WEEKLY VERSES
Weekly Verses is our digital publication that features the works of different artists and writers.
Self-Portrait, after Artemisia Gentileschi
Alexandra Terlesky is a fine artist from the Los Angeles area. She is currently a student at the Kline Academy in Culver City, where she is learning the classical drawing and painting techniques. Classical painting is done in a multitude of layers: first, a carefully composed drawing or sketch of the painting, then either a monochromatic or very muted second layer of oil paint that is then covered with what are called “glazes,” and, finally, finishing the painting with a varnish to make the colors truly sing. Her copy of Artemisia Gentileschi’s, “Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting” is her rendition, and homage, to one of the only female Caravaggisti (followers of Caravaggio).
Altitude
Lena J. (LJ) is a poet and spoken word artist originally from New York, now based in Richmond, Virginia. Her work centers on honesty, vulnerability, and growth, with a focus on mental health, healing, self reflection, and the moments we do not always have the words for.
She is currently working on her debut haiku collection, Anatomy of a Burn, which explores love and its transformation through infatuation, toxicity, awareness, and learning to choose yourself.
This would be her first publication and marks an early step in her creative journey as she works toward her goal: to reach at least one person and remind them they are not alone.
Alternative Medicine
Tomris Small is an upcoming writer from Turkey. She took up writing in addition to her genetics studies in university. Her writing explores themes of identity, control, and the human body, often blending visceral imagery with emotional introspection. One of her main goals in writing is to create unsettling yet intimate narratives. The story "Alternative Medicine" is among her first publications.
CALLING CARD
African-Italian performance poet based in Oakland, California. Active on creative writing & Spoken Word since the early 1990s. Author of 10 books--Boneyard, Unwritten Law, Stormwater, Skeletal Black, Elohi Unitsi, Rusty Gallows: Passages Against Hate, Plans, Crimson Stain, Discovery and The Mansion--and 83 anthology appearances under his figurative belt so far.
哀歌 (Elegy)
Xia Zhang is a poet from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. He earned his undergraduate degree in Economic Management from Zhongnan University of Economics and a MBA from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Over the years, he has worked in telecommunications, the automotive industry, and held roles as varied as feng shui consultant, baker, cleaner, and security guard. Since 2021, he has been resting at home for health reasons. Zhang began writing poetry in 2008 and has composed over a thousand poems, some of which have appeared on the Chinese Poetry Network.
Jobs & Junkies
Daniel Jacques is a writer from West Yorkshire in the UK. After dropping out of school at eighteen years old, he has had approximately twenty jobs, including factories, warehouses, chemical plants, landscaping, gardening, construction, and postal services.
Survivor2
KJ Hannah Greenberg uses her trusty point-and-shoot camera to capture the order of G-d's universe, and Paint 3D to capture her personal chaos. Sometimes, it’s insufficient for her to sate herself by applying verbal whimsy to pastures where gelatinous wildebeests roam, or fey hedgehogs play. Hannah’s self-illustrated poetry collections are: No One Sighs over Wastrels' Graves (Seashell Books, 2026, Forthcoming), Miscellaneous Parlor Tricks (Seashell Books, 2024), Word Magpie (Audience Askew, 2024), Subrogation (Seashell Books, 2023), and One-Handed Pianist (Hekate Publishing, 2021). Her coffee table books Real and Otherwise (Seashell Books, 2025), Gratitudes: Faith Based Responses to October 7th (Seashell Books, 2025), and are Life’s Colors (Seashell Books, 2025).
As I Age
Sandra Beth Levy is a retired psychologist from Cranston, RI who passionately practiced the healing art of psychotherapy for over forty years and is now pursuing her dream of immersion in creative writing and spoken word performance. She raised two biracial poet sons while honoring her Jewish-feminist identities. Her social and personal histories weave their way through her writing as she explores the intricacies of love, loss, aging, and awe of nature. She has won local poetry slams and published poems with Anomaly Poetry, Small Gems Press, Arcana Poetry, and A Curious Moon. She has poems forthcoming in the digital SHINE poetry series and SHINE Quarterly Issue 7, June 2026. You can find her on Instagram @slevy43.
Hunger
Tamizh Ponni VP, is an ambivert who loves to express her skills through literature, visual arts, and music. She has worked as an IB educator for 9 years in Bengaluru (India) and sees learning as a never-ending process. Her stories were featured in 2 anthology books, "Mia" and "Varna". Tamizh's articles, poems, and paintings have also been published in many digital journals and educational blogs. She spends most of her free time painting, reading, writing articles, stories, and poems, playing piano, and watching documentaries/movies.
AMUSIA
Yvette A. Schnoeker-Shorb is the author of Shapes That Stay (Kelsay Books). Her poetry has appeared in Slipstream Magazine, New York Quarterly, Camas: The Nature of the West, About Place Journal, AJN: The American Journal of Nursing, Grey Matter: An Anthology of Medical Poetry, and many other publications. She is co-founder of the late 501(c)(3) natural-history nonprofit Native West Press (2005-2025) and lives in the Central Highlands of Arizona with her husband, numerous peccaries, two bobcats, and an assortment of jays, ravens, and hawks.
Things I Love Almost As Much As My Beloved's Soft Tongue:
Angela Sloan is a writer from Virginia; she earned a Master’s Degree in English and Creative Writing from Longwood University and currently lives in New York City. Her previous works have been published by Three Rooms Press, Genre: Urban Arts, and Mandarin Magazine; her chapbook, Stories About Love, was published in 2022. Angela's new work is included in the poetry anthology When Flowers Sing.
The Swirl Of Time
Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Lithuanian/Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a graduate background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently or will soon appear in Fish Food, Streetlight, Another Chicago Magazine, Door Is A Jar, The Phoenix, and The Harvard Advocate. Edward is also a published poet who has had over 700 poems published and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize multiple times.
I Remember (after Joe Brainard)
Daisy Hernandez is a writer from the Bronx. This is her first published work, as she has never appeared in any publications. She is currently an upper-class college student majoring in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in Legal Studies. Daisy plans to attend law school after graduation to make a career of helping others. Her writing ranges from poetry to fiction to non-fiction, all of which center on her life as a Hispanic woman in America. She hopes to become an author and inspire others as she has been inspired. You can follow her on Instagram; her tag is @daisitah
The Day I Passed A Beer To a Naked Old Man in Germany
Giovanna Errore (she/her) is an Italian copywriter and non-fiction author. She writes about feminism, invisible chronic illnesses, pop culture, literature, and fashion, or just about anything that captures her oversensitive heart. Her work has appeared in Vogue Italia, Global Comment, You&Me Magazine, OC87 Recovery Diaries, Dismantle, and the Jane Austen Society of Italy magazine. She is an advocate for chronic illnesses and transfeminism as well as a certified nerd.
People Watching
Joshua Nauman is a writer and librarian from Northeast Ohio. His writing has appeared in Youngstown State University's literary magazine, the Penguin Review, and the Neon Origami Literary Magazine. When he’s not writing, he’s either reading a book for the library’s book club or going on a run.
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