J. M. Scoville, from Volume 3:1

Raised on the southern coast of Oregon, now residing in the backwoods of southern Louisiana, J. M. Scoville’s work has more recently appeared in storySouth, Ululations, Starfish Poetry, Edit Red, and Ditch Poetry. In 2002, he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Presently, one of his poems is appearing inside a poetry box in downtown Covington, LA.

Scoville's poem "Regrets" appears on page 30 of Volume 3:1. Below is an excerpt: I always regret

that's being human, I said, regretting my confession, giving her a measure

of knowledge usually dispensed for me alone

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Flip through Synesthesia Literary Journal Volume 3:1 to read Scoville's poem in its entirety!

R. W. Haynes, from Volume 3:1

R. W. Haynes writes in South Texas, where he is frequently reminded of William Blake’s assertion: “Without Contraries is no progression.” He recently completed a novel and hopes that this year the Muses will help him finish his second book on the playwright Horton Foote.

This is Haynes' second appearance in Synesthesia, and his sonnet"The Wrong End of I-35" was published in Volume 3:1. Below is a preview:

I asked the writing teacher who can't write To write me a reference to eternal doom
And send it to the living from the tomb, But she just waved her checkbook in the light And laughed...

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Finish reading Haynes' sonnet on page 29 of Synesthesia Literary Journal Volume 3:1.

Terese Coe, from Volume 3:1

Terese Coe's poems and translations have appeared in The Threepenny Review, Poetry, New American Writing, Ploughshares, Alaska Quarterly Review, The Cincinnati Review, The Huffington Post, Poetry Review, the TLS, Agenda, New Walk Magazine, Warwick Review, The Stinging Fly, and many other publications, including anthologies. One of her poems was heli-dropped across London in the 2012 London Olympics Rain of Poems, and she have a new collection of poems coming out in March 2015. She has received two grants from Giorno Poetry Systems, and she teaches college English in Manhattan.

Terese had two poems— "Sea Urchin" and "Inchoate" — published in Volume 3:1. Below is an excerpt from "Sea Urchin":

The sea urchin’s brain
has been overhyped

[...]

Only he can breathe 

through adhesive tubes 

that double as his feet,

and these may be found 

at the ends of spines

through which his toes can eat.

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Read "Sea Urchin" and Coe's other poem in full inside Synesthesia Literary Journal Volume 3:1!

C. C. Russell, from Volume 3:1

C. C. Russell currently lives in Casper, Wyoming with his wife, daughter, and two cats.  His poetry has appeared in the New York Quarterly, Rattle, Hazmat Review, and Pearl, among others. He holds a BA in English from the University of Wyoming and has held jobs in a wide range of vocations – everything from graveyard shift convenience store clerk to retail management with stops along the way as dive bar DJ.  He has also lived in New York and Ohio.  His short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and for The Best Small Fictions.

Russell's poem "Skeletons of Sound" was published in Volume 3:1. Here's an excerpt:

You stand picturesque
among our histories.

I throw another syllable
to the canyon.

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Russell's poem appears on page 25 of Synesthesia Literary Journal Volume 3:1.

Kristopher D. Taylor, from Volume 3:1

Kristopher D. Taylor is a poet from Florida. He started Dink Press in 2014. His poetry has been featured in a number of magazines, including The Bitchin' Kitsch, The Show Me Doctrine, and Haiku Journal Issue #29. His chapbook A Sleep/less Night: A-Z is set to be released by Fowlpox Press. He is in love and can be reached at kristopherdtaylor@yahoo.com, or at kdtaylorisstillhere.wordpress.com, where he posts regularly.

Taylor has two poems—"one" and "two"—published in Volume 3:1. The following is an excerpt:

swimming in an ocean of foreshadow,

the professional dead man's

absurd theatrics

have gone unnoticed

[...]

for

who knows what socks

really go with that tie?

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To read Taylor's poems in full, sift through Synesthesia Literary Journal Volume 3:1 today.