Brad Henderson’s poem, “The Snare Drum is My Genesis, Part 1,” shows the interweaving of life and music for a drummer.
In Caroline Taylor’s story, “One of Ours,” an opera singer on her last vocal tour of London has an experience she never could have predicted.
Joanna M. Weston’s poem, “The Musician,” translates the experience of hearing music into a vivid metaphor.
In Katharine VanDewark’s poem, “Get Your Hands,” an piano concert turns surreal with something the pianist says.
A preview article by Linda Oatman High, “Decades of Rock and Roll on the High Seas,” provides details about an upcoming blues cruise.
About Alyce Wilson
Alyce Wilson is the editor of Wild Violet and in her copious spare time writes humor, non-fiction, fiction and poetry and infrequently keeps an online journal. Her first chapbook, Picturebook of the Martyrs; her e-book/pamphlet, Stay Out of the Bin! An Editor's Tips on Getting Published in Lit Mags ; her book of essays and columns, The Art of Life; her humorous nonfiction ebook, Dedicated Idiocy: How Monty Python Fandom Changed My Life, and her newest poetry collection, Owning the Ghosts, can all be ordered from her Web site, AlyceWilson.com. In late 2019, she published a volume of poetry by her third great-grandfather, Reading's Physician Poet: Poems by Dr. James Meredith Mathews, which also contains genealogical information about the Mathews family. She lives with her husband and son in the Philadelphia area and takes far too many photos of her handsome, creative son, nicknamed Kung Fu Panda.
