www.johntext.de/guestauthors This new platform on Johntext starts with authors from Mongolia, India, Africa … Sendoo Hadaa is a multi-award winning poet and professor from Mongolia … Gaurav Sharma from India is popular for his books Rapescars and Love @ Air Force … Mr. Ben is the penname of Ihekuna Chimezie Benedict from Lagos, Nigeria. He … Read more
I try to emulate my cats: when I’m nice to them they show me affection; if I weren’t they would show me claws; I’m always nice to them, and they always show me affection. Simplicity is the way to peace. kjg 630am 18 mar 2015
My poem Prayer translated into Arabic. What a wonderful surprise! Thank you so much, Khaloud Al-Muttalibi. Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@rogers.com.
Photo by Alistar Harris This morning I opened a Google alert to find that this gorgeous farming blog (The Farming Life) had shared my poem “I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast” as part of an inspiring photo essay about their farm. They also quoted an answer I gave Okla Elliott for the magazine “As It … Read more
the cat’s in the bushes the dog’s in a howl the fox glides through the shadows all on a prowl it’s safe to say nothing escapes a routine in the drama that follows no one is mean the quest for survival is a deep rooted fear that humans exploited through a terrible tear no creature … Read more
in the springtime of the season when the scent of lilac reasons with the rising sun of amber and passion raises clamour love grows in the meadows and lovers hide in shadows where sunlight does not gather and lovers know no failure the spring is like a sailor somewhat drunk to know her yet strong … Read more
away in a manger in an alley below a girl’s giving birth in the ice and the snow her hair is disheveled she has no warm clothes needle marks bleeding as the morning star rose merry christmas merry christmas life is so good the scent of warm garbage is inviting as food she screams and … Read more
The following article was posted on SHE WRITES “Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” —A. A. Milne I wrote my novel by the seat of my pants. I created characters I was in love with, and I let them tell … Read more
Melissa Studdard is celebrating poetry at the Houston Poetry Festival. She will be reading at 7:30 p.m. at the Willow Street Pump Station. Here’s the schedule for all the readers: http://houstonpoetryfest.info/page12.html Melissa Studdard is on Facebook and Twitter. She writes on Johntext. Visit her personal homepage www.melissastuddard.com and find out about … Read more
Saint Julian Press presents an Evening of Poetry and Music Melissa Studdard is on Facebook and Twitter. She writes on Johntext. Visit her personal homepage www.melissastuddard.com and find out about events and her books and contact her on http://www.melissastuddard.com/#!connect More information is available on Wikipedia.
Once was enough Considering I never did it again If only I could remember What it was I did To not do again! KJG 8 Dec 2012
www.canada.johntext.de The August 2014 issue of Ygdrasil, featuring Goonarr Stuurelaar, a poem by Jack R. Wesdorp is now available at http://users.synapse.net/kgerken Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@synapse.net and read latest poems in Ygdrasil – a Journal of the poetic Arts.
Who all are working on their short story for this wonderful Anthology Book? Submission starting from 1st March… — with Faraaz Kazi and Amol Karambe. http://mumbai.johntext.de/anthology-about-love/ Faraaz Kazi is on Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia and Johntext. You can write him here: contact@faraazkazi.com or on the “contact” – part of his website www.faraazkazi.com.
Shweta Kesari lives in Indore / Madhya Pradesh. Shweta Kesari is a 2nd year engineering student. She will write for Johntext – literature with purpose to help – on www.madhyapradesh.johntext.de. * * * * * Joygopal Podder lives in New Delhi. Joygopal Podder is a published author of 14 books. He will write for Johntext – … Read more
