VOL. 5 NUMBER 1 JUNE 2006

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VOL. 5 NUMBER 1 JUNE 2006

Volume: VOLUME 5 NUMBER 1 JUNE 2006
Edited by: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Binding: Hardback (pp: 544)
ISSN: 0972-6004
Availability: In Stock
Publisher: Cyberwit.net, India
Pub. Date: June 2006
Condition: New
Price: $25

From The Editor

Welcome to Taj Mahal Review June 2006! The mission of TMR is to promote creative writing and arts by both known and unknown contemporary poets and artists transcending geographical barriers and nations, defend freedom of expression, and to promote literary fellowship across the globe without any distinction of religion, race, nation, or gender. This issue is for those who love poetry, short fiction and artwork. All creative souls endowed with a poetic temperament will be inspired to become poets, who alone are the chosen agents of God. The variety and intense melody of English verse, which has been a tradition since Shakespeare, is again shown in several poems selected for this issue. TMR assimilates poems and short stories from different nations, and presents a homogenous work of original creative writing.

US president George W. Bush was in India March 1-3 to finalise the civilian nuclear cooperation deal. It is good that America is recasting its relationship with India. The world's oldest and the world's largest democracy-both America and India-are fighting terrorism and extremism. It's most unfortunate and tragic that the jihadi terrorists on Tuesday March 7, 2006 targeted Sankat Mochan temple in the holy city of Varanasi, and a chain of blasts killed several persons. In India, the temples are generally crowded on Tuesday, the day of special prayers. The timing of the blast was probably to maximize casualties. Like Matthew Arnold's Scholar Gipsy, I'm 'Still nursing the unconquerable hope, Still clutching the inviolable shade' and trust that terrorism, fundamentalism can never solve problems.

President Bush used the word 'Namaste' in his speech. 'Namaste', a Sanskrit word, means 'the God in me honours the God in you'.

The poems included in this issue are marked by intensity of feeling, the vivid pictorial quality of imagination, an extraordinary feeling for the music of words, absence of obscurity and artistic monotony, breathtaking individuality and energy. They differ from conventional thought and customary morality. By the charm of style, the subtle harmonies of verse, and the splendor of their fancy, the poets of June 2006 issue have achieved spontaneous poetic cadences and sustained depth. The vowel music in several poems is unsurpassable. There is no trace of anything impure, or ugly, or violent in the creative compositions included in this issue.

I humbly express my sincere obligations to all the authors of the issue for their kind help and generosity. The gratitude that Cyberwit wishes to acknowledge is to the creative artists, without whose cooperation, kind support, donations and subscriptions, the publication of TMR June 2006 would not have been possible.

SANTOSH KUMAR
Chief Editor

Contributors

ARTWORKS
Barbara Beck-Azar
Beate Sandor
Carliss Mora
Carlos Borges
Cathie Brock
Dennis Everett Newell
Dubi Roman
Emily A. Reed
Francie Aguilera
Gavin North
Helyn Davenport
Itzhak Ben-Arieh
Jane Fulton Alt
Karunesh Kumar Agrawal
Louie Levy
MaKayla Songer
Marguerite Carstairs
Michael Gebauer
Moises Levy
Patricia Benitez
Pepita Selles
Rebecca L Phillips
Steven P. Love
Trisha Allard

REFLECTIONS
Behcet Kaya
Louie Levy
Tony Donovan

LITERARY CRITICISM
Martin M. Jacobsen

SHORT STORIES
Alan Danzis
Albert Russo
Andrew MacDonald
Andrew McIntyre
Barbara Anton
Brian Cross
Chloe Noland
Crystal Diane Arbogast
Derek Loosvelt
Donna Volkenannt
Elliot Satsky
Eric Tessier
Floriana Hall
Francie Aguilera
George Bradford Patterson II
Glenda Glayzer
Harry Gordon
Henry Victor
Howard Scott
J. Barbara Alvord
J. Kay Terhardt
J.L. Campbell
JM Becker
Jackie Elizabeth Newman
Jane Timm Baxter
Janet K. Brennan
Janet Seever
Janice Clark
Jefferson Navicky
Jeffrey DeLotto
John Cuetara
Joshua Potter
Julie Bolt
Kelly DeLong
Kimberly Raiser
Leon Barnes
Lisa Marie Brodsky
Liza de Sousa
Malcolm Dixon
Mark Smyth
Norman Lock
Patricia J Newcombe
Paul Clayton
RT Duffer
Regan Calmer
Richard H. Heagy
Robert Paul Blumenstein
Ron Savage
Ronda Del Boccio
Sherry Asbury
Stephen E. Shepherd
Tatiana Pahlen
Terry Clark
Timmy Waldron
Tracy Ann Smith
Vera Searles
Vince Rogers
Whit Honea
X&Al Danzabel

POETRY FROM BELGIUM
Frieda Groffy

POEMS
Adam Donaldson Powell
Adolf P. Shvedchikov
Albert Russo
Andy Harding
Anna Yin
Antoinette Kopperfield
Barbara Anton
Barbara Beck-Azar
Bryony Hutt
Cassandra Lee Wernecke
Catherine Berg
Charles P. Ries
Charles Ray
Cheri Fry
Crystal Diane Arbogast
Daniel Luis
Del Senkbeil
Dennis Everett Newell
Diane Hamilton
Dimitris P. Kraniotis
Edward Hanson
Eustace
Fran Shaw
Frances LeMoine
Fredrick Zydek
G Emil Reutter
Ghirga Giovanni
Hirsch L. Silverman
Isabel Guevara
Jack Richard Hodge
Jamie Mallinson
JEM Wellen
Jennifer DiCamillo
Jerry Bradley
Jerry-Mac Johnston
John Cuetara
Johnny Santiago
Joseph Larkin
Julie Failla Earhart
Karen Sperry
Karin L. Frank
Kathy L Martin
Keneshie Morrison
Lawrence S. Pertillar
Linda Benninghoff
Lola Scarborough
Louie Levy
Malaya Macdonald
Margriet Homma
Margarita Engle
María Cristina Azcona
Mark Van Fossen
Michaela A. Gabriel
Michael A. Romero
Michael Estabrook
Nieves Sheree White
Pamela A. Lamppa
Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Paul Tylor
Phil Crudden
Phillip D. Collins
Ray Succre
Rebecca Guile Hudson
Richard Krawiec
Richard Stevenson
Ricky Garni
Robin M Buehler
Rodney Coates
Roland R. Ruiz
Ronda Del Boccio
Rose Marie Streeter
Ruan Wright
S.P. Flannery
Sandra Fowler
Santosh Kumar
Seara Pacter
Shannon Woron
Sharon W. Flynn
Shelagh McKenna
Shirley Bolstok
Stanley M Noah
Steffen Horstmann
Stephen Powers
Suchoon Mo
Susan Salisbury
Teri Schwartz
Thomas E Atterberry
Tiffany Young
Tony Nesca
Trish Shields
Vasanta Athilat
Vernyce Dannells
Victoria Valentine
W. S. Mayo

VIVEKANANDA'S SPEECH IN AMERICA

GEMS OF THOUGHT

REVIEWS
Cuatro poemas y trés cartas, and Del Azar y la Memoria, Pentagrama, 2000, Chile, ISBN 956-8009-07-8 by Adam Donaldson Powell

Oh Zaperetta! by Albert Russo, Xlibris, USA, 2004, pp. 475, ISBN 1-4134-7014-9 by Santosh Kumar

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