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Contributors Doctori Sadisco: POEMS OF BLOOD I write poems because I must. People ask me why I write these poems, and I tell them it is in my blood. No other reason. Then I ask them, "Why do you breathe? Is it to live?" I write these poems because they are my breath. I live through these poems which are a transmission from more than I know to what you can find out. I am the poems you see, and they are many. Just as the swarms of cells in my flesh are many, and the swarms of molecules in my cells are many, and the swarms of atoms and subatomic particles in the basic nectar of my being are many. All of these which compose my existence need a voice, this is that voice: Poems of Blood. David Cooke, an evocative and thought provoking writer, received the 2009 Ruth Stone Poetry Prize and a 2010 Pushcart nomination. His poetry takes on varied meanings when read or heard. His facility at blending everyday language, puns, and natural images with the scientific, mythical, and religious is enviable. His work appears in Flatmancrooked, Hunger Mountain, A River & Sound Review, and Heavy Hands Ink. His first chapbook To Sleep From Scratch an homage to ambiguity is in prerelease. Currently, he lives in Portland , Oregon. A.J. Huffman is a poet and freelance writer in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has previously published her work in literary journals, in the U.K. as well as America, such as Avon Literary Intelligencer, Eastern Rainbow, Medicinal Purposes Literary Review, The Intercultural Writer's Review, Icon, Writer's Gazette, and The Penwood Review. A. Molotkov is a writer, composer, filmmaker and visual artist, and co-founder of the Inflectionist poetry movement (Inflectionism.com). Born in Russia, he moved to the United States in 1990 and switched to writing in English in 1993. He the author of several novels, short story and poetry collections and the winner of the 2010 New Millennium Writings and the 2008 E. M. Koeppel fiction contests, nominated for a Pushcart. His poem “Being” won second place in the recent Hawaii Review contest. His other fiction and poetry has appeared in over 25 publications, both in print and online. In February 2010, he spearheaded a one-hour poetry and music performance “Love Outlives Us” presented by the Show and Tell Gallery in Portland, OR and repeated on KBOO in June. His web site at www.AMolotkov.com/literature contains links to some of the work previously published online. David Alpaugh is a poet, essayist, dramatist, and songwriter living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Literary Journals that have published his work include Able Muse, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Evergreen Review, The Formalist, Light, Modern Drama, Mudlark, Poetry, Poets & Writers, Rattle, Thema, Twentieth Century Literature, Wisconsin Review, and Zyzzyva. Links to his poetry, essays, songs, poetry readings, and YouTubes are available at his website: www.davidalpaugh.com Barry Carr is the recipient of the National Hallmark Scholastic Art Achievement Award. He wrote and directed the stage play, "Then & Now", he also composed and published a variety of classical music CDs currently on the market. He is currently the CEO, President of TeleVideo Production Co., Inc, A Multi-Media Entertainment Company. Email: telvid@juno.com Nagendra Paudyal is an artist from Nepal. He has a masters degree in Fine Arts and Nepali Literature. "Special Study of Contemporary Fine Art" under the Guidance of Life Member and Former Vice-Chancellor/ Chancellor, R.N.Academy and Renowned Artist and Writer Late Lain Singh Bangdel. He can be reached at shreews@ymail.com Krishnendu Piplai is pursuing his third year bachelor`s degree in VELLORE INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY, India. Music and literature are his primary interests inspired by the works of eminent poets like Rabindranath Tagore, Jorge Luis Borges and Michael Madhusudan Dutt. His poems share the darker phases of the human life which are mostly turned a blind eye to.