Blue Mesa Review 6

Editor: David Johnson

Tribute to Rudolfo Anaya Dagoberto Gilb
Messages from La Frontera Kirby Wright
Women’s Work Linda Lizut Helstern
Wedding Night Katherine Cottle
Risings Justin Chin
Tacos Lily David Lansing
Wings Cappy Love Hanson
Dreadlocks Over Shiprock Bill Kaul
Crossing Little Horse Creek Robert Edwards
Remember Carol Lem
Some of What We Have Forgotton Adrian C. Louis
The Truly Amazing Visitation Kiley Moran
You Could See it in Missoula Martha Elizabeth
Marriage I Micheaela Seidel
I Am Slowly Drinking My Father’s J&B Tena Cohen
Evening Hold Ulf Kirchdorfer
What is Barking Inside Me Ulf Kirchdorfer
Cowboy for hire Shannon Acoya
John Wayne’s Home Guide to Unconsciousness Alma Garcia
The crocodile’s throat Alma Garcia
The Wild West William S. Barnes
All Souls’ Day Rebecca Eagle
Receptions from Death Row Gavin Wharton
The Rabbi Chriss Jay
Iron Bath Chriss Jay
Ode to the Extinguished Self Amy Pence
 Thinkers Joseph Somoza
13 Reasons why i can’t sleep Sara Graser
A Prayer for Polacca Linell Roccaforté
The Thief Enid Osborn
Practicing English Carolyn Lei-Lanilau
Vision 2: The Intertextual Confession of an Algebra/Latin Addict Carolyn Lei-Lanilau
Mona Lisa Grandma Carolyn Lei-Lanilau
How Cutting An Orange Almost Saved My Marriage Carolyn Lei-Lanilau
Ghosts in Bed Pamela Matsuda
Made in Occupied Japan Pamela Matsuda
Loss and Hearing Gain E.G. Burrows
Ballad of the Tree in the Forest E.G. Burrows
Heavy Metal Margaret Gilbert
Very Sick People Margaret Gilbert
Red Onions Margaret Gilbert
Pages from an Asian Past Lilia Fuentes-Chung
Carmelite Sisters Carl Mayfield
Philomena Elaine Romero
Letter to the Adoptive Parents Carrie Etter
Brushing His Hair Carrie Etter
Great Blue Heron Del Marie Rogers
The Way It Is Regina deCormier
With Rembrandt’s Self Portrait Maryhelen Snyder
Sharing Fried Grouse with Cotton Riley at 8,000 Ft. After Moving Cattle All Day: Summer 1971 Penelope Reedy-Sloan
Under Heirlooms Leland Stoney
Signal Deaths James Cervantes
Wovoka (1856-1932) Gary Short
Aperture Gary Short
The Carousel Club, 1957 Nancy Esposito
The Light Through the Pig Nancy Esposito
A Rock Trying to Be A Stone Sergio Troncoso
Gypsy Moths Katie Kingston
Albino King Katie Kingston
Sunday Kim Susanne
Blackberries Alexis Rotella
Childhood Memory Alexis Rotella
A Vein of Coal Alexis Rotella
Chelation Therapy Alexis Rotella
Christmas 1944 Karl Tierney
Animalia Henri Bensussen
Opening the Gates for the West Wind’s Returning or the Great Abalone Shell Rip-Off Vincent Woodward
El chumash y el chicano Frank A. Hernández
A Halfbreed’s Dream Vacation Tiffany Midge
Under Siege Pete Sanchez

Reviews:
Poetry reviews by Lee Bartlett
Other Destinies & The Sharpest Sight Louis Owens review by David E. Hailey Jr.
Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing by Hélène Cixous review by Jennifer TimonerThe Country of Dreams and Dust by Russell Leong review by Sesshu Foster
Koi Leona Lakehomer