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Welcome to the April edition of Kudzu Monthly, an ezine that features
short stories, poetry, fine art, and informative articles on health,
history and true crime. This is a site for people who like to
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Nostalgia Trip What could be finer than a solo journey on a newly restored, classic 1962 Harley-Davidson Panhead? To Max, not much. After Las Vegas, however, the trip starts to get weird. And then, in San Luis Obispo, he meets Gina. She has honey blonde hair and the deepest, brownest eyes Max has ever seen... The List Are you in the mood for a sea shanty? From frequent contributor Quinn Tyler Jackson, we are pleased to present this interesting, original short story about retired sea captain Conrad Blackhill and his Billy Boar Inn. This story is written entirely in extended prosody, or rhythmic prose. The author suggests that it should properly be read aloud.
Ringing the Bell A recurrent theme in popular fiction is that of rites of passage. Such fiction often explores the journey through adolescence to adulthood in various cultures. Ladd Moore grew up in Marshall, Texas, where the task of growing to manhood was not complete without ringing Wiley's bell. Here
We Are John Tackett is an award-winning journalist and television news anchor who covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In this article, he reflects on meeting Lee Harvey Oswald's wife in Plano, Texas, shortly after the killing.
The Poetry of Eva-Lena Nylén
Eve-Leana Nylén is a preschool
teacher who seeks quiet time at home to work on her poetry,
music, and art. For this month's poetry feature pages, we are
pleased to present the thoughtful, gentle, rhyming
poetry of Eva-Lena Nylén. Even though English is not her first
language, she does marvelously well, we think, and we think
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She Had a Dream Almost everyone knows who Rosa Parks was. Would you be surprised to learn that she was not the first African-American woman who refused to yield her bus seat to a white person in Selma, Alabama? Nine months before Parks's historic refusal, a fifteen-year old girl was also arrested for the same reason, but the African-American community, and the nascent Civil Rights movement, did not find her politically correct.
 A Leg Up As cash-strapped airlines seek ways to increase the on-board seating density in their airplanes (think steerage), one potentially fatal medical risk has moved to the forefront, and the chance of encountering it is far greater than the chance that a terrorist will be on board.
 Night Watch In this article, crime writer Judy Dixon tells of a murder so abrupt, a horror so abiding and emotionally overriding to a five-year-old child that the tale was never told - until now.
If you've gotten in the habit of checking out the final picture each month in "The Last Word," this one might surprise you a bit. (It's hard to always be inspired!) Thank you for reading Kudzu Monthly. It was our pleasure to publish this month's issue. We'd, of course, like to see you back next month, but before you go, take at look at this photo.
An Acceptable Bonus Kudzu Monthly is also proud to present the original free verse of writer, poet, novelist, and photograher Sirrus Poe. Though currently revising both a novel and a collection of short stories under contract, he still found time to submit some of his work to this ezine. Here's a sampler of five of his poems. Enjoy.
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