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		<title>2012 Autumn Poetry Contest- Writing Challenge</title>
		<link>http://theriverjournal.org/2012/09/14/2012-autumn-poetry-contest-writing-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kolp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Autumn Poetry Contest runs from September 14 through the 17. This time, we are using the YouTube video, Autumn &#8211; Vivaldi, for inspiration. You don&#8217;t need to watch the entire piece, a minute should be enough to spark your muse. Here are the guidelines for the 2012 Autumn Poetry Contest. Please read carefully because there have been several [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theriverjournal.org&#038;blog=22896422&#038;post=9517&#038;subd=theriverpaper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>4 Paintings by Danielle Davis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twowolvz</dc:creator>
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		<title>Vault of Expression- Just past imagination  An Interview Danielle Davis</title>
		<link>http://theriverjournal.org/2012/09/14/vault-of-expression-just-past-imagination-an-interview-danielle-davis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twowolvz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone boy do we have a great Artist to interview this quarter, Danielle Davis. Danielle Davis is a self-taught abstract painter who dreams, plays and creates on the Island of Hawaii. &#8220; Abstract for me is a beautiful visual language that communicates our broader reality&#8221; T.Blackwolf: How old were you when you discovered art? And how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theriverjournal.org&#038;blog=22896422&#038;post=9589&#038;subd=theriverpaper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Edition 2 &#8211; Issue 3  ~ ~ ~ Special Issue</title>
		<link>http://theriverjournal.org/2012/08/06/edition-2-issue-3-august-10-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ziibi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Dedes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Kolp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natasha Head]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special: We are continuing to look back at our first year of publication. ~
.
I am a book person/worm. I can think back when I boycotted computers for them replacing books. Although college gave me no choice, I used them for what I needed and read book in hand. I love the smells of books, the printed paper especially the old ones. I shake my head surprised sometimes of where my life and the computer are today. But thats another story for another time. Back to books, I am happy to say The River has it's first print. We have compiled an anthology of art and poetry of our first year of publication. It is in print for all to see. -see  In Print on the Tabs ~ In addition, we are happy to announce on Friday our 2012 Writing Challenge - Poetry Contest will begin. Remember you only have four days to submit your entry. For more details click here or the contest banner on this page. ~ In  this Issue, we feature the poetry from our first publication, the art of Jim Fuess, photography from  Sgt. Cheryl Cox, and the continuation of the most viewed columns in our first year. ~ Enjoy
.
--*reminder- next month The River turns Quarterly. check out About The River for details<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theriverjournal.org&#038;blog=22896422&#038;post=9204&#038;subd=theriverpaper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Chat with Luke about FEPC and Critique</title>
		<link>http://theriverjournal.org/2012/08/06/a-chat-with-luke-about-fepc-and-critique-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ziibi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JANUARY 6, 2012 BY ZIIBI Today, we are chatting with Luke Prater, the founder of Facial Expression Poetry Circle. FEPC is a community of poets based online that was founded in 2010 on Facebook. Recently, the community moved off Facebook forming their own network. They share poetry and offer each other constructive feedback &#38; critique. FEPC is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theriverjournal.org&#038;blog=22896422&#038;post=9216&#038;subd=theriverpaper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sgt. Cheryl Cox</title>
		<link>http://theriverjournal.org/2012/08/06/sgt-cheryl-cox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ziibi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reunited JANUARY 27, 2012 BY SHEILA  Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jesse Greenberg, a Soldier with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade hugs his wife, Olga, following the homecoming ceremony at Cooper Field.  Photo by Sgt. Cheryl Cox, 1st Calvalry Division Public Affairs<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theriverjournal.org&#038;blog=22896422&#038;post=9328&#038;subd=theriverpaper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The River Review ~ Variations on Emotional Suicide ~ Wurdz</title>
		<link>http://theriverjournal.org/2012/08/06/the-river-review-variations-on-emotional-suicide-wurdz-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ziibi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JANUARY 13, 2012 BY TASHTOO Welcome to the first, official River Review.  This monthly post will feature the work of poets and writers from around the web who have recently brought their work to publication.  We all know how frustrating it can be trying to carve an income in words, and we hope to help spread the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theriverjournal.org&#038;blog=22896422&#038;post=9218&#038;subd=theriverpaper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>poetry from South Africa ~ Marion Friedenthal</title>
		<link>http://theriverjournal.org/2012/08/06/poetry-from-south-africa-marion-friedenthal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ziibi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dawn
.
beyond white
tinged with grey and pink
rain-washed blue
peeks through
.
fresh breeze dawn
punctuated by
sporadic bird calls
.
unwelcome sound
of city traffic
flips my mind
.
back
back
to a time
.
of innocence
when chirruping hosts
nested in
bluegums
wattles
acacias
.
fleeting silence
between darkness
and dawn
alive with joy
.
tranquil past
rarely revisited
.
pain of
going there
runs too deep
.
awakens
longing
.
feeds
regret

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		<title>DuK…Submissions are Open?</title>
		<link>http://theriverjournal.org/2012/08/06/duksubmissions-are-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ziibi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNE 24, 2011 BY ANNIE  Did you know that submissions are open? and not just here at The River! When the decision is finally made to start sharing your creative talents with the world it can be quite daunting. To help, beginners on the road to submissions or road worn novices of the game, here is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theriverjournal.org&#038;blog=22896422&#038;post=9214&#038;subd=theriverpaper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>poetry from South Africa~ Martin Lochner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~~That Gleaming Rail~
.
i pot bellied boasting navels
shiny round ball bearing stomachs
haloing out of diesel grime
over alls and silver buttoned railway
insignias
.
these long waxed pig curled moustache workmen
rotated their lives between shifts of day and night
with metal lunch boxes and coffee tin flasks
strolling main road home or to that gleaming rail
that provided a town’s livelihood
.
my grand father worked that rail and my father too
.
providing me with the means
to take that broke back-heart break scenic route
out of town for good and forgetting
.
until now
.
ii
coming back everything changed
and the fat men were now old and wiry
.
sitting on subsidized railway porches
looking on main road maybe thinking rail
.
going to that station i found it desolated
and the once shimmering humming rail all
rusted up and silent
.
on my knees and creasing my director slacks
i touched it and imagined the once proud spirit of it
corroding away as the blue collar folks on the porch
.
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		<title>DuK~ BUDDHIST POETRY IN THE WEST</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 BY JAMIE DEDES  We often think of the Beats when we think of Buddhist inspired poetry in the West. Actually, the influence of Buddhism in the West began 100 years ago, largely due to the midwifery of Ezra Pound, that American expatriate poet of the Lost Generation, an influential figure in the modernist movement [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theriverjournal.org&#038;blog=22896422&#038;post=9278&#038;subd=theriverpaper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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