As 2015 begins, everything seems possible. What choices will you make in the coming year? This week’s contributors depict some big decisions.
In a narrative poem by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, “The Introvert Who (Almost) Ran for Town Council,” a concerned citizen thinks about the best ways to help her community.
A humorous poem by Carol Hamilton, “Choices,” summarizes the differences between politicians and poets.
In the short story by Robert Watts Lamon, “The Ark of Memory,” a 1960s playboy must decide between his love and the family fortune.
The short story by Ann Tinkham, “Cookies of Fortune,” follows a man’s efforts to use humor to reach the hopeless.
The poem by James B. Nicola, “Spots,” examines both the dark side and the brighter side of fate.
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.
