is the player who wins
when you lose at solitaire
and whose cosmic background purr
is easily taken
for the mutterings of God.
Selected by Raymond HuffmanImage Cedric Photography
Wim Coleman
Wim Coleman (he/him) is a playwright, poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer. His book of poetry, I.O.U., was published in 2020, and his “love ballad” The King and the Beggar Lady was published in 2022. Novels that he has co-authored with his wife, Pat Perrin, include Anna’s World, the Silver Medalist in the 2008 Moonbeam Awards, and The Jamais Vu Papers, a 2011 finalist for the Eric Hoffer/Montaigne Medal. His play The Harrowing was performed in New York in 2023 at Theater for the New City as part of its New City, New Blood Readings Series. His play The Mad Scene was awarded First Place in the Script category of the 91st Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. His play Shackles of Liberty was the winner of the 2016 Southern Playwrights Competition. Wim is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and PEN International, San Miguel Center. blog: playsonideas.com
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