G.R. Kramer reads his poem, "Traffic Light," and John C. Mannone reads his poem, "Second Thoughts," from our current Summer issue.
G. R. Kramer grew up in Canada, Kenya and the U.S., the child of refugees from fascism and communism. A lawyer by vocation, his passion for writing poetry has rekindled in late middle-age. His first poetry chapbook is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. Go to https://blueguitar58.wixsite.com/website-1 for more.
John C. Mannone has poems in North Dakota Quarterly, Poetry South, Windhover, Braided Way, Spirit Fire Review, Credo Espoir, Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, and Scriblerus Arts Journal. He has collections: Disabled Monsters (Linnet’s Wings Press, 2015), Flux Lines: The Intersection of Science, Love, and Poetry (Linnet’s Wings Press, 2021), Sacred Flute (Iris Press, 2022), and Song of the Mountains (Middle Creek Publishing, 2023). A retired professor of physics living in Knoxville, Tennessee, he edits poetry for Abyss & Apex, Silver Blade, Liquid Imagination, and American Diversity Report.