SEA TO SKY REVIEW

life ISSUE

VOLUME 4. ISSUE 1. JANUARY 2023

The Encyclopedia Britannica defines life as any system capable of performing functions such as eating, metabolizing, excreting, breathing, moving, growing, reproducing, and responding to external stimuli. The pieces in this issue indeed give evidence of this life in all its deliciousness, beauty and awful contrasts. A flaming ottoman speaks of one woman’s battle with cancer, a city of lavender and flamingos buries its dead warriors and children, a family of swans grows and then dwindles, women cook, women marry and divorce, a man plays hockey. All this and more in these pages where the writer and reader dare to live.

Cover photo: William C. Crawford

POETRY

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Hell-Cat High Step

John Davis 

hear the canticle of breaths
within us wait for the wind

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Bury me not

John Davis 

Such passion that fashion right down
to the boxers smelling of autumn

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Stickhandling

John Davis 

Face-off   slap shot   check
from blue line to net

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with teeth

Darren C. Demaree

i find joy
opening
my damn mouth

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Cravings #14

Darren C. Demaree

i hold sincerity in a poem
until i feel anxious about
the lying

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These Days

Sky Goodwin

the cold under my toes
the wet, the heavy atmospheric

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Italian Women Cook

Joan Mazza

I summon them to my oak table
with rapini and linguine, stuffed artichokes,

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My weekend travels

Joan Mazza

I’ve spent the last three days traveling on Saturn
and its many moons, most of it on Titan

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Husbands: What to Avoid Checklist

Karen Kilcup

He won’t cook. He never dances.
He insists you take his name.

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Another Still Life

Jude Goodwin

It's a savage rain
that soaks the goatskin, washes wine
from your thin lips, leaves drops
on the bedclothes like payment.

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For Ukraine 

Lisa Rhodes

And in this city of lavender & flamingos,
burying dead warriors & children,
dreams wait.

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PROSE

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Flaming Ottoman

Valerie Anne Burns

I collapsed on the bed once again, staring at the ceiling as I came to the significant conclusion that the flaming ottoman episode was an appropriate metaphor.

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Portrait of a Family: Swans Carry On

Wendy K. Mages

The six missing cygnets haunt me, as I watch their intrepid parents carry on …

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BOOK REVIEW

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The Guncle: Disenchanted Hollywood star discovers a new mission in life

Linda S. Gunther 

A heart-warming multi-layered tale of grief and acceptance. A book for all seasons.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

William C. Crawford