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Poetry at OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L) from Mike Puican, read by Malisa A. Elliott.

Included here are excerpts from the chapbook published by Buttonhook Press, an imprint of OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L). https://ojalart.com/buttonhook-press2022-chapbook-seriespoetry-all-forms-styleshaikuadjei-agyei-baahscaring-crow/

Excerpts from Scaring Crow, a chapbook of haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah from Buttonhook Press. Scaring Crow Haiku Adjei Agyei-Baah With a foreword by Hiroaki Sato https://ojalart.com/buttonhook-press2022-chapbook-seriespoetry-all-forms-styleshaikuadjei-agyei-baahscaring-crow/ OJAL Art Incorporated (OAI), publishing since 2017 as OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L) and its imprint Buttonhook Press, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation registered in California. Copyright © 2022 by BUTTONHOOK PRESS An imprint of OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L) All rights reserved on behalf of OJAL Art Incorporated, O:JA&L/BHP and Adjei Agyei-Baah. Made available online and/or printed in the USA as a novelty and commemorative document celebrating the publication of Adjei Agyei-Baah‘s chapbook Scaring Crow. About the writer: Adjei Agyei-Baah is the author of Afriku (Red Moon Press, 2016), Ghana,21 Haiku (Mamba Africa Press, 2017), Piece of My Fart (2018), Finding the Other Door (2021) and Mamelon a Mamelon (Edition Unicite, 2021). His coedited/co-authored books include The Awakened One: Buddha-Themed-Haiku From Around The World (Poetry Chaikhana,2021) and Trio of Windows (JUNPA,2018). Adjei is the primary author of the four Haikupedia articles about African haiku. He is the co-founder of Africa Haiku Network and The Mamba (Africa’s premiere haiku journal). He teaches English and Literature at the University of Ghana's School of Continuing and Distance Education, and is currently pursuing his PhD studies at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Image: Crow and Willow Tree by Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889). Album leaf: ink and color on silk. 14.25 x 10.5 inches. 1887. [Background cropped away. Color adjusted.] Public domain. Music Track 1: At The Shore - The Dark Contenent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100770 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Music Track 2: Bumba Crossing by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500031 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

O:JA&L's Hermione Wilds reads R.A. Shockley's Flash Fiction "When to Cry on the Bus." Read the text at: https://ojalart.com/flash-discourse-fictionr-a-shockleywhen-to-cry-on-the-bus/ Become an O:JA&L member via Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15579050 Follow Buttonhook Press, the imprint of O:JA&L via Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Buttonhook-Press-762211057300038/ About the writer: R.A. Shockley, a long-time fan of flash fiction, lives and writes in Athens, Georgia. He is an alumnus of several writers’ workshops, including Wildacres, Bread Loaf, Sewanee, Kenyon Review, Crazyhorse, and Appalachian Heritage (among others). Shockley has been awarded two writer’s residencies at the Wildacres Retreat in North Carolina. A Pushcart nominee (2017), R.A. Shockley has placed work in Fiction Southeast, Flash Fiction Magazine, Main Street Rag, Del Sol Review and others. About the reader: Hermione Laake reading as "Hermione Wilds" is an awards-nominated writer and an associate of the Society of Authors. She obtained a BA from The University of Winchester and as an undergraduate wrote an experimental satire and sequel to Jane Eyre entitled Bertha's Journal: A Perfect Immelman Turn. She is currently pursuing an MA at the Kingston School of Art. Laake also writes under the pen name Hermione Wilds. Wilds/Laake is a regular contributor to O:JA&L as a reader-in-performance. Image: Street Car Scene by Berta Rosenbaum Golahny (1925-2005). No medium specified. No size specified. 1940s. By free license via Emily Kopley. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Street_Car_Scene,_by_Berta_Rosenbaum_Golahny,_1940s.jpg Music track: Natural Light by Chris Haugen via YouTube free audio library. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjwz2-ZuVjGfpf3pahuTkSw

OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L) presents Zack Rogow in performance. Become an O:JA&L member through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15579050 About Zack Rogow: Zack Rogow is the author, editor, or translator of more than twenty books or plays. His ninth book of poems, Irreverent Litanies, was issued by Regal House Publishing. He is also writing a series of plays about authors. The most recent of these, Colette Uncensored, had its first staged reading at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and ran in London, San Francisco, and Portland. His blog, Advice for Writers, features more than 250 posts on topics of interest to writers. He serves as a contributing editor of Catamaran Literary Reader. Image: View of Constantinople by Alessandro Piazza (1665-1727). Oil on canvas. 45 x 49.75 inches. Between 1691 & 1702. Public domain.Image: Mehmet II Conquering Constantinople by Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929). Oil on canvas. 29.1 x 40.1 inches. 1903. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kusatma_Zonaro.jpg Image: Mehmet II at the Siege of Constantinople by Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929). No medium specified. No size specified. No date specified. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zonaro_GatesofConst.jpg Image: Mehmet II entering Constantinople by Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929). No medium specified. No size specified. No date specified. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Constantinople_by_Alessandro_Piazza.jpg Image: View of Constantinople by Alessandro Piazza (1665-1727). Oil on canvas. 45 x 49.75 inches. Between 1691 & 1702. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Conquest_of_Constantinople,_Zonaro.jpg Music track: Days that Matter by Headlund via Epidemic Sound royalty free music subscription. https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/T3RJJo3jk3/

OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L) presents Joel Peckham in Performance. Become an O:JA&L member via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15579050 About Joel Peckham: Joel Peckham has published seven books of poetry and nonfiction, most recently Bone Music and Body Memory. Individual poems and essays have appeared recently in or are forthcoming Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, The Sugar House Review, Cave Wall, The Beloit Poetry Journal, The Sun, and many others. Peckham is currently editing an anthology of ecstatic poetry for New Rivers Press, titled Wild Gods: The Ecstatic in American Poetry and Prose. He is a musician and a singer. https://www.amazon.com/Joel-B.-Peckham-Jr./e/B005YNVLLU%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share All images are by Juan Gris and in the public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Gris_-_La_guitare_devant_la_mer_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg The Guitar Before the Sea by Juan Gris. Oil on canvas. 21.2 x 25.5 inches. 1925. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Gris_-_Harlequin_with_a_Guitar.jpg Harlequin with a Guitar by Juan Gris. Oil on panel. 39.7 x 25.6 inches. 1917. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Gris_-_Still_Life_with_a_Guitar.jpg Still Life with a Guitar by Juan Gris. Oil on canvas. 25.9 x 39.5. 1913. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Gris_-_Pierrot_Playing_Guitar.jpg Pierrot Playing Guitar by Juan Gris. No medium specified. No size specified. 1923. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Gris.jpg The Guitar (La guitarra) by Juan Gris. Oil on canvas. 81 x 59.5 cm. 1918. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Gris_-_Guitare_et_journal_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg Guitar and Newspaper by Juan Gris. Oil on canvas. 25.5 x 31.8 inches. 1925. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Painter%27s_Window_Juan_Gris.jpeg Music track: Vocals and instrumentals by Joel Peckham The Painter’s Window by Juan Gris. No medium specified. No size specified. 1925. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Gris_-_Harlequin_with_Guitar.jpg Harlequin with Guitar by Juan Gris. Oil on canvas. No size specified. 1919. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Gris_-_Violon_et_guitare.jpg Violin and Guitar by Juan Gris. Oil on panel. 39.4 × 25.7 inches. 1913. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Canigou_Juan_Gris.jpeg Le Canigou by Juan Gris. Oil on canvas. 34.7 x 48.6 inches. 1921. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_across_the_Bay_1921_Juan_Gris.jpg View Across the Bay by Juan Gris. Oil on canvas, 65 x 100 cm. 1921. Public domain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Gris Juan Gris (1887-1927)

O:JA&L's Malisa A. Elliott reads "Conversation with a Skunk," a poem by Mike Puican. Read the poem in the journal: https://ojalart.com/poetry-all-forms-stylesmike-puicanconversation-with-a-skunk/ Become an O:JA&L member through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15579050 About O:JA&L's Reader-in-Performance: Malisa A. Elliott is a globally-minded interdisciplinary writer, published poet, creative consultant, filmmaker, and playwright. Elliott works with individual artists, producers, creatives, charities, and educational organisations seeking fresh, efficient, and dynamic approaches to brand development, arts initiatives, media projects, and cultural programmes. Current projects include work on the first of a three-part poetry collection and a separate collection of war poetry. About the writer: Mike Puican’s debut book of poetry, Central Air, was released by Northwestern Press last August. He’s had poems in OPEN: JA&L, Poetry, and New England Review among others. He was a member of the Chicago Slam Team and has been a long-time board member for the Guild Literary Complex. He has taught poetry to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals at the Federal Metropolitan Correctional Center and St. Leonard’s House in Chicago. Image: Melody by Vruir Galstian (1924-1996). No medium specified. No size specified. 1984. By free license via Belinda 77. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vruirs6.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Vruirs6.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vruir_Galstian Image: #22 from the Meditation Cycle by Vruir Galstian (1924-1996). No medium specified. No size specified. 1982. By free license via Belinda 77. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vruirs1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vruir_Galstian Image: #23 from the Meditation Cycle by Vruir Galstian (1924-1996). No medium specified. No size specified. 1982. By free license via Belinda 77. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vruirs4.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vruir_Galstian Video: Untitled sequence by MART PRODUCTION from Pexels .https://www.pexels.com/@mart-production?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels https://www.pexels.com/video/colorful-paints-dropping-on-the-water-7565630/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels Music Track: Secret Admirer by T. Morri via Epidemic Sound royalty free music subscription. https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/RDTE5XWVX2/

O:JA&L's Hermione Wilds reads Karlene Bayok Edwards's "Brian Doyle's One Long River of Song" Become an O:JA&L member through Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15579050 About the writer: Karlene Bayok Edwards’s stories appear in Idaho Magazine and recently in Eastern Iowa Review. She writes from vivid memories of her wild Idaho childhood and from her new life in the Arizona desert. A former librarian and forever book lover, she co-facilitates a writing group in the Phoenix area. She still dreams of mountains. About Brian Doyle: Brian Doyle (1956-2017) was an American writer and winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. https://www.amazon.com/Brian-Doyle/e/B001HQ5YHK%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share About the reader: Hermione Laake reading as "Hermione Wilds"is an awards-nominated writer and an associate of the Society of Authors. She obtained a BA from The University of Winchester and as an undergraduate wrote an experimental satire and sequel to Jane Eyre entitled Bertha's Journal: A Perfect Immelman Turn. She is currently pursuing an MA at the Kingston School of Art. Laake also writes under the pen name Hermione Wilds. Wilds/Laake is a regular contributor to O:JA&L as a reader-in-performance. Video sequences: Untitled sequences by Cottonbro via PEXELS. https://www.pexels.com/@cottonbro?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels Music track: The Rivers Told Me Lies (Instrumental version) by Daniel Gunnarsson via the royalty-free library of Epidemic Sound. https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/daniel-gunnarsson/

O:JA&L's Hermione Wilds reads "Breaking That Empty Plate in the Sky," a poem by Patricia Cannon. Become an O:JA&L member via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15579050 About the writer: Patricia Cannon has been a Registered Nurse at UCSF since 2001. She has worked in cardiac critical care, neuro intensive care, hemeoncology, school nursing, and currently, in research. In the early days of the pandemic, she was redeployed to the CATCH team which stands for the Covid Assessment, Treatment Coordination Hub. This pilot was launched to help patients get much needed procedures and surgeries. Her passion is her faith, photography, and the written word in all its forms. Her poetry has appeared in several magazines and books. Image: East of the Sun, West of the Moon illustration by Kay Nielsen (1886-1957). Illustration. No medium specified. No size specified. 1914. Public domain. Musical score: Quiet by the Mini Vandals via the youtube free audio library. See details in the description below.

OJAL Art Incorporated, publishing since 2017 as OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L), presents a series of readings by O:JA&L's Reader-in-Performance Hermione Wilds, featuring works published in O:JA&L. O:JA&L's Hermione Wilds reads "Exegesis" a poem by Allisa Cherry. Read the poem in the journal. Become an O:JA&L member via Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15579050 About the writer: Allisa Cherry has recently received an MFA from Pacific University and completed a manuscript that explores the way faith, like landscape, is reshaped through violence. Her work has received Pushcart and Best of the Net nominations and can be found in Westchester Review, and at EcoTheo and SWWIM Daily. Image: Egan Range and Sage by BLM Nevada by unspecified photographer via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egan_Range_%26_Sage_(19978803105).jpg Music Track: Willy's Sunny Side by the Whole Other via the Youtube free audio library. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxfzyJ-HvEZbGmubAmfcsfQ

OJAL Art Incorporated, publishing since 2017 as OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L), presents a series of readings by Reader-in-Performance Hermione Wilds, featuring works published in O:JA&L. Become an O:JA&L member through Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15579050 Dorian Fox's "Beneath the Falls" won the 2019 O:JA&L Prize for Flash Discourse. The 2019 theme was "Flash Discourse with a source in myth or legend." Title Image: Landscape with a Girl in a Black Knit Cap from PXFuel. Shoreline imagery: Video by Thibaud Simon from PEXELS. Waterfall still photograph 1: Skoggafuss by Robert Lukeman from Unsplash. Waterfall imagery 1: Video by Engin Akyurt from PEXELS. Waterfall still photograph 2: Skoggafuss with Rainbow by Waterfall imagery 2: Video by S&R Youtube Channel from PEXELS. Waterfall still photograph 3: Waterfall and Girl by Sorasak on Unsplash.

OJAL Art Incorporated, publishing since 2017 as OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L), presents a series of readings by Associate Editor Malisa A. Elliott, featuring works published in O:JA&L.