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—Poetry Pearl—

GRACE TRAN

the moon and me

the moon curves inward and inward and inward;
…..trapping stars and meteors
in her swooping arches, pale
face bleeding through the wispy clouds

rough skin, round as a peach
she spirals endlessly.

far beneath, waves toss and turn,
sweeping across the empty beaches and
…..old rocking fishing boats
like cradles.

night screams silently
while grandmother places child in bed, blankets up to her
…..tiny chin.
and then she is child and child is grandmother and
they are one and the same and
…..different, all rolled into a
translucent skin that catches the light and drinks it up.

the moon is the moon is the moon is
cut like a wheel, slices
…..of silver steel surveying the stars.

a ladder inches its way up to the moon
…..encircling the earth,
fat droplets of water dripping from its
rungs like tears that
hold the world in their glassy spheres.

we are the moon and the moon
lives in us, our eyes bearing the black soul
…..of its mysterious face.
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ADAM ROA

Art | Category Surreal

Every moment in our external life is reflecting back to us something that is happening internally, whether we know it or not.

Adam Roa is a teacher of the process by which our reality is being created and help them learn how to take conscious control over this creation process. “Manifestation” or “Law of Attraction” might sound like cool concepts, but HOW do they actually work? Everything I do is designed to help expand the awareness of my audience so that they rediscover the power that lies within each and every one of us. The power to create our reality . . .

LINDA MURDOCK

Photography

ZO was absolutely, cosmically thrilled to find Linda Murdock Photography tracking right with our Circle Expo! Check out the “synchronous” work on her page . . .

“Dec 1, 2017 ~ Often when you start noticing something it suddenly appears everywhere. Kind of like when you learn the definition of the word ubiquitous and then it is… everywhere! Recently I become obsessed with circles, curves and arches. I have been tempted to get The Book of Circles but, actually reading the sample was enough. I just don’t read as much as I used to. Rather, I don’t read as many books as I once did. I am constantly reading articles and stories on my computer or tablet, plus all those closed captions on the TV. I don’t know why the actors mumble and whisper so much these days.

So, we have made an effort to find circles and curves and even arches to photograph. And they are just.. ubiquitous.”

MARCIA PARKER

Poetry

Marcia Parker Productions

Marcia is the Owner-operator at Marcia Parker Productions and Event Coordinator at The Original Melodic Mondays. Marcia has coordinated, judged, and helped us manage a few ZO Expos. She is also a gifted chef, speaker, actress, and unique Spoken Word Artist known as Motha Nature.

KAREN CONNELLY

Poetry

In the words of CBC Radio host Bill Richardson, Karen Connelly is “one of our smartest, fiercest and most intrepid writers. She has turned an innate and turbulent restlessness to her and to our advantage: never content with just one form, never content with just one place, never allied to just one idea. She’s a poet, an essayist, a novelist, a provocateur.”

Her works have been translated into fourteen languages and published in seventeen countries. She lives with her family in Toronto and, during the summers, in Greece.