19th Issue, 12th April, 2001

Poems by

1. Kay McKenzie Cook / Lady with Cancer, Burning Up
2. Peter Tomas / The Generation Before
3. Janet Buck / Cutting Mother's Meat, Edible Time
4. Norman McLeod / Amanueses, The Outhouse
5. Alec Kowalczyk/ Decibel
6. Salduia / Itinerary, Seasons
7. Les Wicks / Pool
8. Stephen Oliver / 1979 / A Flight
9. Trevor Hewett / Runaway
10. Larry Matthews / Karma
11. Rebecca Lu Kiernan / Pre-emptive, To the Bat I have Thrice Beaten Down from the Attic, To the Bat Living in the Air Vent
12. Richard Reeve / Gold Lust
13. Giovanni Malito / Love Couple
14. Andrew Paul Wood / Saint, Footnote to Genesis
15. Neroli Cottam / Aphrodite on a Goose, For the River Goddess
16. Peter Olds / Disjointed on Wellington Railway Station
17. Lindsay Smith / Trout, Blue Rinse

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Feature! Book Reviews.

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About the Authors

ROBERT R. COBB is a recently retired high school art teacher, culminating 35 years of teaching experience with Maine Township High School District #207 in Park Ridge and Des Plaines, Illinois. He lives with his wife of 40 years, Lorna in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. They have three grown sons and five grandchildren. Robert is a professional artist as well as a sometime poet. His works of art, largely drawings, paintings, and prints may be found in over 150 collections. His poetry may be found in recent issues of SNAKESKIN Webzine, Basket Case Magazine, The Southern Ocean Review, The Free Cuisenart, The Nexus, The Paradigm Press Zine, and BeFreeZine. --Robert's poem "Sestina Senses and Nonsense" won 2nd place in The Black Swan Review's national poetry contest. Robert was the featured poet of the month in The Nepenthe Journal, June '99. CHRIS ORLET has stories appearing this Spring (USA) in Southern Cross Review and Salt Creek Review. His fiction has also appeared recently in Absinthe Literary Journal, Eclectica, In Posse Review, Le Petite Zine and Paumanok Review. ALPA SHETH is a structural designer (engineering) by profession. Living in India, he is now a partner in a consultancy firm. A former freelance journalist for newspapers and magazines on issues of architectutr, art and cinema. Now indulges in creative writing. A short story is diue for publishing in the autumn issue of Gowanus Books. WILLIS LOCKWOOD lives in New York, and is a former Presidential Management Fellow under Attorney-General, Janet Reno. Has worked in the Congo as a public affairs officer for the U.S.Embassy there. Has taught literature in South Africa. Recent writing in Renaissance Online Magazine, The Online Reader and The Communique (Columbis University). Also, Utica, an inner New York city newspaper. GASI DECHTER was born in 1975 and lives in Los Angeles, California. This is his first published fiction. He edits the online magazine; TRAGOS JESSY RANDALL'S work last appeared in issue #10 of SOR. She lives in Colorado Springs, USA with her husband and a new baby boy, William Randall Gresham, born in February 2001. KAY MCKENZIE COOKE lives in Dunedin, New Zealand and likes it there. She has never lived in Auckland in her life and never intends to. She has had poetry published in various magazines including Glottis, Sport, Takahe and Poetry NZ. PETER TOMASSI lives in Plainfield, N.J., where he was born. In 1969, Peter Tomassi graduated from Columbia College, where he founded the politics and rhetoric journal, Helvidius. His work has appeared in numerous publications in the U.S. and abroad, including Beauty for Ashes Poetry Review, The Cafe Review, Central California Poetry Journal, The Comstock Review, Magma (London), Lynx Eye, Newark Review, Paris/Atlantic (France), The Pittsburgh Quarterly, PoetryMagazine.com, Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine, Wings, Word Salad, and Yeast for Food. His debut book of poetry, Mixing Cement, was recently published by Thunder Rain. JANET BUCK'S poetry, poetics, and fiction have appeared in A Writer’s Choice, The Melic Review, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Kimera, The Rose & Thorn, 2River View, Southern Ocean Review, Disquieting Muses, Urban Spaghetti, Perihelion, Mind Fire, Born Magazine, Poetry Life & Times, Born Magazine, Big Bridge, and hundreds of journals world-wide. Two of Buck’s poems have been nominated for this year’s Pushcart Prize in Poetry and she is a recent recipient of The H.G. Wells Award for Literary Excellence. In December 1999, Newton’s Baby Press released her first print collection of poetry entitled Calamity’s Quilt : Janet is one of ten U.S. poets to be featured at the “One Heart, One World" Exhibit at the United Nations Exhibit Hall in New York City in April, 2000. Buck is currently on the editing and review panel for the up-coming book: Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul. To read more of Janet's work or schedule a reading, go to Janet Buck NORMAN McLEOD lives and writes in Abbots ford, BC, Canada. ALEC KOWALCZYK is a native of South Troy, New York, USA. He is a civil engineer by day with an interest in the mechanics of poetry. SALDUIA is the pseudonym for writer, Pilar Herrera, who lives in Australia. LES WICKS has been published widely in Australia & elsewhere. His five books are "The Vanguard Sleeps In" (Glandular, 1981), "Cannibals" (Rochford St, 1985), "Tickle" (Island, 1993) & "Nitty Gritty" (Five Islands, 1997) & "The Ways of Waves" (Sidewalk, due 2000). He has performed at festivals, schools, prisons etc. Runs workshops & Meuse Press which focuses on poetry outreach projects. STEPHEN OLIVER'S work has appeared previously in Southern Ocean Review. He lives and writes in Sydney, Australia but is a native of New Zealand where he was educated and wrote much of his earlier work. He has several collections of poetry published and has appeared in many magazines. TREVOR HEWETT lives and writes in Cornwall, England. LARRY MATTHEWS is a design educator currently teaching at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, in Design Studies Originally from Washington DC he moved to New Zealand in1994 to enjoy a different style of life mixing work with creativity in writing, conceptual art and book arts. REBECCA LU KIERNAN is the editor of the print literary magazine, Gecko and Australian Gothica. Her poetry has been published recently in MS. Magazine, Gargoyle, Onthe bus, Rattle and Tundra. She lives in Lexington, .Kentucky, USA. RICHARD REEVE lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is founding editor of Glottis: New Writing, which he now co-edits with Nick Ascroft. His poems have appeared in various journals across the world, in publications like Meanjin, Southerly and The Evening Post; and his first book of poetry is forthcoming from AUP. He is currently completing his doctorate - An Ontology of New Zealandness in Poetry. GIOVANNI MALITO lives and writes in Cork, Ireland. ANDREW PAUL WOOD lives and writes in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was born in Timaru in 1975. He is a BA(Hons) graduate of Otago University and PGDipMuStud (Massey). He is a writer, poet and art and culture critic. NEROLI COTTAM lives and writes in Cromwell, Central Otago, where she runs a craft and arts gallery. She is an organiser of poetry readings and workshops in the Otago area and her work has appeared in a number of magazines, including earlier issues of Southern Ocean Review. PETER OLDS is a former Burns Fellow at Otago University, New Zealand and prolific poet of the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's. He was born in Milton, Otago, in 1946. He has a large body of recent work and a collection is forthcoming soon, to be published by Mike O'Leary, Wellington. He has a number of collections to his credit and his work is widely known overseas. LINDSAY SMITH is a retired teacher living in Rockhampton, Australia. He was born in New Zealand in 1939. Originally trained in music at Otago University, Smith's interests encompassed writing, with his collection "Skyhook" being the first publication of Caveman Press, Dunedin, New Zealand - with graphics by Barry Cleavin. In retirement, Smith pursues his interests in psychotherapy, Tai Chi Chen. music and writing. BERNARD GADD is a retired teacher living in Auckland, New Zealand. An accomplished teacher, editor, poet and reviewer, he is the editor of the forthcoming anthology of 1960's and 1970's, poetry "Real Fire" -the "alternative' anthology. TREVOR REEVES began writing in the late 1960's and has three collections, published in the 1970's, to his credit. Editor and publisher of Caveman Press and now Square One Press, he is a co-editor of Southern Ocean Review with Judith Wolfe. His writing has appeared throughout the world and includes fiction as well as poetry and critical writing and reviews. A collection of stories, "Breaker Breaker and other stories" is to appear this year. JUDITH WOLFE lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. She is an artist, designer and sculptor and has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand. Some of her works have been in travelling exhibitions overseas. Recent exhibitions at the Empire Cinema, guest artist at the Wanaka Art Group Exhibition, August 1997 and exhibited in the Warbirds Over Wanaka air show exhibition, Easter, 1998, and the Cleveland Art Awards, Dunedin, October 1998, and the Columba College exhibition 1999. Exhibitions throughout Central Otago are planned. Her arts site is here