The Unruly Muse

Song 1: “Disappear” (Daniel P. Modaff with Good Enough on the CD Dakota Plains)

Poem 1: “For the Dark Girl” by Susan Aizenberg. Published in her first full-length collection, Muse. Susan lives in Iowa…

Song 1: “Twenty Wishes” (John V. Modaff, w/ lead guitar and mandolin by Dan Modaff)

Poem 1: “You Weary Listening To Their First World Complaints” by Mikki Aronoff. Published in Gooseberry Pie. Mikki i…

Song 1: “Speak Up,” (composed and performed by John V. Modaff, with guitars by Dan Modaff and Dave Merrill)

Poem 1: “Sound Barrier” by Scott Wiggerman from the “Fire” chapter of Presence (San Antonio …

Song 1: “The Eyes Have It,” composed and performed by John V. Modaff

Poem 1: “In Hurricane With Horses” by Mark Sanders. Mark lives in Nacogdoches, TX and teaches at Stephen F. Austin University. http…

Song 1: “Day Never Comes,” composed and performed by David R. Merrill.

Poem 1: “Leda and the Swan” by Nobel prize-winning poet W. B. Yeats, composed in 1923 and first printed in 1924.

Fiction: “The Sec…

Song 1: The God Machine (Dave Merrill and John V. Modaff)

Poem 1: “To the Mother of the Sixteen-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead by the Police After She’d Called Them” by Susan Aizenberg. From Quiet City, BkMk …

Song 1: “The Swing Set Song” by Andrew Preston and AP Harbor, from the album Mildepond

Poem 1: “Contemplating Eternity While Sticking Its Neck Out” by Julie Williams, author of Escaping Tornado Season…

Song 1: “The Young & The Old” (composed by David R. Merrill, performed with John Modaff)

Poem 1: “Cousin Judy Paints” by Mikki Aronoff, a much-published Albuquerque poet, Pushcart nominee, and animal …

Song 1: “I Can’t Sing That Song” (John V. Modaff)

Poem 1: “Ecdysis Sonnet” by Sandra Yannone. Sandy’s new collection is the glass studio (Salmon Poetry, 2024).

Fiction: excerpt from the novel in progre…

Song 1: “Clever Brilliant Mind” (by David R. Merrill with John Modaff)

Poem 1: “I’m” by Jack Cooper, author of Silly Lily’s Rhyming Adventures In Nature (2023) and Across My Silence (2007) World Audie…

Song 1: “I’m Not Your Maybe” (Daniel P. Modaff, performed with GOOD ENOUGH from the album Saturday’s Child)

Poem 1: “Conditional Love Story” by Barbara Rockman, author of the poetry collections To Cle…

Song 1: Glimpses by Daniel P. Modaff, Jennifer Butler Modaff & Mark E. Collins, performed by GOOD ENOUGH from their new album, Saturday’s Child (2024).

Poem 1: “Remember the Boneyard,” by Julie Willia…

Song 1: “Long Road” (Mark E. Collins & Daniel P. Modaff, BMI)

Poem 1: “Breath” by Sarah Kotchian, from her new collection Light of Wings, UNM Press (2024): https://www.unmpress.com/9780826365972/light…

Song 1: You Told, composed and performed by John V. Modaff.

Poem 1: “The Wicked Stepmother Tells Her Story,” published in bosque journal and later in We Were Meant to Carry Water as “Frail Cradle.” ht…

Song 1: "Old Truck" composed by David R. Merrill, performed by D.R. Merrill & John Modaff

Poem 1: “Data Affirmative” by Scott Wiggerman, Albuquerque poet, artist, and editor https://scottwiggerman.myp…

Song 1: “Family at the Door,” (by John V. Modaff with Good Enough)

Poem 1: “Midnight, with Dogs” by Mark Sanders. Mark lives in Nacogdoches, TX and teaches at Stephen F. Austin University. https://san…

SONG 1: "Backwagon Man" (composed, sung, and played by John Modaff with mandolin and sundry string by Dan Modaff)

POEM 1: “Another Story” by Hilda Raz, a retelling of the myth of  Leda and the Swan. C…

SONG 1: Keep The Door Open (composed and performed by John V. Modaff, BMI)

POEM 1: “A Wild Hope” by Julie Williams (2014), author of Escaping Tornado Season and Drama Queens in the House. A poetry col…

SONG 1: “Happy Never After” Dr. James T. “T-Bone” Kelly, from his CD Toast, Registered France, 2013

POEM 1: “Calendar” by Jack Cooper, author of Silly Lily’s Rhyming Adventures In Nature (2023) and Ac…

SONG 1: Roses on the Floor    by JVM with Dan Modaff

POEM 1: “The Landing” by Mark Sanders, published in bosque journal #8. www.bosquepress.com. Mark is the author of Conditions of Grace. https://sand…