OUR FAVORITE BOOKS by The SJM Editors
The Editors Share Their Favorites
CONTEST WINNER - GIRLS CAN'T DRIVE by Lynette Tucker
I found a matching set.
They were vintage, parked on the curb
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Write a story or poem inspired by this photo
WILD BLUE: SAVING THE WORLD WITH DUCT TAPE AND WD-40 by Earl Trout
An excerpt from Wild Blue, Chapter 1 - Pasadena, California—2003
SUMMERTIME by Thad Buckley
I cannot barbecue
THE POET by Greg B. Porterfield
So you want to know the poet
SUMMER HAIKU by Valerie Eitzen
Ghosting fog muffling sea sounds
August on the pier
TOMMY TAYLOR by Cheryl McGuire
Frankie was a nut to grab hold of Mrs. Edgerton’s face thataway
HORSE NUMBER SIX by Chuck Sims
Even before I was a teenager, I knew the odds of drawing to an inside straight
SAVED by Dixie Ayala
Big ears, loud bray, tiny hooves, gentle eyes
A mini donkey only 27 inches high
A NORWEGIAN'S FIRST DAY IN AMERICA by Erma Wilson Olsen
I remember when I first come to America. Never will I forget.
THUNDERSNOW by John R. Hoddy
I’ve always wanted to see a snowspout
DIRECTIONS by Judie Maré
I trusted a bright red Royal Mail truck to outskirts
with fewer cars and open roads
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR by Daniel Kuttner
“So? What? You’re some kind of space alien?”
THEN AND AGAIN by JoLynne Buehring
“I feel like I’ve been here before.”
COWBOY SOUL by Howard Feigenbaum
You read the wind, you smell the rain
You’re connected to the earth
REUNION by Ellyn Wolfe
It was a week of looking back and remembering
COVER ART by Ellyn Wolfe
Summer 2019