​A GOOD TIME by Susan Isla Tepper

I went the wrong way

Thought heaven was

Above the sky

After all who wouldn’t

What with all that 

Blue & white beauty 

And the wild

Sexy weather God created

Not to mention the wild

Sex God also created

To make sure we had

A good time or else 

We might stop in place

Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty year writer in all genres. Her most recent book, a Novel titled Hair Of A Fallen Angel, came out in the fall from Spuyten Duyvil Books, NYC. Tepper has also written 7 stage plays. Her third play titled EVA & ADAMO will present at The Tank, NYC, early fall. www.susantepper.com

Persuasion By Manny Grimaldi

You don’t need or want

anything or anyone—

that’s why 

I love you.

The greediest lie

I’ve ever told myself.

Manny Grimaldi, Is a poet and editor living in Louisville, Kentucky. 

To date he has co-founded and curated Yearling Poetry Journal

since 2021, leaving in 2026 to concentrate on studies.

His book Finding a Word to Describe You (2025), released by Whiskey

City Press is available at https://a.co/d/2CLIpGd