esra sarioglu
March 13, 2013 Comments Off on esra sarioglu
in the bakery
a red-haired woman
cuts in front of me
“It is my turn”
I say loudly
breaking
long silence
my voice
intolerant and tense
wafts through the air
the smell of warm breads
the distant look
in the baker’s black eyes
he handles me
with caution
this rainy afternoon
I feel the urge
to express myself tearfully
on the couch
he hugs me tight
don’t judge me
for being aggressive
my tears ask~
together we share
a biscuit
tanka by valerie rosenfeld
March 4, 2013 Comments Off on tanka by valerie rosenfeld
the real talk
I yearned for in younger days
is now daily fare-
blessed with this I now must
work harder on real silence
foolish optimist
or obsessive pessimist
my inner Janus
yanking me in opposite directions
makes me yearn for the middle way
Invitation
December 13, 2012 Comments Off on Invitation
As winter grays our skies we turn inward for light. Please submit your poetry for our winter issue. Our selections will appear as we accept them.
Very best,
Leslie, Nelima and Esra
Masthead
September 19, 2011 Comments Off on Masthead
editor: Leslie Ihde assistant editor: Nelima Gaokar GUEST EDITOR: ESRA SARIOGLU
Leslie is a writer, artist and psychotherapist. She developed Inner Art Journal as an online journal devoted to seeking and sharing direct insight. Writing poetry to mark moments of perception and gratitude, her work can be found in the Buddhist Poetry Review, Haibun Today, Atlas Poetica, Lynx, Ribbons, Prune Juice, A Hundred Gourds and Notes from the Gean. She studied with John Gardner and Liz Rosenberg at Binghamton University where she obtained her BA in Creative Writing and Literature in 1981.
Nelima is a poet and psychotherapist living and working in upstate New York. She writes gorgeous, minimalistic tanka poetry some of which can be viewed in this journal.
Esra is a Ph.D. candidate at Binghamton University. Currently, she lives in Turkey and teaches sociology at Yeditepe University in Istanbul. Her writings on art and politics have appeared in Radikal Newspaper, Demokrathaber.net and JGCinema.com. Some of her tankas can be viewed in Inner Art Journal.
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