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Our Featured Poem

The Rivers of England
by Andrew Shiston

Across the flowing green grass hills
Where cold stone walls surround
Built by ancient farmer's hands
Stone taken from the land


Beside them flow the clear cold streams
That are fed from beneath the earth
Fresh water from ancient caverns
From the time of the planets birth


Down through the hills they flow
Over rocks and flowing dales
To villages of ancient limestone
Into old and ancient wells


Flowing down to waterwheels
Turned by the water's flow
Grinding corn beneath the stone
The villagers have grown


They flow past village greens
Under quaint old stone built bridges
Where rampant lions guard stately homes
Perched on old limestone ledges


Then flowing into rivers
Passing fields and forests of trees
Flowing down to busy harbours
Into the cold hard oceans seas.


© Andrew Shiston - All rights reserved

 

All the News and Kudos that Fit

 

BIG NEWS for our own guest poet, Bobby Slais. His book "Mice Versus Man" has now been released and is a wonderful read that is getting some great reviews. You can purchase it at the following http://miceversesman.blogspot.com

From all of us at JB Stillwater Literary Magazine, we ask the world to help our brothers and sisters in Haiti. PLEASE...contribute, prayers and for those looking for relatives, go to CNN.comHaitimissing or CNN.com to contribute. OUr own, CHAD MEYERS is there to give whatever information he can.

NEW BOOK REVIEW Janet K. Brennan, FLORENCE B WEINBERG'S EXCELLENT AND EXCITING BOOK; "SEVEN CITIES OF MUD" DON'T MISS IT OR THE CHANCE TO PURCHASE THIS HISTORICAL/ FICTION ABOUT THE PUEBLO INDIANS AND MISSIONARIES WHO VENTURED INTO NEW MEXCO IN SEARCH FOR CONVERTS AND GOLD. . . ABSOLUTELY SPELLBINDING!

Congrats to Jim Ganley who has had his poem "FUSILADE" published in the December issue of Taj Mahal Review, editor Santosh Kumar, Dean of Lit at Allahabad University, India. Stop by for a read. It is posted on his guest page.

NOT SO GREAT NEWS...Prayers please! Our brilliant guest poet, Andrew Shiston will be undergoing some very difficult surgery related to his heart disease, within the next few days. We must all ask God to help him through this complicated surgery and grant him a speedy recovery.

MORE GREAT NEWS! Another of our wonderful poets has been nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Award. Lynn Strongin has been the second guest poet to be nominated for this wonderful award. Congrats Lynn!!!!

CONGRATS TO OUR OWN ZACH KLUCKMAN! For winning a nomination in one of the toughest and most prestigious literary awards, THE PUSHCART. We will all be rooting for you my friend!

FINGERS CROSSED ON THIS WONDERFUL NEWS! Lynn Strongin's book "Spectral Freedom, Selected Poetry, Criticism and Prose" proudly published by my own Publishing Company, Casa de Snapdragon, LLC now sits before the board at Columbia University for consideration for the Pulitizer Prize in this category. Best of luck, dear friend!


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