Table of Contents

Opening Words
 

Paul Gilbert -Valentine's Day at the Loser's Bar and Grill

Poetry

Valerie Schwander - Grave

george Antonakos - Cut-out #1-5
                                         Bondi Beach
                                         Mind is

Aaron LaFlora -  A Weeping Willow
                                 My Pale Wailing Moon
                                 On Being Joy

Michael Levy - Humankind-How limitless in Genius

Janet I. Buck- The Lost Scent
                            assuming the Snake
                            Mushroom Caps

sam Vaknin - The Miracle of the Kisses
                        When you wake the Morning    
                         Fearful Love
                         Snowflake Haiku


Leroy Doran - Early Retirement

Taylor Graham - The Flame Swallower
                                   Bryant Park, a photo
                                   By the Gate
                                   Print from an Old Romance

Jennifer Merri Parker - For love of a New Yorker

Closing Words  

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Above Ground Testing is published monthly from my computer during times it simply too dark and miserable to go out, plus there's almost no snow so I can't even go x-country skiing.  The mandate is to offer poets a place to publish their works.

Editor/Publisher & occasional contributor- Paul Gilbert

Other Contributors- Valerie Schwander
                    George Antonakos
                    Aaron LaFlora
                    Michael Levy
                    Janet I. Buck
                    Sam Vaknin
                    Leroy Doran
                Taylor Grahman
                    Jennifer Merri Parker

This is issue #44, Volume 4, Number 8. February 2002.