In the works of Wendy Carlisle one will find much mechanical imagery: humans as pistons and roller coasters, as car keys, as the victims of automobile wrecks. Her poems reflect on the passions and powers of humans, while always spotlighting our limitations, frequently focusing on the ends that we eventually meet.
Wendy Taylor Carlisle lives in East Texas with her husband, three cats and a very large Rottweiler. She has published both in print and on-line at sites like Riding the Meridian, Poetry Magazine.com, Conspire, The Astrophysist's Tango Partner Speaks, A Writer's Choice Literary Journal, 2River, Tinturn Abbey, Sarasvatzine, The Salt River Review, Mystic River Review, Gravity, Zuzu's Petals, and The Texas Observer. Her book, Reading Berryman to the Dog, is availible at the Unlikely Stories bookstore. You can e-mail her at carlisle@vidnet.net, or read the interview she gave for Unlikely Stories.
Wendy's works here at Unlikely Stories are:
2002:
Love for the Undead
How to Travel
American Air
Speaking in Tongues
Teeth More Importantly White
How You Know
American Air first appeared in The Pedestal in a different form.
July 1999 - July 2000:
Wolf appeared first in Maverick where it was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. It also appeared in Athens Avenue: A Collection of Poetry, from Funky Dog Publishing.
July 1998 - July 1999:
Dog Days has previously appeared in Conspire, in a different form.