Does your mind place the month of February into a general love bucket? The stores would want us to. They are digging into their inventory for heart-shaped candies, red and pink candles, and boxes of chocolate. This month Corridor takes a deeper dive into February. Gives up some heart-shaped food for thought on a paper platter. Here is the cover, and below are the contributors. Keep your heartlight lit and your eyes searching for this piece of found art around town. Copies go out starting the first two weeks of February. Coffee shops, bookstores, Little Free Libraries, and the like.
This month’s contributors
BIOS BIOS BIOS
“A Poem Is”
Lynn Geri lives in Bellingham… dreaming of flowers that taught her about beauty
and how a garden’s four corner structure taught her a way to
seek understanding.
“Calm Heart”, a portrait
Alissa DeLaFuente is a writer and artist. She mostly writes speculative fiction.
Visit www.alissadelafuente.com to learn more.
“In February”
Linda Conroy, a Bellingham poet, and author of two poetry collections, likes to
write about the complexities of human nature and our connection to the natural
world.
“Best Bread and Cakes” and “Untethered”, Collage and mixed media art
Michelle Ballou is a poet and artist living in Bellingham, Washington. She likes
to play with ink, paper and words. The American Robin is her spark bird.
“Walk The Beach”
Elizabeth Jane Pryce is a poet, “Wild Child”, (2010). Author of an early
childhood memoir, “Chosen”, (2022). She currently writes a blog:
bluebottleswritingstudio.com
“May Love Change Us”
Betty Scott writes poems, essays, and short stories. She is currently focused on
her 4th collection of poems and a poetic collection of essays.
“Love Poem #2”
Shoshana D. Kerewsky is the author of “Cancer, Kintsugi, Camino: A Memoir” and
“50 Days in May: Reflections Along the Camino de Santiago.”
“Life Is a Dance”
Ashok K. Bhargava is an award-winning multilingual poet; The founder and
President of the Writers International Network Canada (WIN Canada); Community
activist; Author of six poetry books and many poetry anthologies.
“In Light and Shadow” poem with contributing photo
Jessica Pfundt is a local photographer who enjoys capturing PNW landscapes and
the people within them. Her poetry is inspired by our human connection to our
environments.
“Madison Ave, NY Surreal Aerial View” Painting
Candice James is a visual artist, poet, musician and songwriter. She is a
League of Canadian Poets and Royal City Literary Arts Society member and the
author of 21 books.
“Continue”
Duncan Shields is an animator, writer, podcaster, and performer currently living
in Vancouver BC with his wife and daughter. He enjoys the rain and burritos, and
he’s happy to be here.
“In Late February”
J.I. Kleinberg lives in Bellingham, Washington, where she tears words out of
magazines and stares at them until they turn into poems. Find out more
at https://chocolateisaverb.wordpress.com or on Instagram @jikleinberg.
“Spring Before Spring”
Nancy Kay Peterson has published some 200+ poems and two chapbooks and is still
working hard to learn how to write better poetry.
“Tongue In Ink”
Shannon Laws is the author of four poetry books and one audiobook. She is the
publisher of Corridor. Please visit her website for fun
https://shannonplawswriter.com/ (you are already here silly)
Special thanks to this month’s cover art by Kathleen McKeever.
Corridor Vol. 24 – Cover art: by Kathleen McKeever, “A Corridor of Creativity
flows from the planet and drops down into the tools of the willing”
shannon p. laws 