50th issue, 12th January, 2009

Poems by

1. Betty Ann Matthews / I can Still Hear
2. Gary Langford / Teeth, Joy is a Cousin
3. Marion Jones / Private Conduct, Trans, Brick
4. Ruth Arnison / St. Clair Morning, Change of Seasoning, Cliche Man
5. Michael Johnson / In this Place, Poverty Falls
6. H.D. Francis Waterman / Visit to Ireland, Lameystrasse
7. Sam Silva / The Unconscious Mind of America
8. Owen Bullock / The Clock Tower, The Road
9. Diane Sahms-Guarneri / Madeline
10. Peycho Kanev / Confession
11. Adrian Flavell / Caution, The Artist
12. Lindsay Smith / Happy
13. Rob Allen / Putting the Word Aside
14. Changming Yuang / The Busy Life
15. Michael Tritto / So Careful by the Window
16. Rumjum Biswas / How and Artist is Born
17. Keith Nunes / Woman on the Couch
18. John Sibley Williams / Icelandic
19. David Moodie / Earth Trevor
20. Peter Olds / In a Motueka Coffee Bar
21. Mallory McComish / Australia and New Zealand

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Feature! Book Reviews.

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About the Authors

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. 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. ANNIE ORRE Lives and writes in Christchurch, New Zealand. JANNIFER COMPTON lives and writes in New Zealand. 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. BARRY SOUTHAM is a well established poet living in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is also a short story writer and playwright with a large body of published work behind him in various periodicals, and several published books of his work GARY BECK'S recent fiction has appeared in Enigma, Dogwood Journal, EWG Presents, Nuvein Magazine, Babel, Vincent Brothers Review, L'Intrigue Magazine, The Journal, Short Stories Bimonthly, Bibliophilos and many others. His poetry has appeared in dozens of literary magazines. His chapbook 'The Conquest of Somalia' will be published by Cervena Barva Press. His plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes, and Sophocles have been produced Off-Broadway. He is a writer/director of award-winning social issue video documentaries. JO ANN HANSEN RASCH is a New Zealand born writer, living in Switzerland, a member of the International Women Writers Guild and the Geneva Writers' Group. Her work has been published in Europe and the USA. Her book, 'Blowing Feathers' was released recently. BETTY ANN MATTHEWS lives and writes in Nelson, New Zealand. GARY LANGFORD is the author of 24 books, including 9 novels, 8 books of poetry and 3 collections of stories, the kiwi one being Lunch at the Storyteller's Restaurant, Hazard Press, 2002, which also reflects he is now a writer who lives and writes in Christchurch and Melbourne. MARION JONES lives and writes in Brighton, Dunedin, New Zealand. Her work has been published widely, including in SOR. RUTH ARNISON started life in Oamaru and has lived in various South Island and English towns since. She is now settled in Dunedin with Barry and their two teenage sons. Her work has previously appeared in Takahe, Southern Ocean Review, the ODT and also in Current Accounts and Cadenza. HD FRANCIS WATERMAN lives and writes in Auckland, New Zealand. Teaches at a private language school in Auckland and most frequently teaches the Cambridge Advanced English course when it is offered. SAM SILVA lives and writes in Fayetteville, N.C., USA LINDSAY SMITH is a regular contributor to SOR. He is a retired teacher, healer and psychotherapist living in Rockhampton, Queensland. Originally from New Zealand where he has had many of his poems published, including his book of poems. Skyhook. OWEN BULLOCK is a New Zealand writer living in NZ. He is also involved in editing (Kokako) and publishing other writers. His poetry has appeared widely. DIANE SAHMS-GUARNERI has won numerous awards for poetry and has been published in literary magazines, anthologies, and online Web sites, including Philadelphia Stories, Many Mountains Moving, Northwest Cultural Council, Fox Chase Review and Mad Poets Review. She conducts a monthly poetry workshop, (Center City Poets), at Borders bookstore located in Center City, Philadelphia and is a poetry editor for Philadelphia Stories magazine. She is working on the compilation of her first chapbook, which should be completed sometime in 2008 ROB ALLAN: Rob lives and writes in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand. Poetry is his art, writing about the 'here and now'. Published widely. CHANGMING YUAN grew up in rural Central China and authored three books before moving to Canada. Currently Yuan teaches writing in Vancouver and has had poetry published or forthcoming in (for example) Descant (CA), Exquisite Corpse (USA), Istanbul Lit Rev (TR), Kritya (IN), London Magazine (GB), Nokturno (FI), Numinous (NZ), Private (IT), Stylus (AU) and others. MICHAEL TRITTO been writing poetry since the early 70's and his work has appeared in journals throughout the US, and in England, Ireland and Australia. He is retired from teaching Spanish in the Buffalo Public Schools. They in a small apartment and he walks to a local college library to work on his writing. KEITH NUNES lives and writes in New Zealand. JOHN SIBLEY WILLIAMS recently received his MA in Writing, John calls both Boston and Vienna home, the latter for love and translation studies, and he is presently compiling manuscripts composed from the last two years of traveling and living abroad. Some previous or upcoming publications include: Flint Hills Review, Cadillac Cicatrix, Juked, The Journal, Phantasmagoria, The Alembic, River Oak Review, Tertulia Magazine, Black Rock and Sage, Language and Culture, Samizdada, Blue Fog Poetry Journal, Ampersand Poetry Journal, and Red Hawk Review. DAVID MOODIE was born Sept 4 1945, Dayton, Ohio USA He is a graduate of Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua NY, 1963 BA in liberal arts from Syracuse University, 1969 Underground newspaper work after graduation Bought with brothers Michael and Stephen the 1912 sailing cargo vessel 'Fri' in 1971 in San Francisco and sailed to NZ. Answered the call of Peace Media (Barry Metcalf's visionary group) to protest Frenchatmospheric nuke tests in 1973. Classic standoff protest lasting 118 days and ending in arrest and world focus on the tests. 'Mururoa 1973' was the first documentary by Alister Barry, since acclaimed as one of NZ's best documentarists. 'Fri Alert', the documentary style book by the crew of the ship, was published by Trevor Reeves' Caveman Press in 1974. It is a cult classic among the family of caring and daring, who made and followed the protest, and built upon it more and more effective non violent direct actions for the peace and environmental movement. PETER OLDS lives and writes in Dunedin, New Zealand. He has published many books of poetry and his work has been published in many magazines and anthologies since the 1960's. Has published a Broadsheet series of poems by well known writers (The Broadsheet company). MALLORY McCOMISH a New Zealander, residing and working in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. I have had poetry published in The New Zealand Herald and in Times of the Islands (the international magazine of the Turks and Caicos Islands). PEYCHO KANEV is aged 27 and lives and writes in Chicago, Illinois, USA. ADRIAN FLAVELL lives and writes in Stirling, NSW, Australia. His work has appeared in The Weekend Australian, Linq, Social Alternatives, The Canberra Times, (Aust) Takahe (NZ), Famous Reporter, Idiom23 etc. TREVOR REEVES: Editor and Publisher of Square One press 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. Four exhibitions, 2000 and 2001 2004, 2008 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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