TIME By TERRANCE STEELE +EXCERPTS FROM THE ESSAY OF TERRANCE STEELE, “TIME”: “As I scanned the chow hall … I became fixated on the amount of time the tables held. For every metal octagon table, the max capacity is four people, and each person has a story to […]
Essays
Remembering Linda Neal
REMEMBERING LINDA NEAL Headwind’s First Poetry Editor “Linda’s poems sing on the page.Braids with ribbons woven through …She curated her gardenfor butterflies and hummingbirdsHer winged phrases spun and swirled” — Vanessa Poster “What will happen to your laugh …?Whose eyes will hold the passing beautyof the ocean, […]
In the Matrix
Inside California Prisons “In the Matrix” Terrance Steele Terrance and his daughter Sarya Steele Excerpt from “In the Matrix”: “I became anxious. I knew I had to maintain my bravado; if not, I would lose respect from my friends and foes alike and be preyed upon, as fast as a […]
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
___________________________ EDINBURGH: CITY OF FESTIVALS MICHAEL BLAHA Excerpt from “The Edinburgh Fringe Festival:” I’m walking east down the Royal Mile towards my favorite Indian restaurant off South Bridge, Mother India, when I am accosted by a very large hairy man in a pink tutu, who thrusts a […]
The Poem Noir: Too Dark to be Depressed
SUZANNE LUMMIS ________________________________________ The Poem Noir Too Dark to be Depressed Excerpt from “The Poem Noir: Too Dark to be Depressed” What is it, the poem noir? To understand, one must know what film noir is and, happily (if “happily” has a place here), many people know a […]