Writers of Kern

Fusion of hydrogen
breathing life
into the stars
burning brightly

Proton chain dangling
as the mighty ones
press helium into carbon

Nitrogen to oxygen
then iron halts it all
in a bang the dragon
brings death and life

Cyn Bermudez is a writer, poet, and artist living in California. She is the author of And the Moon Follows, Brothers, Graffiti Heart, and The Dragons Club (forthcoming). She writes in various genres: general, science fiction, fantasy, weird, horror, and more. She has short stories, poetry, and art published in various journals and anthologies. Cyn serves as the current president, program chair, and webmaster for the Writers of Kern, a chapter of the California Writers Club. She enjoys other creative outlets like photography, sketching, digital art, and painting. For more information, visit her website at www.cynbermudez.com.

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Cyn Bermudez is a writer, poet, and artist living in California. She is the author of And the Moon Follows, Brothers, Graffiti Heart, and The Dragons Club (forthcoming). She writes in various genres: general, science fiction, fantasy, weird, horror, and more. She has short stories, poetry, and art published in various journals and anthologies. Cyn serves as the current president, program chair, and webmaster for the Writers of Kern, a chapter of the California Writers Club. She enjoys other creative outlets like photography, sketching, digital art, and painting. For more information, visit her website at www.cynbermudez.com.

Stay Connected! blog wordpress | instagram @cyncbermudez | twitter @cyncbermudez | editor Planisphere Quarterly | president Writers of Kern.

Pink cotton candy
Feathery clouds melt like air
Sweetness coats the tongue

Jennette Green writes sweet romance with a touch of spice. She fell in love with writing as a child and filled notebooks with stories. Her books have received “Reader’s Favorite Hero,” “Reviewer’s Choice Award” and more. She writes contemporary, historical, sci-fi and fantasy romance. Her contemporary romance, Snowstorm, was an international bestseller on Amazon.

The old rain lady came tap, tap, tapping.
“Come in, old woman.” I cried
And ne’er a word but rap-a-rapping.
Her cane she briskly plied.
Rap-tap the water was drop-a-dropping
from off the rain lady nose to toes.
Tap-rap the cane was plop-a-plopping.
From my feather soft bed, I arose.
The shade came down swish-a swishing
and hid the rain lady’s face–
But still I heard the twish-a-twishing
rap-tap cane all over the place.

Ramona Acree Burnham was born in 1914. She wrote most of her poems as a young adult. She left a loving legacy of creativity for her daughters in an old leather book in which she also collected “great thoughts” from writers and philosophers from around the world.

Jacqueline Thomas earned an A.S. in marketing and in retail management while attending Fresno City College. She would like to thank Professor David Dominguez for helping her become a better writer. Her works have been published in The FCC Review, Symmetry, and The American Journal of Poetry, Vol. X.