Issue 3, September 2007

illustration by Kevin Cooper

Table of Contents

The Field by Paul Inskeep
An Old Lifer Speaks Up by John Chesley
Illustration: Horse by James Phipps
My Lost Love — Tanya Lynn Matthew by Dillon Silver
Thanks to God by Schalonda Jackson
Without A Word by Toby Reed

To Swim With Dolphins by Reginald Smith
Respect is Unconditional by Lonnie Butler
Burden by Antonio Howard
Illustration: Free as a Bird by DeCoursey Smith
Democracy & Common Sense by Paul Inskeep
Illustration: Squirrel by James Phipps

One Last Letter to My Love by Lloyd P. McCaskill
Illustration: Prisoner of Love by Toby Reed
Life by Schalonda Jackson
Me-Ma by Matthew Dillon Silver
Like Stars by Donny Ingraham
Trapped by Marvin Davis

Lift Me Up by Matthew Dillon Silver
Caged by Donny Ingraham
Prison is a Blessing by Marc Gutman
Fate by Donny Ingraham
Prospect by James Zola
In the Hands of Prayer by Bro. Oliver Mills Jr.

Walk Alone by John Worsham
Illustration: Mickey & Minnie by Michael Paulino
I Miss My Family by Kevin Cooper
There for Us by Bilal A Rahman
Poem From the Holy Spirit by Deacon Leroy Ray
Illustration by James Phipps

Relief by Rufus Braboy
Illustration: Huntingdon State by Antonio Howard
I Do Believe by Terry Dorch
Illustration: Naturaleza by Lino Delgado
Mother’s Love by John D. Wilson
Illustration: Dragon by Toby Reed

Autum Falls by Augustine Fortune
Mirror of Time by Ismail Y. Jaber
The Mansion by Donald Hall
Out of the Grave by Marcellus Baylor
Illustration: My People by Lino Delgado

If I Wrote You a Letter by Calvin Bowman, Sr.,
Doing the Jailhouse Hustle (Excerpts) by Douglas Scott Avery
Illustration: Dog by James Phipps
Rock Bottom (excerpts) by Bilal A. Rahman
Never Judge (excerpts) by William Dean III
List of Contributors & Addresses