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About Gloria Avner

Gloria Avner is a painter and poet living in Key Largo, Florida. She attended Berkeley in the days of the Free Speech Movement, lived in London and journeyed to Morocco and India. For many years she ran a gallery of tribal art.

Six poems by Gloria Avner

Gloria Avner

wave

Away friends write home from Myanmar Havana Tiruvanamallai Upsalla like scents of sandalwood and spices for authentic alu ghosh exotic place names conjure memory and saliva make me want … [Read more...]

5 Poems by Gloria Avner

Gloria Avner

Gloria Avner poems

YOKO AND THE NAKED BOTTOMS I was recruited by a friend in London 1967 a publisher of first edition American poetry a friend of Tony’s her husband (before John) to be in Yoko Ono’s movie … [Read more...]

London 1966: I.T., the Camel, and a Song Named Me

Gloria Avner

International Times launch party flyer and debut issue / image credit: http://www.international-times.org.uk/ITarchive.htm

The camel’s unexpected appearance saved me. The raggedy texture of his fur, his massiveness, and his breath were all undeniably real, no matter how bizarre the setting and cast of characters. Snaking … [Read more...]

Six Poems by Gloria Avner

Gloria Avner

early tulips

Circumambulation to walk all the way around Mt. Arunachala takes from dusk until dawn plenty of time to meditate touch darkness chant story sing in harmony with crickets Tibetan … [Read more...]

Gloria Avner’s Ten Favorite Books

Gloria Avner

The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav

The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok The Crack in the Cosmic Egg by Joseph Chilton Pearce The Amazing Adventures … [Read more...]

Seven Artworks by Gloria Avner

Gloria Avner

Collage by Gloria Avner

For years Gloria Avner has explored and taught ancient batik painting techniques using ink, wax, and watercolor on delicate Ginwashi ricepaper. Her collages enter a different realm, often focusing on … [Read more...]

6 Poems by Gloria Avner

Gloria Avner

Short Stack 2 - D. Raphael

End of the Sixties this sea this sky not the winding bumpy road past Ararat, down Khyber pass by folding bicycle fear survived Swat valley snowstorm rescue on the way to India to … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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