The Starbeck Orion Issue #5 An Anthology. Page 1 of 25

A Feast Of Words And Image

Our Front Page Featured Artworker is Marjorie Pezzoli

Her poem was inspired by the silk painting she created above it.

Two more of her silk paintings.

Her Favourite Constellation

Orion’s Belt - because it was one of the first constellation my father pointed out in the sky when I was a wee child along with the Big & Little Dipper. He was always a “belt & suspenders” guy for any projects & life situations. Being over prepared gives confidence to tackle what is at hand. * Side note, Dad was born with one hand, never slowed him down. Took up piano lessons at age 75. My VAMP YouTube performance “Can You Stay 10 Minutes Longer” is a tribute to him and his last two weeks planet side.

Marjorie Pezzoli

is a silk painter over 30 years, a visual artist, storyteller, and haikuist.

Her work has been featured in "The Best of Silk Painting" and "The Fine Art of Painting on Silk".

Marjorie’s hand painted silks have been in boutiques and museum shops over the years.

Her poetry and haiku have been published the following anthologies -

A Year in Ink: Volumes 15,16, and 17, Dadakuku 1, Folk-Ku Journal Issue 2, Hauling the Tide, Hetrodox Haiku: Cutting Letters, Headnotes, and 7 Deadly Sins, Palabra: Open Mic, San Diego Poetry Annual 2019- 2024, Tea-Ku, The Taste of Sunlight.

Online journals include Charlotte Digregorio Writer’s Blog, Cold Moon Journal, Fivefleas.blogspot.com, Haiku Summer Girl, Starbeck Orion, SetuMag.com

The Asahi Haikuist Network, The Pan Haiku Review Inaugural Issue, The Poetry Pea, The Wombwell Rainbow, Under the Basho Personal Best.

Weekly audience contributor to The Poet’s Tree Youtube series 2020-2021

Youtube VAMP performance “Can You Stay 10 Minutes Longer?

View her website for collaborative spit sequence, concrete poems, and tan-renga.

Her writings cover joy, hope, grief, and cosmic wonders. Nature is a huge inspiration.

She started writing when she found her daughter Alyssa's nearly blank journal in 2018, Marjorie filled its pages when she could not. This act began her writing journey. Her work deals with grief, hope, earth stewardship, and cosmic wonders. Photos taken while out walking Beau, the dog with Betty Davis eyes, inspires much of her work. Marjorie looks for words worth more than a thousand images. wwwPezzoliart.com

An in depth interview of Karen will follow later in this issue, as will more of her writing and artworks.