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Our nominations for Pushcart 2022: Stephen Spencer, Ian Enters, Debasis Tripathy, Catherine Chandler, Ann Anderson Evans, and David Blumenfeld. betterthanstarbucks.org/nominations

We Are Live! Better Than Starbucks November 2022 Vol VII No IV betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/nov2022

“long black digits spread cerulean fingernails scratch icy windows” haiku by Sterling Warner Better Than Starbucks August 2022 betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/haiku Art: Composition by Terry Frost #haiku #SterlingWarner #poetry

“My mother’s great, but she doesn’t get out of bed much. That’s how I answer those who ask; I leave her death, a few years back, unsaid.” from “Out of Sight” by Barbara Lydecker Crane betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/formal… Art: Mother and Child by Christian Krohg #poetry #BarbaraLydeckerCrane

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“This little house of flesh that encapsules us is no more than a leaf that falls, a wave that crests.” from “Brahman. Meditation.” by Janice D. Soderling betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/free-v… Photo: Falling Leaf in Guelph, Ontario, Canada by Ryan Hodnett #poetry #JaniceDSoderling

“As a young boy, I thought he was crazy. Four decades in, living in a house I don’t own, walking the strange lands of America, I find myself still lost . . .” from “A Man Who Feeds the Birds” by Francis Johann Verdote betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/experi… Man feeding pigeons by Laura Hadden

“Then that blue blotch on my firstborn’s back, that millennial native marker — the Mongolian patch.” from “The Mongolian Patch” by Jen Ross Better Than Starbucks August 2022 betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/intern… Art: Traquée by Romain Rossi #poetry #JenRoss

“syntax of birdsong, making of the man’s wise words monotone nonsense” haiku by Max Gutmann Better Than Starbucks August 2022 betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/haiku Photo: Larus argentatus in Tallinn Passenger Port in early morning by Maasaak #haiku #MaxGutmann #poetry

“Hamstringing web sites whose owners Insult the audience by pasting in Jaculiferous Javascript that Kills your browser for forty-five seconds.” from “Abecedarian Prayer” by Kenneth Nichols betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/poetry… Art: Computer art by Kobako #poetry #KennethNichols

“Now, were a genie to fulfill my wish that folks could see the globe that we inhabit like hawks that spy the mice, they’d see the spasm of extinction” from “Hawk Feather” by Martin Elster betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/formal… Art: A Golden Eagle by Archibald Thorburn #poetry #MartinElster

“Haunting nights Along the boulevard With the silent armies Of a stoned melancholy By my side” from “No Mercy” by John Drudge Better Than Starbucks August 2022 betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/free-v… Art: Boulevard in the evening by Isaac Levitan #poetry #JohnDrudge

“we quit inhabiting a vase in the wilting hand of grief — a body bearing an ache too young to possess a name . . .” from “fireflies” by Damilola Omotoyinbo betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/africa… Art: Vase (self-portrait) by Leon Bakst #poetry #DamilolaOmotoyinbo

“The further inland my feet and hands drag this dirt-ship, the more books & electronics build my ego. . . “ from “Oblivion’s Balloon as it Collapses Neuro-Linguistic Pathways . ..” by Bobby Parrott betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/experi… Art: Dynamic Universe I by Romul Nutiu #BobbyParrott

“The pond is seized by icy rigor, dead to wind, and bereft of swans.” haiku by Teague McKamey Better Than Starbucks August 2022 betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/haiku Photo: Frozen pond by Alison Rawson #haiku #TeagueMcKamey #poetry

“There he stands, freezing his balls off. Or in this case, his carrot, trans- planted from his head by the brat next door.” from “Saint Frosty” by Edmund Conti Better Than Starbucks August 2022 betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/poetry… Photo: Helmut Smits - Odapark Venray #poetry #EdmundConti

Please join us in congratulating Kathryn Jacobs and Rachel Jacobs on the publication of their new book, A Life Lived Differently, a poignant portrait of autism. From the publisher: betterthanstarbucks.net Available at Lulu.com and from IngramSpark. #poetry #autism

Our annual sonnet contest is now open for submissions: betterthanstarbucks.org/sonnet-contest

“And my mother grumbled as we Trudged home from Downtown Brooklyn To Bay Ridge, groceries in hand,” from “The Fifth Ave ‘El’ Closed Today” by Robert Ackerman betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/free-v… Art: A girl doing the grocery bill by Gerolamo Induno #poetry #RobertAckerman

“What is the time now? Is it high time to be a butcher? They think And start the operation.” from “The divided world and the river” by Partha Sarkar Better Than Starbucks August 2022 betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/aug2022/intern… The Source of the Loue River by Gustave Courbet #poetry #ParthaSarkar