Publisher's Synopsis
The Muse (readership in 117 countries) is a bi-annual journal of poetry from India. The vision of the journal is to make it a storehouse of best contemporary poetry and representative poetry criticism. It is purely academic in nature and not for profit. Its range and scope is international. The Muse aims at welcoming and incorporating poetry and criticism of poetry from all continents. Editorial note Poetry Alyssa CooperThunderstorms1 Sun Dogs2 Ava Bird journeys3-4 Sweet Let Go5 Bobbi RudinWithout Condition6 C.S. FuquaWinter7 Absentminded8 Carol SmallwoodOde to Roads Unpaved9 Arrival10 Charles F. ThielmanJazz de Opus11-12 A Transient Flange of Light13-14 Cherilyn FryOur Earth15 Gibsons16 Christopher BarnesExodus17 Voff Voff18 Clinton Van InmanIf We Could Dance One Night Away19 Fine Art20 Colin DoddsThe Fine Print21-22 Connolly RyanNo Idea Yes Idea23 Daniel James SundahlThe Elective Affinities iii: The Samian Mysteries24-27 Davide TrameWind on the Beach28-29 The Heron30 Denise Mostacci SklarAcross the Table31-32 Dianalee VelieGOOD SHEPHERD33-34 IL DOLCE FARE NIENTE35 DJ TyrerWhat Do I Do Now?36 Doris Teresa WightIt Was All New Then, the Great Dance37-38 Tears' Lullaby39 Doug BollingCoastal Navigations40 Bicyclist41-42 Douglas PenickLove Heart Unending43-44 Edward PalumboSword45 Francine WitteOur Star46 In prehistory47 Gerard SarnatSilicon Valley Oven48 Gideon CecilHer Love is Like a River49 Poetic Justice50 Holly DayHow Comes This Happy Change51 Holly DayHospice52 J. Blake GordonAugust53 Meaning54 J.B. PravdaStill the Sun Doth Shine Upon Us All55 Hunya's Porch56-57 James NaidenUntitled58 Jane BealBecoming Galatea59-61 La Guernica In Color62 Jennifer MacBain-StephensLisa's Ghost Twin Sister Tries to Go Home63-64 Joan McNerneyThis Morning65 Joseph DorazioUnfinished66 Humpty67 Katharyn Howd MachanTreasure68 JUDAS69 Kevin Patrick McCarthy Neapolitan Mandolin 70 Kori MooreDining Out71 What The World Needs72 Lelawattee Manoo-RahmingMoon in Passionate Scorpio73 Leonore WilsonThe Angels74-76 LeslieRooftops77 Linda M. CrateEnvy of the gods78-79 I'd Turn You to Stone80 M. A. SchaffnerGinger Nuts And Cheese81 Masud KhanA Fragrant Tale82 M.S. RooneyUnborn Dreams83 Maria McInnisElectric Gods84 Marianne SzlykAutobiography85-86 Mark HierholzerEdge87 Mark NenadovA Mole Waiting88 Our Man89 Marsha MathewsStuck90 Meri GoehringCounty Home, Michigan91 Free Clinic92 Neil EllmanI Came Like I Promised93 Blue Pyramid94 Patricia GeorgeThe god of Creation95 Mashed Potatoes and Gravy96 Phyllis BerentsenFun in Bloom97 What can I Be?98-99 R. W. HaynesInterjections from the Universe of Desperate Fragments100 The Homesick Norwegian101 Rex ButtersSusie Kate's102 Richard FeinEulogy for a Passing Turtle103 Lazarus104 Sarah Brown WeitzmanEquipoise105 How This Will End106 Sara-Mae TusonCape Point107 Sheikha AThe Talk of the Colours108-110 Stanley H. BarkanPostcard From Aruba111-112 Thomas PiekarskiTransmogrified113 Hat Trick114 Vanessa RaneyWhat it was115 Zvonko TaneskiONCE I WERE SITTING ON THE SAME TABLE WITH A TRUE SURREALIST116 Phillip A. EllisThe Poetry of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: an Introductory Analysis117-146 E-Interviews An E-Interview with Candice James147-152 An E-Interview with Allison Grayhurst153-158 An E-Interview with Katharyn Howd Machan159-162 Book Reviews Book review of Rev. Choi Jin- Yearn's 'Autumn Prayer' by Dr. Pradeep Chaswal 165-167 Book review of Al Beck's 'SPIRITUAL RECOVERY'S DISCOVERY' by Dr. Pradeep Chaswal 168-169 Contributors' List170-192
