash] |
| Stan Lee Werlin | Pitcher [R] [flash] |
| Francine Witte | Perfect [micro] |
| *Note: At MacQ, Flash Fiction = 501-1,000 words, and Micro-Fiction, no more than 500 words. These word counts do include titles! | |
| Note: An “[R]” above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Haibun [prose + haiku] |
| Peter Jastermsky | Legacies |
| Kat Lehmann | Melting Clock |
| ◊ | Sensory Revelation Tank |
| Bob Lucky | See Featured Artist above for three of Lucky’s haibun. |
| Patience Mackarness | Seaglass |
| Mark Meyer | Seattle noir [R] |
| Alice Wanderer | Fossil Beach |
| ◊ | Sacred Space |
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Haiga [poetry + visual art] |
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| Rose Menyon Heflin | Survival |
| Mark Meyer | conflagration [R] |
| ◊ | floaters [R] |
| Katherine Durham Oldmixon and Gary S. Rosin |
Hey! |
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Nonfiction |
| Nicole Walker | Microbiotics [R] [essay + commentary: climate crisis] |
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Poems: Micro* |
| Cynthia Anderson | False Spring [split sequence] |
| ◊ | Self-Paced [split sequence] |
| ◊ | Simpatico [split sequence] |
| Hemapriya Chellappan | Almost Human [split sequence] |
| Tom Clausen and Christine L. Villa | Ancient Call [split sequence] |
| Peter Jastermsky and Lorraine A Padden | Opportunity [split sequence] |
| Kat Lehmann and Bryan Rickert | Lehmann’s Auto Enterprises [split sequence] |
| Bryan Rickert and Hemapriya Chellappan | One Last Look [rengay] |
| Gary S. Rosin | Three Micro-Poems: |
| ◊ | “whispers in the air” [haiku, ekphrastic], after a video of the sound of monarch butterflies in flight |
| ◊ | “a tropical wave” [tanka] |
| ◊ | “trapped in the night” [senryu] |
| Gary S. Rosin | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Dave Russo | Land of Little Sticks [haiku sequence] |
| Dave Russo | See also Poetry: Lineated below for an unusual solo haikai sequence. |
| *Note: Beginning with Issue 7 of MacQ, micro-poems are no longer than 51 words each as counted by Mac Pages (which is the approximate equivalent of 280 characters, i.e., the Twitter limit), with each word containing an average of 5.5 characters. The limit of 51 words includes punctuation, spaces between words, and the title if the micro-poem has one. Haiku, senryu, and tanka, for example, do not have titles. | |
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Poetry: Lineated |
| Madeline Artenberg | Crak, Bam |
| ◊ | Rhinestones and Memories |
| Ruth Bavetta | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Rose Mary Boehm | Silences |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | Baby Blues Birds |
| Kika Dorsey | Listen and Silent |
| ◊ | The Crack We Can’t Step On |
| Scott Ferry | decision |
| ◊ | i show my son the moon early yesterday morning |
| Linda Nemec Foster | California Dream |
| Linda Nemec Foster | See also Prose Poems below. |
| Karen Greenbaum-Maya | Evergreens |
| Hedy Habra | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Dianna Henning | In the Aftermath of Afterwards [R] |
| Paul Ilechko | Bridges |
| Ellaraine Lockie | Small Town New York City |
| Bob Lucky | See Featured Poet above. |
| Betsy Mars | Cornered |
| Joan Mazza | False Positive |
| George McDermott | Flyover |
| Bill Mohr | The Timing Chains |
| Lisa Marguerite Mora | Heart Map |
| Eric Nelson | Disappearing |
| ◊ | Play Ball or Sing |
| ◊ | Umbrella |
| Patricia Nelson | Cyclops |
| ◊ | Arthur [R] |
| ◊ | Morgan Remembers [R] |
| Robbi Nester | Where Is Home? |
| Robbi Nester | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Gary S. Rosin | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Robert Eugene Rubino | Nor Was He The Marlboro Man |
| Dave Russo | Music Festival, Natural Chimneys Park [haikai sequence] |
| ◊ | Song for My Father: 1 |
| Dave Russo | See also Poems: Micro above. |
| Virginia A. Smith | Treatment Aria |
| Judith Terzi | Fire Season 2020 |
| Jonathan Yungkans | Two Duplex Poems: |
| ◊ | “Like Some Pocket History of the World, So General” |
| ◊ | “The Old Man Looks Strangely at the Sea” |
| Jonathan Yungkans | Variation on the 91st Psalm |
| ◊ | Where Everything Gets Unraveled Just Right [duplex] |
| Note: An “[R]” above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Prose Poems |
| Guy Biederman | Egret’s Flight |
| Roger Colombik | A Prayer for Sakartvelo [R] |
| Linda Nemec Foster | Adrift |
| ◊ | The Muslim Wife at the Best Western, Zurich |
| Hedy Habra | Open-Air Roller Skating in Heliopolis |
| Emilee Kinney | The muck ditch |
| Dotty LeMieux | I Remember: The Bin Laden Girls, September, 2001 |
| Bob Lucky | See Featured Poet above. |
| Elaine Mintzer | It Could Be Raining |
| Michele Morris | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
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Visual Arts |
| Please do not copy images and/or image URLs from this website without written permission from the copyright holders. Unless otherwise noted, all works in MacQueen’s Quinterly are copyrighted by their respective artists and authors. Thank you for respecting copyrights. | |
| Bob Black | Four Untitled Photographs [R] |
| Michael A. Cummings | Three Art Quilts: |
| ◊ | James Baldwin: Born Into a Lie #3 [R] |
| ◊ | Frida Kahlo [R] |
| ◊ | Freedom [R] |
| Linda Fry | Night and Day [R] [painting] |
| Rose Menyon Heflin | See Haiga above. |
| Franz Marc | See entry for Robbi Nester under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Ralph Mercer | See entry for Gary S. Rosin under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Mark Meyer | See Haiga above. |
| Katherine Durham Oldmixon and Gary S. Rosin |
See Haiga above. |
| Naoki Onogawa | See entry for Gary S. Rosin under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Parmigianino | See entry for Ruth Bavetta under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Odilon Redon | See entry for Mikki Aronoff under Ekphrastic Works above. |
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