46th issue, 12th January, 2007

Poems by

1. Paul Stevens / Persistence, Hot Fuzz
2. Isha Wagner / Oh Hunter, Oh Ernest, Oh Virginia, Magic at the Mall
3. Nathaniel O'Reilly / Blank Faces, Bound, Skipton
4. Ashok Niyoga / Here and There, Mantra
5. Michael Johnson / In this Place, Poverty Falls
6. Patricia Prime / Energy
7. Shelley Bryant / Discarded, Rush Hour, A to Z
8. Stanley M Noah / Quick burn, The Distance of Gravity
9. Boyd Widger / I died
10. Arthur Leung / Unspoken

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Feature! Book Reviews.

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About the Authors

ARTHUR LEUNG: Born and raised in Hong Kong, Arthur Leung received degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Hong Kong, and a postgraduate diploma in creative writing (with distinction). His poems have been published internationally in print magazines, anthologies and online journals. He was a Finalist for the 2007 Erskine J. Poetry Prize and short-listed for the 2007 Margaret Reid Prize for Traditional Verse. BOYD WIDGER lives and writes in Hamburg, NY, USA. His work has been published widely, including in past issues of Southern Ocean Review. STANLEY M NOAH has a BGS degree from the University of Texas at Dallas. His work has been published in Poesy, Old Red Kimono, Iota, Eclectica, Red River Review, Poetry Nottingham, The South Carolina Review and other journals in the USA, Britain, Canada, India and New Zealand SHELLEY BRYANT lives in Singapore where she teaches English literature at a private university. She has been there for 15 years and her poetry has appeared in: Bakery of the Poets, Writing Edge, The Genisis Project and Aiofe's Kiss, and also forthcoming in Between Kisses. PATRICIA PRIME is an Auckland editor, poet and anthologist, widely published in New Zealand and overseas. MICHAEL LEE JOHNSON lives in Chicago, IL after spending 10 years in Edmonton, Alberta Canada during the Viet Nam era. He is a freelance writer and poet. He is heavy influenced by Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Irving Layton, and Leonard Cohen. Recent publications: The Orange Room Review, Bolts of Silk, Chantarelle's Notebook, The Foliate Oak Online Literary Magazine, Poetry Cemetery, Official Site of Laura Hird, The Centrifugal Eye, Adagio Verse Quarterly, Scorched Earth Publishing, Café Del Soul (The Cynic Online Magazine) and many others. Published in USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Nigeria Africa, India, United Kingdom. Michael Johnson has a paper book pending publication with iUniverse Publishers. ASHOK NIYOGI is an Economics graduate from Presidency College, Calcutta. He made a career as an International Trader and has lived and worked in the Soviet Union, Europe and South East Asia in the '80s and '90s. At 52, he has been retired for some years and has been cashew farming, writing and travelling. He divides time between California, where his daughters live, Delhi and the Indian Himalayas. He has published a book of poems, TENTATIVELY, [iUniverse, Lincoln, NE - 1995] and has been extensively published in print and on-line magazines in the USA, UK, Australia and Canada. Numerous chap books of his poems have been brought out by SCARS Publications, UC-Davis, Slow Trains and others. NATHANAEL O'REILLY was born and raised in Australia and now resides in Connecticut, USA. His poetry has previously appeared in Correspondances Oceaniennes, The Oklahoma Review, Red River Review, White Leaf Review and the Blue Fog Poetry Journal. He has poems forthcoming in Antipodes, Prosopisia andPostcolonial Text. ISHA WAGNER moved to Dunedin from Auckland, New Zealand where her ancestors arrived in 1880. She also writes short stories and novels and has had work published in NZ. Her collection of poems, Cuban Cocktail, was published in 2007 by Square One Press. PAUL STEVENS was born in Yorkshire, but lives in Australia. He has an Honours Degree in English from the University of Sydney, and teaches Literature and Historiography. His recent poetry is in The Barefoot Muse, WORM, Lily, The Argotist, The New Formalist, The Centrifugal Eye, Shattercolors and Contemporary Sonnet. He is the Poetry Editor (with Nigel Holt) of The Shit Creek Review+II . LINDY KELLY lives and writes in Nelson, New Zealand. ANNE COLLINS is a published writer living in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. EDMOND RONAYNE lives and writes in Rotorua, New Zealand, and much of his writing builds on his international travel experiences. Several pieces have been published in local newspapers and he assists companies internationally in technical matters. This story is sourced from a recent trip to Milan, Italy. RON RODGERS is a 68 year old Queenslander, former stockman, bridge carpenter, and farmhand has been published in the Australian magazines: Overland - Readers World - Woorilla - FreeXpresSion - and Heist. He also has stories in New Zealand's 'Southern Ocean Review'. IAN IRVINE (also writing as lan Hobson) is an Australian poet, writer and academic. His work has featured in over 100 print or online publications, most recently in the Australian publications LiNQ, Verandah, Idiom 23, Tirra Lirra, Tarralla and Tamba, as well as oversea in The Antigonish Review, Humanitas, Fire, Tears in the Fence and Southern Review His poetry has also appeared in two national poetry anthologies: Agenda (UK) 'Australian Edition' (2005) and Best Australian Poems, 2005. He is the author of three books and currently coordinates the Professional Writing and Editing program at BRIT, Bendigo. lan is the former co-editor of one of Australia's first and most innovative online arts journal, The Animist. In 1999 he was awarded his PhD for work on chronic ennui in European literature. NICKOLAY TODOROV lives in Los Angeles, USA and has so far published stories in The Barcelona Review, Farmhouse Magazine, Hackwriters and upcoming in The Pacific Review. He writes travelogues and adventure accounts.and has published in ezines such as Destination Elsewhere, Travelmag, Pology and The Merry Wanderer. TREVOR REEVES: Editor and Publisher of Southern Ocean Review and poet - writer of short stories that have appeared in print and electronic magazines widely. Recent book, "Hand in Hand" with Judith Wolfe." JUDITH WOLFE lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. She is an artist, designer and sculptor. She has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand and some of her works have been in travelling exhibitions overseas. Recent exhibitions at the Empire Cinema, guest artist at the Wanaka Art Group Exhibition, August 1997 and exhibited in the Warbirds Over Wanaka air show exhibition, Easter, 1998, and the Cleveland Art Awards, Dunedin, October 1998, and 2001 Also the Columba College exhibition 1999. Two exhibitions, 2000 and 2001 at the Community Art Gallery, Dunedin NZ. Prolific book illustrator including "In the Grip of Evil" Reeves/Wolfe, History of Cobb and co and Dear Pal (stories of the Maniototo). Home Page: www.arts.org.nz

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