Dave founded Crosswinds Poetry Journal in the summer of 2015. His poetry has appeared in Avocet, Bryant Literary Review, California Quarterly, Common Ground Review, Commonweal, Connecticut River Review, Main Street Rag, The Orchard Street Press, Providence Journal, Rhode Island Public Radio, Trinity Repertory Theater, and elsewhere. Dave was a finalist in the Orchard Street Press’ national poetry contest in 2023. He is the author of two poetry books, Temperaments, published in 2016, and Primal, published by Main Street Rag in 2022. He is a member of The Academy of American Poets, The New England Poetry Club and the Ocean State Poets. Dave facilitates poetry workshops in libraries, teaches violin, and served on the board of the non-profit Notable Works Publication and Distribution Company for five years.
Diana Cole, a Pushcart Prize nominee, has had poems published in numerous journals including Poetry East, Spillway, the Tar River Review, the Cider Press Review, the Christian Century, Slipstream and Main Street Rag. Her chapbook, Songs By Heart was published in 2018 by Iris Press. In 2021, she had work appear in The New Verse. She is a member of Ocean State Poets and New England Poetry Club and teaches workshops in reading poetry aloud. In addition to her writing, Diana is a stained glass artist.
William Sullivan taught English and American Studies at Keene State College, NH, before retiring to Westerly, Rhode Island. He has co-authored two volumes in the Twayne series on American Poetry: Modern American Poetry 1865 – 1950, and Containing Multitudes, Poetry in the United States Since 1950. He has co-produced two documentary films: “Here I am, Send Me: The Journey of Jonathan Daniels” and “The Farmer is the Man.” Sullivan’s poetry has appeared in the Providence Journal, Westerly Sun, Wickford Art Association” Poetry and Art, Babel Fruit, and elsewhere.
Barbara Schweitzer has been writing poems and plays and sundry flash murder mysteries since the turn of the century. Her first collection of poetry, 33 1/3: Soap Opera Sonnets was awarded a Merit Fellowship the year of its publication and was named a Best Book by The Providence Journal. Her poems have been published widely over the years and have won numerous awards. Her plays have been produced regionally and M.M., her play pitching Einstein, Frankenstein and Marilyn Monroe as equal influencers of the world, was awarded an Individual Artist fellowship by RISCA. Recent poems are published at The Decadent Review, Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Slab, The Woven Tale Press, Evening Street Review, Glimpse, New Verse News, and others.
Marguerite Keil Flanders was the Managing Editor of Crosswinds Poetry Journal for seven years. As a member of Ocean State Poets, a group formed to spread poetry across Rhode Island, she helped lead a poetry workshop in a Men’s Medium Security prison for nine years. She has led workshops in libraries, private homes, and women’s centers. She continues to believe in the magic of writing and sharing work with other poets and has seen how it can change lives.
She is the author of a poetry collection, The Persuasive Beauty of Imperfection (Ebook Bakery, 2014). Her work has appeared in many publications, including Boston Review, Yankee Magazine, Comstock Review, Nimrod International Journal, Connecticut River Review, Main Street Rag, Poetry East, Ballard Street Poetry Journal, Caesura and Snail Mail Review.
