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Let the Contest Begin                            Are you ready to be challenged? The challenge is to write a poem to a prompt in four days. The prompts vary from photo to video. The fee is $5 per entry (up to 3 poems) The prizes...
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Tom Sheldon Congratulations!  
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reviewed by Michael Bernstein Pacheco’s collection “Mysteries” meshes more ancient contemplative poetic traditions with a postmodern attention to the behaviors of language. Wild nature, humans (its denizens, the monks that populate several of these poems), and the linguistic constructs that they use to explain it to themselves thrive together seamlessly and fascinatingly in a...
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We have decided to enter the world of book reviews but only on the poetic side. We accept book inquires of the upcoming and the already published. We will publish the review here, Amazon, Goodreads, and send it to various journals that publish reviews. Send your inquiry to editor@theriverjournal.org  subject: book review inquiries should include: Author...
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Twowolvz Press Presents 2nd Annual Cover Contest for The River Muse Anthology (print)   Contest for Artists The contest is to find an artful piece to cover our anthology and to incorporate in the next years banner. We publish an Anthology of our featured poets and artists once a year. contest requirements theme: a river (shown...
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The wolf is perceived by some humans as a tyrant and others as a relative. They are regarded highly by many Native American People and romanticized by Nature lovers, while they are considered an enemy by Ranchers and competition to hunters. This Issue focuses on the Grey Wolf and their relationship with humans today and yesterday. We are reminded...
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Grey Wolf   Where does the Grey Wolf stand with humans? Brothers or Strangers, Mystical or Game, Friends or Foe The wolf is perceived by some humans as a tyrant and others as a relative. They are regarded highly by many Native American People and romanticized by Nature lovers, while they are considered an enemy by...
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My people believe there was a time we walked side by side our four footed brothers and sisters. We traveled the world together speaking the same language. Then one day, we began walking separate paths carrying bundles of respect for each other. We lived different life’s as times changed people came while space filled...
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Right now somewhere around the globe people are killing each other. They are fighting for what they believe is a valid reason to take a life. At the same time, these  people are preparing for their winter celebration or are in the midst of celebrating. A contradiction all in its self that reminds me of a time I...
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  The Artful Thought Project Today, our children are growing up surrounded by the fast paced world of technology where multitudes of information flash by as they click away. Their minds are being trained for the quick response causing a resistance to contemplation.  They are learning to expect instant gratification leaving them no patience to imagine intern no tools to create. ...
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The Empire histories were of conquering and persecuting amidst earths past. The little children were tired or dead, their souls plead do not let this last. The news now viewed with phone in hand; communication to go is seen today. Sooner vs later Soon is now, so not later. News seen now spreads like...
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“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” - Edward Abbey, The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West
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The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens to that primeval cosmic night that was soul long before there was conscious ego and will be soul far beyond what a conscious ego could ever reach. – Carl Jung We stand on opposite sides...
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