Satori Pettit wrote the short poem below, titled “Biography of a Monster.” Below that is a photo of Summer Camp t-shirts. Summer Camp is coming up later this month. More information on the camp is available by following this link — Summer Camp.
The current journal is also available online at this link — Spring issue.
Fine Lines is, of course, focused on the written word, but there is an increasing amount of art and photography in the journal. Below is a sample from the most recent issue (available at this link.) The artwork, “Style,” is by Kathy Ann Thompson.
The Writer’s Critique Group meets once a month. Check out the flyer.
The beautiful days of May call for a poem about new life. Spring in Nebraska is pretty, after all. With that in mind, today’s From the Journal is “New Life” by Kathie Haskins. Haskins lives in Millard with her husband and two children.
Want to read more poetry? The latest issue of Fine Lines is available at this link — Spring issue 2016.
Dr. Jimmy Salhany is absolutely a renaissance man. He’s a man of science and the arts in a big way. He composed, produced, and performed a song in honor of upcoming the 2016 Fine Lines summer camp. Want to hear “Write On”? Well, of course you do. Click on the link below, listen, and enjoy.
“Write On” by Jimmy Salhany
Performed by “Dr. Jimmy” with Christine Salhany and Tim Kasl.
Below is the beginning of an essay about sign language and the deaf community by Abby Giambattista. It appears in the current issue of Fine Lines, which can be found by following this link.
So being in the Omaha World-Herald is still a BIG deal. The journal and David Martin were featured on April 25. The link to the story by Lauren Brown-Hulme (it’s terrific) is right here — Get to Know: English teacher created a ‘safe place to be truly creative’
The article also mentions the upcoming summer camp, too. Check it all out. And as David Martin says, “write on.”
Smart poetry today from the most recent edition of Fine Lines. Poet Cynthia Douglas-Ybara ends her poem with this bit of truth — “Words can hurt, words can heal”
The most online edition of the journal can be accessed by following this link.
The poem follows below. Click on the page to see it in a larger format.
