2023 anthology


    

“On Stones and Bones” front cover

the 2023 poetry collection book
On Stones and Bones”...

    Enjoy the 2023 poetry collection anthology from Scars Publications, titled “On Stones and Bones” of select poetry & art in this one-of-a-kind annual 2023 anthology collection book, which contains select accepted writings chosen from 2023 issues of both cc&d magazine and Down in the Dirt magazine...

    To know exactly what is included in this collection book, view the listing below... If your writing or artwork appears in this collection book (or if you know someone with material in this book, or if you just want to pick up a great book to read), order a copy of “On Stones and Bones” today!


   And HEY! Any video recorded readings of material included in this book are also listed here, so check out the video links here as well...

    




On Stones and Bones
the Scars Publications 2023
poetry & art collection anthology

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below is a listing of the accepted writers and titles
(of writing or artwork) in this collection.

All artwork printed inside the book is in italics,
and all art within the book not credited to someone © Scars Publications.

AUTHOR TITLE
 

poetry
(plus artwork)

Linda M. Crate i’m not okay with any of this
Bill Tope The Blink of an Eye
Eric Bonholtzer IMG_2186 photography
James Mulhern Moving Forward
Retta Lewis Stars Were Falling from My Eyes
John F McMullen What Now, My Love
Michael H. Brownstein A Loosening of Teeth
Adam Torkelson Mantis: A Fable
Jake Price Error 404
David J. Thompson 052 photography
Christopher Hivner Broad Shoulders
Kenneth DiMaggio Ode #2 to the Crows of Hartford
Danny D. Ford he joins us
Susie Gharib The Cost of Living in Thebes
Karen Lee Stradford The Fight
eddy styx In The Moment
Fabrice Poussin A piece of me
James W. Reynolds Mission Accomplished
Richard K. Williams Save the Children
Joanne Holdrige The Beginnings of Knowing
Kathryn Holeton No Bugs
ayaz daryl nielsen Untitled (between)
A.J. Huffman I Would Buy That Urn for My Dead Person
John Ragusa A Life
Nancy Jo Allen Palimpsest
Cailey Tarriane Winter
John Zedolik Fluid Situation
Peter J. Dellolio The Smell Was So Bad
I.B. Rad “The News”
Michael Ceraolo Walter O’Malley
Frank De Canio Buddhist Rap
Thom Woodruff Tree Leans
D. R. James A Couple of October Options
Zach Klebaner Even Bitterness Is A Birth
Travis Weis Come Hell or High Waters
Binod Dawadi City Scape At Night 2 art
Rayne Affonso Silence
Duane Anderson Alarm Notice
Annette Gagliardi I wrote this in the dark
Sandip Saha Atomic weapons kill people even when not used
Gillian Tregidgo Messages
Donna Dallas Nub
Daniel Princewill Tell Me Lies
Roger G. Singer resurrected
William Ogden Haynes Bad Weather
Miranda Clarity Silence
Joe A. Oppenheimer Blades
CLS Sandoval Send the Note (+ image 6412)
Brenda Mox On Stones and Bones
Kyle Singh Brother
Michael Lee Johnson Willow Tree Poem (V2)
Janet Kuypers Expression for Loss
David Jeffery Marlboro 16’s
Sterling Warner The Invisible Waitress
Vincent P. Désilets Layers
Sam Norman Shrines
Chaim Jones A Fairy Tale
Nolo Segundo My Own Small Slice Of Paradise
Tom Squitieri Adagio
Dominik Slusarczyk Blessed
Sterling Warner Michelle’s Navel
MW Murphy Mirror
Christina Culverhouse Mirror Image painting
Leigh-Anne Burley Her Plan
Oz Hardwick The Positive Outlook
Christian Ward Weaverbirds
David J. Thompson Kentucky Swans photography
Alan Catlin Abducted
James Croal Jackson They Ask What You Are
Margaret D. Stetz Links
Jonathan Odell Reflections on Deferred Moments of Love and Loss
Kelley Jean White Flummox
Julie Allyn Johnson i was, as they say, with child
Gerald George Golden White Purity
John Grey Catching My Drift
NASA Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE
Janet Kuypers Mary’s Perspective
Tony Tinsley On That Day
Ron Riekki I used to be in a punk band and we’d yell,
Shakti Pada Mukhopadhyay A Song of Humanity
Brian Lee notes on reclaiming a lost letter
Donna L. Emerson Integrity at Seven
Samuel Sprague Family
Hannah Jane Weber Trash Receptacle at Waldo Library
Lynn Hoggard Dirt
Bill Garten Pseudodysphagia
Kathylynne Somerville A Hat for Every Occasion
Sharon Kennedy-Nolle Nick, Patrick, and the Nightmares in Building 57
Alison Hicks Invasives
Maureen McDole Great Grandmother
Gail Nielsen Goodbye in Two Parts
Jeanne Rana The Old Woman Speaks of Privilege
Robert Nimmo Hospice Departure
Leila Farjami You in Space
Sa’Mya H. She’s Made Her Appearance
Mary Paulson Distances
Eva-Maria Sher When I Laid My Blue-Veined Hand
Robert Beveridge Genetics
RM Yager Maneuvering the circles and Spaces
around my parents Significant Others
J.P. Hill Mystery
Benjamin Harnett The Ancient Model
Lucy Sage Sunday at the Beach
Christopher Kuhl Disconnect
Gil Hoy Smoke and Whiskey
Matt Stanley Itchy (Trigger)
Suzanne O’Connell Not Like Her Flesh
A.R. Williams Four scenes outside my office window: 4:38 pm
Mark Belair The Living Shadow
Robert Rothman Memorial Day
Appadoo Leyanah Cigarette park
Alan Swope The Near Future
Donna M. Davis The Pope and the Poster
Sean Simpson Why Us?
David Blake low tide at atlantic beach
Helen Bird “inksanity” Blue Whale ink drawing
Susan Anmuth Family Dinner
Alayna Hinson Lurking
Eric Bonholtzer IMG_0682 photography
Jacquelyn Shah All You Can Do
John (“Jake”) Cosmos Aller Madmen with Guns Madness
Brian Daly “Save the Last Swig for Jesus!”
Ben Nardolilli The Unusual House Paint
Alexander Wijangco Pencil Dreams
John Sheirer It’s All About the Butterflies
Daniel de Culla Eviction
Eviction photography
Brian J. Pilling Reporting The News
Deborah H. Doolittle Cinderella’s Lost Slipper
Kristia Vasiloff 1990 Crawls To Me Singing Don’t You Ever Let It Be
William Doreski Casting Off
Dr. Steven M. Gerson And the morning sun trailed her bus in shadows
Isaac Breaux Breakdown
Brian C. Miller The Moment
Janet Kuypers Oganesson, bending time inside
Thomas Elson One Damn Photograph
Dee Artea Scipio & Tuppence
Noelle Shoemate Unnamed
John Kucera The Old Ones Claim
Robert H. Guard Two Dream
Janet Kuypers Elevating the Fetus Goes Against Religion
Evidence as Testament
Ultimately, the goddamn particle




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