Table of Contents for Voices on the Wind Volume 43--Bitter Voices

  1. 2009: Year of the Gilded Flicker by Paula Ashley
  2. The Black Labrador Swims... by Paula Ashley
  3. A Melody by Dick Bakken
  4. He Walked Away Into History by Dick Bakken
  5. Banjo Liftoff by Dick Bakken
  6. Colours by David Chorlton
  7. Misery by David Chorlton
  8. Celia's Advice by Leslie Clark
  9. Gone by Bates Corlieu
  10. Celtic Tonic for Bitterish by Bates Corlieu
  11. Bitters and the Grain of Salt by Bates Corlieu
  12. Total Information Awareness System by Chris Dietz
  13. Ripping Scabs by Chris Dietz
  14. The Crossing by Mimi Ferraro
  15. The Fathers by Moireh Moon
  16. Soliloquy by Moireh Moon
  17. What's in a Name by Nadine Lockhart
  18. Intersecting the Parallel by Phillip Peters
  19. My Vulgar Darling by Ashok Rajamani
  20. They Call Me Teacher by Carol Sanger
  21. Words for Church Builders by Carol Sanger
  22. Draw a Parallel by Susan Stevens
  23. Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Susan Stevens
  24. Elements of Style by James R. Thacher 





In the desert 

by Stephen Crane


In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said: "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter - bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."