The Ram's Tale: 2009 table of contents

"There is a pleasure in poetic pains Which only poets know"
—William Cowper, From "The Task"

John Keats’ Bones by Carleigh Takemoto
Your Anger Is a Gift by Kevin Jensen
For My Mother and Tom Robbins by Carleigh Takemoto
UFO by Dina Daniel
Fragments from a Soul of the Cross by Kevin Jensen
Orange Karma by Mima Wright
Window Powder by Gloria Nazzaretta
Driving Love by Gloria Nazzaretta

"Art is having the mastery to take your experience, whether it's visual or mental, and make meaningful shapes that convey a reality to others"
—Gail Godwin

Rusted Dreams by Vanessa Lopez
Prison Military Industrial System by David Gomez
The Crysis by Erik Beltran
Outer Space by Alberto Garcia

"The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new"
—Samuel Johnson

Recognizing Myself by Hector Elizondo
Truth like a Bullet by Yia Lee
The Legend of Matricidal Milly by Hector Elizondo
The Household by Raven Sims
How to Cook Meth by Kathryn Bahl

"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug."
—Mark Twain

The Last Traditional Gangster by Emilio Garcia
The Dark Inside by Jillian Ward