​SELECTED WORKS

POETRY
On Loving by Jessica Abughattas
Animal Feeling by Jessica Abughattas
Second Hand by Jessica Abughattas
Thoughts from a Far Away Town by Micaela Accardi-Krown
Mexican of America: A Sonnet by Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin
What I Know by Gloria Arellanes
Staging Purple by Beth Baird
The Wave by Beth Baird
Planting Seeds in Hopes of Planting Herself by Beth Baird
The Cloud Rider by Judy Barrat
Semper Virens by Lynn Bronstein
Sonnet of the Homme Fatale by Jeffrey Bryant
Ho Chi Minh Meanders by Tommy Vinh Bui
A Gift by Tim Callahan
Also my Heart a Ghazal by Tim Callahan
Fairy Duster by Tim Callahan
Fireworks by Don Kingfisher Campbell
Cross Town Muse by Christine Candland
Mountain Lilac by Peggy Castro
Bamboo Patio by Chuka Susan Chesney
Muzak/Music by Philip Chiao
Chinese Zither (Zheng) by Philip Chiao
Why I write by Jackie Chou
Mother of Water, River of Nine Dragons by Teresa Mei Chuc
He Was My Church by Marsha Cifarelli
Long Shadows Drape Over Living Things Effortlessly by Reg Clarkinia
Grey Matter by Coco
Harvest Season by Coco
Immigration Status: Grieving by Lisbeth Coiman
A Protective Shroud by Lisbeth Coiman
Second Law of Newton by Lisbeth Coiman
Daisies are Pinwheeling by Stephen Colley
Opening a Chrysalis by Chris Cressey
My Mother’s Father by Pat Cross
The Uncles by Pat Cross
Tears for Tosca on a Saturday Afternoon by Pat Cross
Dispatches by Bill Cushing
Drydocks and Parades by Bill Cushing
If the Sky Split Tonight by Triniti Daniel-Robinson
The Commute by Triniti Daniel-Robinson
Things Never Said by Triniti Daniel-Robinson
Dusk by Stacy DeGroot
The Last Leaf by Valena Dismukes
Mother Tongue by Tiffany Do
Thoughts From Underneath a Sunflower Leaf by Tiffany Do
Intersection by Mel Donalson
Beasts by Mel Donalson
Emergence by Megan Dorame
The Abalone Are Dying by Megan Dorame
What does loss taste like? by Megan Dorame
Self-Portrait with Favorite Dress by Linda Dove
What We Share Now by Linda Dove
Fifty Years Later by Pauline Dutton
Cherita Comfort by Pauline Dutton
My Car is Like a Woman by Richard Dutton
All the Goodness of the World by Alicia Elkort
Elegy by Alicia Elkort
Dark Sky by Dawn Robin English
Purple Love by Lynn Fang 
Rocks by Lynn Fayne
A poem I gathered by Lynn Fayne
Fleshing out a rectangle by Lynn Fayne
Battleground by Emily Fernandez
Sorry No Apocalypse by Emily Fernandez
Garlic by Mark Fisher
Mojave by Mark Fisher
Crossing by Oombi Solis Flores 
Falling by Oombi Solis Flores 
Tucson, AZ by Katherine Footracer
Insulin Blues by Katherine Footracer
Pray Thee to Anacreon in Heaven (A Green Stained Knee) by GT Foster
Elementary Art by Joyce Futa
Memento by Joyce Futa
Pantoum by Joyce Futa
A Monologue with Mom by Martina Gallegos
Mother’s Womb by Martina Gallegos
Rainbow by Martina Gallegos
Joey Jams Jazz Chords in the Urban Schoolyard by Jerry Garcia
Suburban Recessional by Jerry Garcia
There are things you don’t have to inherit… by Catherine Gewertz
Mother Nature Dances with Man-Not-So-Kind by Luz Gutierrez
Mother Nature Calls for Help by Luz Gutierrez
Mushroom Hunters by Charles Harmon
Retired Senryu Sequence by Charles Harmon
Bomb Crater Kyoka Sequence by Charles Harmon
Listen by Shirley Harris
Don’t Leave Without Saying Goodbye by Shirley Harris
Hands Up Don’t Shoot by Hazel Clayton Harrison
Summer Haiku by Hazel Clayton Harrison
The Hanyaeo Women of the Sea by Hazel Clayton Harrison
Seism by Eleanor Harvey
Floral demoiselles by Eleanor Harvey
Democracy, Democracy by Teri Hicks
Homeless Man by Teri Hicks
Questions for the Gods by Teri Hicks
Grandmother’s House by Andria Hill
The Visit by Randel Horton
Dignified Burials by Gerda Govine Ituarte
Thanks Giving by Gerda Govine Ituarte
LP Record by Ellice Jeon
Late, Spring by Ellice Jeon
To Scatter at Descanso Gardens by Lois P. Jones
To a Friend at Rilke’s Grave in Raron by Lois P. Jones
Leafless Eve by Lorelei Kay
Attending my Former Lover’s Wedding by Lorelei Kay
A Pasadena Sidewalk Café by Jan King
Mountain View Cemetery by Cybele Garcia Kohel
On the day of Comey’s firing by Cybele Garcia Kohel
Hospital Haiku by Deborah P Kolodji
Untitled by Deborah P Kolodji
​Untitled by Deborah P Kolodji
Lucky by Linda Kraai
​A Moment by Joan Krieger-Hoffman
Dell Av by Tom Laichas
Bartholomaus Canyon Renewed by Peter Larsen
Chateau Room 57 by Courtney Lavender
Green in October by Courtney Lavender
If My Sight Goes, I Know by Courtney Lavender
That Afternoon by Nancy Lind
An Affirmation Not a Death Rattle in Bed by Janis Lukstein
Dancing Daffodils by Janis Lukstein
Morning Coffee by Joseph Lusnia
Honey, She’s Gone by Roberta Martinez
Waltzing in Nepantla by Roberta Martinez
Catalyst by Deborah McGaffey
The Rim by Penelope Moffet
Water Lilies by Penelope Moffet
Description of My Heart by Andrea Seferina Morales
The Joy and Sadness of Flowers by Andrea Seferina Morales
For My Mom by Andrea Seferina Morales
A Little Taste of Wine by Alejandro Zapote  Morales
Eminent Domain by Alejandro Zapote  Morales
Self Defense by Alejandro Zapote  Morales
Weather by Toni Mosley
And the Last Shall Be Earth by Janet Nippell
Back When I Rode the Bus by Janet Nippell
Ether by Christian Nuno
​Untitled by Christian Nuno
Impractical by Christian Nuno
​Dandelions by Dean Okamura
Staying between the lines by Dean Okamura
Inner/outer by Atlakatl Orozco
Te Quiero Decir by Kelving Ortiz
Pantoum with Cuban Street Poets by Luis Ortiz
Revolutionary Seeds by Mixchel Payan
Milk and Hyacinth by Bill Ratner
Locker Room Talk by Bill Ratner
Balms by Thelma T. Reyna
Like a Politician No Tears by Thelma T. Reyna
Convalescent Hospital by Thelma T. Reyna
Our love (though Jhene Aiko song titles) by Joshua Rogers
​I am Queer Poetry by Joshua Rodgers
​Grandfather’s Ring by Susan Rogers
Longing for October by Susan Rogers
​Sunflowers in Your Hand by Susan Rogers
Momento Mori for Petit Mort by Michael Romero
Secondary Inspections: A Sestina by Carla Sameth
I Didn’t Ask to be a Mexican by Tony Sandoval
Hummingbird Chant by Tony Sandoval
Rotation by Sehba Sarwar
Justice by Elsa Seifert
Resistance by Elsa Seifert
Six by S. Pearl Sharp
Sequoia/Cathedral Tree by Pamela Shea
Wolverton Creek by Pamela Shea
Garden Party by Pamela Shea
A Perfect Picture by Nancy Shiffrin
Furious is the Night by Dorothy Skiles
Morning Prayers by Dorothy Skiles
The Soul of America by Beverly Tate
Who’s Deceiving Whom by Beverly Tate
What Lies Beneath Big Bear Lake by Mary Langer Thompson 
4:30 AM by Tom Tipton
A Collection of Sound by Tom Tipton
The Pea Coat by Tom Tipton
The Miracle of the Geese by Lauren Tyler-Rickon
The Ploughshare by Lauren Tyler-Rickon
TEOTIHUACAN (Ancient Aliens) by Alexander Uribe
How to Become a Better Noodle Poet by Amy Uyematsu
Echo in Monument Valley by Amy Uyematsu
Heartworks by Amy Uyematsu
Examination by Alicia Viguer-Espert
Aurora by Alicia Viguer-Espert
​New Day Dawning by Lori Wall-Holloway
Light in the Storm by Lori Wall-Holloway
Shatter by Lori Wall-Holloway
​Welcome to the Occupation by Chris Wallace
I Stole Your Roses by Karen Whitmore
Punctuation by Karen Whitmore
Holy Jim by Terry Wilhelm
What all the World Is by Terry Wilhelm
Her Place by Kath Abela Wilson
Redwood Driftwood by Kath Abela Wilson
​Loving Caretakers by Kath Abela Wilson
I Pray by Joe Witt
Kite Boarder by Joe Witt
Benediction by C. Jerome Woods
Two Black Men by C. Jerome Woods
Eclipsed by Nina Yamamoto
Farewell by Nina Yamamoto
Homesickness by Nina Yamamoto
Garden of Snow Peas by Sharon Yee
Haibun with Haiku by Sharon Yee


PROSE
My Own Special “Summer of Love” by Bill Cushing
Dawn Robin by Dawn Robin English
Invasion of the Painted Ladies by Emily Fernandez
Berkeley Drive by Tom Laichas
​Murmur by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Invisible to Myself by Radomir Vojtech Luza
Underwater by Roshan Zoe Moazed
Sundaughters by Roshan Zoe Moazed
A Room of my Own by Toni Mosley
The Boy and His Bird by Elliott Negrin
Bronte by Toti O’Brien    ​
My Father’s Scream by Toti O’Brien  
Getting lost is scary by Dean Okamura
The Imaginary Ring by Bill Ratner
The Heavens Wept for Us by Thelma T. Reyna
Moment by Thelma T. Reyna            
Mysteries, I by Lauren Tyler-Rickon
Going to Church by R.S. Rocha

Altadena Literary Review 2020
Poetry & Cookies release reading and potluck celebration - Event Cancelled
​There will be an online release on YouTube & SoundCloud
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Altadena Public Library, 600 E. Mariposa Street, Altadena, CA 91001

Contributor pre-order links: (50% off retail price of $22) for authors published in the Altadena Literary Review 2020 only. If you are not an author published in the Altadena Literary Review 2020, please email shabdapress@yahoo.com for a PayPal invoice. 
​

*DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND HEALTH RECOMMENTATIONS BY THE CITY, COUNTY AND STATE, THERE WILL BE NO PICK-UP OF BOOKS UNTIL THE ALTADENA LIBRARY RE-OPENS AND IT IS SAFE. IF YOU ORDER FOR PICK-UP, YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO PICK UP YOUR BOOKS. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU ORDER WITH SHIPPING.  

​
ALTADENA LITERARY REVIEW 2020 - MULTI-COPIES - ORDERS WITH SHIPPING:

​SHIPPING COSTS FOR THE ALTADENA LITERARY REVIEW 2020
*THE FOLLOWING IS ONLY THE COST FOR SHIPPING AND NOT THE BOOK

​
​