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REID BAER

Fully Present Pioneers


The wagon party halted -
stranded at the water's edge
as the first spring's icy flow
rose high and fast against the muddy banks.

Many murmured for the discouraging delay.
Others circled together,
prepared camp and prayed.

During the long night
temperatures dropped
and winds blew bitter cold
through the desolate land.

Many murmured with a bone-chilling shiver.
Others arose early, hitched oxen
and crossed the now frozen river.

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JOHN HORVATH Jr
Our Heroes

These villages have many names; These families have many names; These churches, too, have names. Church walls have names And their eyes mirror Lions caged in winter. Someday to Paradise We shall follow them But not this day. We have a mission for our dead Stone heroes: accept our plea When we call upon their memory. Blood under flesh and Bone beneath blood, Their souls surrender. An old veteran's last rites Adds one to their number. We are as one at such times. We shroud their coffins With flags to remember The art of sacrifice. For enemies Such weapons Lay in wait Where we leave them In soil we surrender. The dead guard our retreat.

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RE Fully Present Pioneers copyright REID BAER
RE Our Heroes copyright JOHN HORVATH Jr

MICHAEL LADANYIs JB appeared in the 2002.10 issue of PoetryRepairShop. And, we are proud to have had him as a regular contributor.

LIDANYI has had two chapbooks published : Spelling Crows of Winter, ISBN 1-58998-229-0, released by Pudding House Publications, http://www.puddinghouse.com/ Sept. 2003, and Palm Shadows, released by Purple Rose Publications, http://www.purple-rose.com/ June 2002.

MICHAEL LADANYI now announces his first full length poetry collection, Humming Riddles in Naked Seasons, (72 poems, price $16, ISBN# pending) is due out in the late spring/early summer from The Sun Rising Poetry Press, http://www.sun-rising-poetry.com/ a division of Sun Books, and is now available for pre-order through the publishers: Donette at: donette@sunbooks.com or Dale at: djungk@stjoelive.com

Humming Riddles in Naked Seasons will be available upon publication through online and brick and mortar retail stores, including Amazon.com and others.

Please take a moment to visit my site at: http://www.geocities.com/michael_paul_ladanyi/index.html or the publishers site at: http://www.sun-rising-poetry.com/ to learn more.

Humming Riddles in Naked Seasons, Michael Paul Ladanyi's first full length collection of poetry, is available now through The Sun Rising Poetry Press: http://www.sun-rising-poetry.com/

Michael Paul Ladanyi [ http://www.geocities.com/michael_paul_ladanyi/Michael_Paul_Ladanyi ] Edits
Adagio Verse Quarterly http://www.geocities.com/adagioversequarterly/Adagio_Verse_Quarterly.html
or adagioversequarterly@yahoo.com ;

The Bohemian Rag http://www.geocities.com/the_bohemian_rag/The_Bohemian_Rag the_bohemian_rag@yahoo.com

Lidanyi is also a Poetry reviewer with Write-Away-Poetry http://www.write-away-poetry.org/

His latest chapbook, Spelling Crows of Winter
Available through Pudding House Publications http://www.puddinghouse.com/ Price $8.95
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