SIX THINGS by ALAN BERN
HEADED
WHO FIRST SEDUC'D THEM TO THAT FOUL REVOLT?
STUCK DREAM
BILLIE HOLIDAY'S VELVET MOOD
RIVERING
TAKE-OFF FROM PEBBLING
Retired children’s librarian Alan Bern (he/him) is the author of three books of poetry and cofounder (with artist/printer Robert Woods) of the fine press/publisher, Lines & Faces. Recent awards include: honorable mention for Littoral Press Poetry Prize (2021); flash fiction finalist for Ekphrastic Sex (2021); first runner-up for Raw Art Review’s Mirabai Prize for Poetry (2020); medal from SouthWest Writers for a WWII story set in Assisi (2019). Recent and upcoming writing and photo work: HAUNTED WATERS PRESS, Aletheia Literary Quarterly, CERASUS, Feral, and Mercurius. Alan performs with dancer/choreographer Lucinda Weaver as PACES: dance and poetry fit to the space and with musicians from Composing Together.