Better Than Starbucks discussion

We have an amazing line up for December, but, as always, we are looking for a wide variety of poetry and fiction for our January issue!

We are live, Better Than Starbucks December 2017 Vol II No XII
https://betterthanstarbucks.org
This month in Better Than Starbucks (not you ordinary poetry magazine):
The Interview – with Mbizo Chirasha by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka
Featured Poem – SOOKEYS CREEK COAL MINERS by Pamelyn Casto
Free Verse with Suzanne Robinson featuring Michael T. Smith, Sarah Dickenson Snyder, Holly Day, Lilly Bright, Neil Creighton, and Janet Smith
Haiku with Kevin McLaughlin featuring Jac Shortland, James Breslin Godfrey, Mary K. Gowdy, Veerangana, Vera Ignatowitsch, Kenneth Salzmann, Josie Gregory, Joseph Davidson, Angie Davidson, Jen Smith, John Merkel, and Mick O’Grady
Formal & Rhyming Poetry with Vera Ignatowitsch featuring Karen Kelsay, John Beaton, Michael Burch, DE Navarro, Carol Smallwood, Chris O'Carroll, and Andrew Kuck
Poetry Translations with S. Ye Laird featuring a beautiful translation by Professor Donald Mager of THE TROUT IS BREAKING THROUGH THE ICE by Mikhail Kuzmin (1872 – 1936)
International Poetry:
African Poetry with Tendai Rinos Mwanaka featuring Harry Owen, Nsah Mala, Ndifreke George (N’some), Richard Mbuthia, and Mlondi Ndlovu
Asian Poetry with Rameeza Nasim featuring Veerangana, Dr. Sandip Saha, and Sushma A. Singh
Experimental Poetry featuring Jac Shortland, and MistyRose(TM)
Sentimental Poetry featuring Pitambar Naik, and Heidi Baker
Fiction: Perma-Rest by Robert Peate
More Fiction: The Mason Jar Incident by Duane Hawkinson
Better Than Fiction: (creative non-fiction) The “80” by Betty J. Sayles
(personal essay) On Owning a Firearm by Anthony St. John
plus our Pushcart Nominations and From The Mind (of Anthony 'Uplandpoet' Watkins)