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In the decade since, Wild Violet has published poetry, fiction, humor, short pieces, essays, artwork and photography from more than 500 contributors, as well as dozens of reviews and interviews of those in the arts.

Despite the rumors, we are still going. As the current main force between Wild Violet, I’ve had difficulty keeping up over the past year. I am a first-time mom and had no idea how all-consuming my mothering duties would become. Fortunately, with my toddler now entering a stage of newfound independence, I’m finding it easier to catch up. I’m also finding ways to distribute the work amongst others. (If you would be interested in helping, please e-mail me.)

The contributors in this issue — Passion (Vol. X Issue 1, Fall 2011) — have waited far too long for their work to see the light. They are passionate about their work, and it deserves to be enjoyed.

I hope to continue providing a positive space for the arts for another 10 years (or more).

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Passion Contents

Fiction

“Numerically Speaking” — Carreen O’Connor
“The Decree” — Farha Hasan
“Modus Operandi” — Robyn Parnell
“The Mermaid’s Treasure” — Mary J. Webster
“Ruby Reds and Baby Blues” — Sean MacKendrick
“The Rescue” — Eve Ottenberg
“Power Failure” — Russell H. Krauss
“The Weakest Witch” — Jaine Fenn
“My Maturing Experience” — Raghbir Dhillon
“The Broken Cross (Part 2)” — John Hitchner
“Pursuit of Happiness” — B.P. Brodt
“Quiet River” — Richard R. DiPirro
“After the Magic” — Kent McDaniel
“The Last Saturday Matinee” — Brent Petretti
“Dreaming Crow” — Diana Green

Poetry

“Possibilities” — Jeannine Pitas
“Cherry Picking” — Michael Lewis-Beck
“On the Limbic Art of Time” — Leland Jamieson
“Father John Clermont’s Hands” — Robert Phelps
“Electricity’s Ghost” — Charles W. Brice
“Simpatico,” “Ursine,” “Venal” and “Wormwood” — David Kowalczyk
“Love Affair in the Color L” — Luke Maguire Armstrong
“Mathematical Love Poems” — Peter Vetrano
“Seeing Orange” — Tanya Pilumeli
“Slowness Still” — David Breeden
“Speak” — Margaret Walther
“Shadowless Seas” — Mark A. Murphy
“It’s Hell in Here” — John Grey
“Chimera” — David Kiphen
“Dali’s Last Dream” — Hillary Bartholomew
“The Mirrors” — Jeannine M. Pitas
“Tombstone Softly Falling” — Grant Flint
“North Dakota Blues” — Christian J. Weaver
“Cast About” — Peter Layton
“The Long Cry of Autumn” — Larsen Bowker
“Communication” — Hillary Bartholomew
“Between Your Two Weakest Fingers” — Simon Perchik
“Maureen” — Mather Schneider
“The Last Salt Kingdom” — Larsen Bowker
“The Flagellant” — Rhodora V. Penaranda
“These Apparent Prodigies” — Kate Polak
“Dried Herbs” — Joanna M. Weston
“A Moment” — Chris Crittenden
“Nature Morte” — Leonard H. Roller
“Keeping and Letting Go” — Brad Buchanan

Essays

“Down Home: Earl’s Barbershop” — John L. Brazell
“My Brother Cyril (1951-1981)” — Arthur C. Ford Sr.
“Perceptions of New York” — John Joyce
“Isola Film Festival” — Radmila Djurica
“My Calderon Years (Part 2)” — Dean Borok
“The Strange Peasant, Invisible Authors, and Spiritual Music” — Paris Flammonde

Humor

“Never Again” — Rick Jankowski
“Bro, I’m Gonna Get My Serenity on So Hard!” — Christopher Frugé
“Reading Between the Lines” — Richard Paul Skinner
“Thanksgiving” — James Bellarosa

Cuttings

“Young Love” — Wayne Scheer
“Before Sleep” — Stephen Kaplan
“Instances of Falling” — Jennifer Yu
“A rank of clouds” — Twixt
“City Canyons” — Michael Wright
“Haiku” — William Beyer

Review

“In Vitro” by Leland Jamieson — Alyce Wilson

From now on, reviews will be published in the Wild Violet blog. They can also be found in the “Reviews” section under “Categories.”

Artwork

“Thin Season” — Bo Huffman
“Window Way” — Jackie Jones
“Distant Rays, Ancient Sun” and “Flying” — Tray Drumhann
“Solitary Sunset” — Alexandra Parsons
“Spirit Lily II” — Ron Meadow

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Whether it’s tributes to a poet who died on the beach (“Ballad of the Skylight Diner” and “Run Down By a Dune Buggy on Fire Island”) or memories of a first kiss at summer camp (“Kissing Peter Tork”), these pieces evoke summer’s warmth, its bright light, and its impermanence.

The artwork and photography in “Heat Wave” take us outside (“River Girl” and “Woman in Hutong”) and use the hot colors of summer (“Solar Eclipse” and “Fire Sky”). One of the youngest contributors we’ve ever had, Aditi Laddha, depicts her version of summer heat in a piece created especially for this issue.

My own summer has been busy, as I’ve spent it getting used to my newborn baby, now a little more than three months old. In order to get this issue out more quickly, I’ve used my own photographs for most of the graphics, rather than creating digital collages for each piece, as I usually do. Hopefully, my choices, which were all made with care, will be appreciated by the contributors.

And now, as summer gasps its last, join our contributors to commemorate it with one final “Heat Wave.”

Heat Wave Contents

Poetry

Ballad of the Skylight Diner — Lou Orfanella
What We Do Not Say — Anthony Botti
Run Down by a Dune Buggy on Fire Island — R. Steve Benson
Sunday Evening — Joseph LoGuidice
Late Night with a Seasoned Poet — Mary Sayler
Finding Giverny Off A Sand Road In Rural FL — Mary Sayler
The Monkey Chronicles — Doug Ramspeck

Fiction

Kissing Peter Tork — Lou Orfanella
The French Teacher — Margaret Karmazin
The Broken Cross (Part 1)  — John T. Hitchner

Essays

Tennis above the Net — John F. Joyce
My Calderon Years (Part 1) — Dean Borok
The Last Taboo — Jon Baldwin
Two Islands: England and Eel Pie Island — John F. Joyce
Sardinian Sunshine: The Most Undiscovered Part of Italy — Linda Oatman High
The Palm Tree Goddess — Tala Bar
Out of Kentucky — Mattie Louise

Humor

The Mobile Classroom — Thomas Sullivan
The Last Ant — K. A. Laity

Cuttings

Cuttings are shorter pieces, thoughts and observations.

A  Small, Green Piece of  Paper  — John F. Joyce
Cicadas — Charles Sanft
Jumping Rope in Fitler Square — Bernie Mojzes

Artwork

Heat — Aditi Laddha
Soular Eclipse — Randy Thurman
Fire Sky — Darla Farner
Remembrance — Mary Ann Reilly
Woman in Hutong — Alexandra Parsons
River Girl — Alisha Gaspard
Long I Stood — Alisha Gaspard