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MacQueen’s Quinterly: Knock-your-socks-off Art and Literature
| Date Published: | 29 Jan. 2023 |
Contents: Issue 17
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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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Feature: Self-Care for Creators, Part 2 |
| Kendall Johnson | A Conversation with Tony Barnstone: Writing Difficult Material (Part I) [interview] |
| ◊ | Writing to Heal, Part 2: Diving Deep [essay] |
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Ekphrastic Works |
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| Roy J. Beckemeyer | The Fifth Way [prose poem], plus Author’s Commentary |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | A Well-Lighted Place [prose poem], after a photograph by Jason Baldinger |
| ◊ | Old Style [prose poem], after a photograph by Jason Baldinger |
| Joanne Durham | The Only Familiar Thing [poem, lineated] |
| ◊ | Worker Painting the Spire of the Eiffel Tower [poem, lineated] |
| Scott Ferry | a pear and a flashlight [R] [poem, lineated], after a painting by Leilani Ferry |
| Hazel Hall | The Kongouro from New Holland [poem: sonnet], after a painting by George Stubbs |
| Jennifer B. Kahnweiler | Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time [poem, lineated] |
| Joan Leotta | A Scene of Chaos [prose poem], after a painting by Rubens |
| Lisa Molina | Cages [prose poem] |
| Lorraine A Padden | The Impressionist Wing [micro-poem sequence], after paintings by Degas, Manet, Monet, and Renoir |
| Ann Quinn | Orchard in Blossom (Apricot Trees) [prose poem], after the painting by Vincent van Gogh |
| Gary S. Rosin | Four Micro-Poems [haiku] |
| Susan Tekulve | Painting Light [poem, lineated], after a painting by Peter Graham |
| Judith Terzi | Fountain [poem, lineated] |
| Note: An “[R]” after a title above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
| Note: If you’re interested in submitting ekphrastic works to MacQueen’s Quinterly, wonderful! We hope you’ll take a few minutes to read Ephective Ekphrastics: A Guide for Verbalizing Art, tips by Jack Cooper and Clare MacQueen in KYSO Flash which include additional examples of what Clare’s looking to publish here in MacQ as well. See also the excellent recommendations from Robert L. Dean, Jr. in his essay on craft: Finding the Door: One Writer’s Approach to Ekphrasis (MacQ-13, May 2022). | |
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Essays, Etcetera |
| Kendall Johnson | See his works under Feature: Self-Care for Creators, Part 2 above. |
| Janet MacMillan Rives | Living in Our Kitchen [flash memoir] |
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Fiction: Flash & Micro* (+ Haibun Stories) |
| Roberta Beary | In Praise of the Youngest [micro] |
| ◊ | The Body in the Bed [micro] |
| ◊ | The Super Power of Lipstick [haibun story] |
| Guy Biederman | Fred [micro] |
| ◊ | Misplaced [micro] |
| Gloria Frym | Could Have Been [micro] |
| Peter Geier | A Man, a Car, a Woman [flash] |
| Mary Grimm | Don’t Look [micro] |
| Ken Hogarty | Your Name Linked to a Horrific Disease? [flash] |
| Bob Lucky | Waiting for Godot to leave [haibun story] |
| Todd Mercer | The Tenth Visit Is Free [micro] |
| ◊ | The Flip Stops Here [micro] |
| C.C. Russell | First Position [micro] |
| Jane Salmons | Takotsubo Syndrome [flash] |
| Daryl Scroggins | How’s Anybody Going to Know [micro] |
| ◊ | Mon Santa [micro] |
| ◊ | Page Torn from a Graphic Novel [micro] |
| Daryl Scroggins | See also Poetry: Lineated below. |
| Charmaine Smith | River Music [haibun story] |
| Stuart Watson | The Big One [flash] |
| *Note: At MacQ, Flash Fiction = 501-1,000 words, and Microfiction, no more than 500 words. These word counts do include titles! | |
| Note: An “[R]” after a title above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Haibun [prose + haiku] |
| Roberta Beary | See Beary’s haibun story under Fiction above. |
| Andrea Eldridge | Slush [anomalous haibun] |
| Hazel Hall | Returned Soldier [anomalous haibun] |
| Bob Lucky | Verisimilitude |
| Bob Lucky | See also his haibun story under Fiction above. |
| Subir Ningthouja | Bond |
| Sally Quon | Do You See What I See? |
| Kala Ramesh | The Waves |
| ◊ | Thirst |
| Kala Ramesh | See also Haiga & Hybrids and Poems: Micro below. |
| Charmaine Smith | See her haibun story under Fiction above. |
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Haiga & Hybrids [poetry + visual art] |
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| Kala Ramesh | Untitled [another dam] |
| Jan S. Rosin & Gary S. Rosin |
Untitled [Wind Turbines] [shahai, aka photo-poem] |
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Poems: Micro |
| Cynthia Anderson | Three Micro-Poems [haiku] |
| Lorraine A Padden | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Sally Quon | Honey Bee |
| Kala Ramesh | Pressed Palms [micro-tanka prose with monostitch] |
| Gary S. Rosin | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| *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 |
| Rebekah E. Bartlett | English Still Life, French Nature Morte |
| ◊ | Planet 9 from Outer Space |
| ◊ | The World Is Too Much With Us |
| Ruth Bavetta | Elegy for Aunt Katie |
| Ace Boggess | Fire Fox |
| Sarah Carleton | Lonesome |
| ◊ | Soft Landing |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Joanne Durham | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Scott Ferry | i realize that for the 20 years [R] |
| ◊ | when looking through a window at a landscape |
| Scott Ferry | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Hedy Habra | On Chinese Ink Brush Painting [micro-poem sequence] |
| Hazel Hall | See Ekphrastic Works and Haibun above. |
| Tanya Ko Hong | Comfort Woman [R] [sequence of six poems] |
| Lori Howe | An Incomplete List of All Exotic States of Matter [cadralor] |
| ◊ | Opals and Other Edible Jewels [cadralor] |
| Jennifer Kahnweiler | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Terry Jude Miller | run |
| Diane Lee Moomey | Coloratura |
| ◊ | Wildlife Refuge |
| Patricia Nelson | Why the Seer Speaks of War and Monsters |
| Robbi Nester | California |
| Ann Quinn | Steinway |
| Elizabeth Rivers | Laundry |
| ◊ | Route 73 with Pigeons |
| Janet MacMillan Rives | How to Arrange a Child’s Hands |
| Janet MacMillan Rives | See also Essays, Etcetera above. |
| Mary Rohrer-Dann | In Praise of Dreams |
| Robert Eugene Rubino | Being Sandy Irvine |
| ◊ | Dead Pelicans |
| Daryl Scroggins | Bird Impressions |
| Charles D. Tarlton | Echoes in the Stones |
| ◊ | Reading Li Po |
| Charles D. Tarlton | See also Prose Poems below. |
| Susan Tekulve | Geodes |
| ◊ | Table |
| Susan Tekulve | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Judith Terzi | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Ruth Weinstein | The Poet in the Trees [for Robbi Nester] |
| Jonathan Yungkans | Like the Cubist Diary of a Brook, plus Poet’s Commentary |
| Jonathan Yungkans | See also Prose Poems below. |
| Note: An “[R]” after a title above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Prose Poems |
| Roy J. Beckemeyer | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Kika Dorsey | Their Wings on Fire |
| Joan Leotta | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Lisa Molina | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| LeeAnn Pickrell | Purple |
| Ann Quinn | Roseate Spoonbill |
| Ann Quinn | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Charles D. Tarlton | A Kind of Crusoe |
| Jonathan Yungkans | Answering Neruda [A Quartet of Prose Poems: 5, 25, 28, and 32] |
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Visual Arts |
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| Part I. | |
| Leilani Ferry | Pear [R] [painting] |
| Sally Quon | Sally, the Red-Tailed Hawk [R] [photograph] |
| Part II. | |
| Jason Baldinger | See entries for Robert L. Dean, Jr. under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Edgar Degas | See Lorraine A Padden under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Peter Graham | See Susan Tekulve under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Edouard Manet | See Lorraine A Padden under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Claude Monet | See Lorraine A Padden under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Kala Ramesh | See Haiga & Hybrids above. |
| Pierre-Auguste Renoir | See Lorraine A Padden under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Gary S. Rosin & Jan S. Rosin |
See Haiga & Hybrids above. |
| George Stubbs | See Hazel Hall under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Vincent van Gogh | See Ann Quinn under Ekphrastic Works above. |
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