About the authors:
Dianne Borsenik is active in the northern and mid-Ohio po etry communities. Recent work has appeared in I Thought I Heard a Card inal Sing: Ohio&rsquo\;s Appalachian Voices\, Songs of Wild Ohio< /em> \;\, and Poem for Cleveland. Raga for What Comes Nex t\, a full-length collection of Borsenik&rsquo\;s poems\, was studied as part of the Modern &\; Contemporary American Poetry course at Muski ngum University. Flight of Honey\, another full- length collection\, was published in May\, 2023. Actor Jonathan Frid used three of her poems in his one-man tour Genesis of Evil\, Speak of the Devi l (Lorain\, Ohio) named a cocktail after her\, and Lit Youngstown printed her poem &ldquo\;Disco&rdquo\; on their t-shirts\, all of which makes her feel like a rock star. Borsenik lives in Elyria\, Ohio. Find her on Facebo ok and at www.dianneborsenik.com.
\nOnce when I was little and very frightened\, I was handed a ja r of honey and a spoon. I closed my eyes and tasted beams of sun. Dianne B orsenik&rsquo\;s Flight of Honey reveals the bit ter sweetness we discover in dark moments and closes its eyes to taste the moments of love we return to comfort in. There&rsquo\;s a new discovery i n each taste from this collection. From the stark &ldquo\;Up the Mountain& rdquo\; through the inquisitive romp of the title poem to the introspectio n of &ldquo\;Knotted Together\,&rdquo\; Borsenik sets us on a beeline path through her gracious mind with all of the wry humor and thoughtfulness we expect from this poetic trailblazer. In life\, &ldquo\;blood doesn&rsquo\ ;t always call to blood&rdquo\; but this collection\, like honey\, beads w arm amber and asks you simply to slow and savor.
\n&mdash\;Jonie McI ntire\, Lucas County Poet Laureate\, author of Semidomesticated ( Sheila-Na-Gig Editions\, 2022)\, winner of Red Flag Poetry&rsquo\;s 2020 C hapbook Contest
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\nJeremy Jusek is t he poet laureate of Parma\, Ohio. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing fr om Arcadia University and chemistry/theatre degrees from Marietta College. He has authored more than a half-dozen plays and three poetry collections : We Grow Tomatoes in Tiny Towns\, The Less-Traveled Street\, and The Details Will Be Gone Soon. He host s the Ohio Poetry Association's podcast Poetry Spotlight\, runs t he West Side Poetry Workshop\, teaches through Literary Cleveland\, and fo unded the Flamingo Writers&rsquo\; Guild. To learn more\, please visit www.jeremyjusek.com.
\nAlissa Sammarco uses cinematic i magery to freeze those moments in time and evoke the feeling of revisiting them. \; She examines the common in life and relationships to find th e extraordinary. Her work has appeared in Sheila-Na-Gig\, Bla ck Moon Magazine\, Change Seven\, Quiet Diamonds\, The Main Street Rag\, Stone Canoe\, VIA: Voices in I talian Americana\, Rat&rsquo\;s Ass Review\, the 2021 and 20 22 Lexington Poetry Month Anthologies\, and elsewhere. She is the author of two chapbooks\, \;Beyond the Dawn and I See Th em Now. \;Alissa lives and practices law in Cincinnati\, Ohio. < a href="http://www.AlissaSammarco.com">www.AlissaSammarco.com.
\nMoon Landing Day navigates the trajectories of relationships blasted off course by miscalculations\, unmet expectations\, abuse\, and addiction. \; In cinematic imagery\, these poems reveal t he difficult truths of a young woman\, the harm that is passed from genera tion to generation\, and the painful journey of acceptance to forgiveness. \; From the total loss of control to the emergent spark of self-aware ness\, this young woman grapples to break the pattern. \; She unravels her life and knits it back together in these poems. \; They will hold you in their grip and bring you in for a safe landing.
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