The Autumn Edition is Out!

The latest edition of Fine Lines is out and available by following this link.

Below is a small sample of the quality writing that is just a few clicks away.  The poem by Duane Anderson is at the very front of the edition.  It’s titled “Heaven Isn’t Found in Iowa.”  Anderson is retired from Union Pacific Railroad and lives in LaVista.

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“The Triple” from Lea Bushey

Summer may be officially over, but baseball is still being played. The offering below is from writer Lea Bushey, a first-time contributor. It’s in the current edition of Fine Lines. Please enjoy.

 

 

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From the Journal: “A Pretty Summer Day”

First-time Fine Lines Mike Faran contributor penned the following poem, and it seems like just the thing for a pleasant August weekend.  The latest Fine Lines edition is just a click away.

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From the Journal: “So What?”

A great question to start with is “So what?”  Writer Anna Wobset runs with that in her short essay that follows below.  It appears in the current issue of Fine Linestoo. Wobbler is a student at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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From the Journal: “Dad and Daughter”

It’s a Saturday night as this gets posted.  This poem by Sheila Boerner is titled “Dad and Daughter.”  It’s from the current issue of Fine Lines.  Boerner was an English teacher at St. Patrick’s Jr.-Sr. High School in North Platte, NE, for many years.  Before that, she raised a family of six children.

 

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From the Journal: Zelda by Kathie Haskins

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The summer issue of Fine Lines is out.  It’s available here on the website.

One of the poems in the current edition is “Zelda” by Kathie Haskins, and part of it appears below.  Haskins grew up in Papillion, Neb., and currently lives in Millard with her husband and two children. She enjoys writing poems and reflections about nature and everyday life, and hopes to one day publish a book of her poetry.

 

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Sure it’s late June, but here’s a piece about winter storms

Screen Shot 2016-06-25 at 10.23.57 AMThe College World Series is underway.  The temperature will slide up into the 90s by the afternoon.  Still, it’s good to remember that winter is out there waiting.  What follows below is the start of a prose piece from the current issue of Fine Lines.  The author is the late Howard Dwyer, who was born in 1887 and lived in Hastings, Nebraska.  He had worked as a columnist for country newspapers.

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