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Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 11/05/11

November 5, 2021 James D. Casey IV

daybreak—
the line he snorts
from between my tits

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getting off
to his newest photo
prison pen pal

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trying to fight her
after she’s gone—
Tequila Sunrise

Lori A Minor is a queer, chronically ill poet and editor (#FemkuMag, Otoroshi Journal) who uses writing to heal from trauma. Her work has been featured in several journals such as Impspired, Failed Haiku, and is/let. Lori has placed in several contests, including the Touchstone Award shortlist (2017, 2019), and was selected for A New Resonance 12. She is honored to have given a presentation on social awareness in haiku at the 2019 Haiku North America Conference and looks forward to being on the schedule again this year. Lori is the author of five haikai poetry chapbooks, including Recycled Virgin.

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 06/22/20

June 22, 2020 James D. Casey IV

WAG SENRYU

Appertaining rage
directed at deaf athletes
is rattling my peace.

Waking my children.
Sucking out solace from rest.
Jerks quiet reading.

Caterwauls bestrew
commentator monotones,
jolts me from my book.

Tedious spouting
demands manic-eyed focus.
Interminable.

Littering, fruitless,
nugatory squawks nettle;
screen’s heedless of grunts.

Irking, tawdry squalls
magnify impervious,
unmoved TV set.

No warriors here.
just paltry, impotent bays,
vexed to distraction.

London born but Manchester-based, Sarra Culleno is a poet, mother of two, and English teacher who performs at open mic poetry events and slams across the UK. She writes about children’s rights, motherhood, identity, gender, age, technology, the environment, politics, modern monogamy, and education. Sarra is widely published, and was longlisted for the Cinnamon Press Pamphlet Prize. She co-hosts Write Out Loud at Waterside Arts, and has been a guest poet at numerous literary festivals.

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 07/17/19

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 James D. Casey IV

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Cattle Drivers

crossing the frontier
dusty trails, canyons, and creeks
buzzards overhead!

Tough Riders

off the dusty trail
they rode in town looking tough
marshal stood up—spit!

High Noon

with six guns hanging
walked in saloon at high noon
outlaws backed their coats

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Joseph S. Spence, Sr., the author of seven poetry books, invented the “Epulaeryu Poetry” form. His writings have appeared nationally and internationally in forums such as: journals, anthologies, magazines, newspapers and the U. S. Army. He taught at Bryant and Stratton University, and American Baptist College. He retired from the U.S. Army as an officer, is a Goodwill Ambassador, and has received many awards including: Noble Star for Literature 2018, Poetry Ambassador Medal, Independent Poet Laureate, Who’s Who in Poetry, Editor’s Choice Awards, and Poetry Bard. He is a member of various scholastic honor societies, and resides in the USA.