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Better Than Starbucks
Poetry and Fiction Journal
. . . if you love diversity and creative writing in any and every form, then you’re in the right place . . .
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August 2022
Vol VII No III
Published quarterly:
February, May, August,
and November.
Cover Art
We like to use images of original art — paintings, drawings, etc. for our covers. If you are an artist and have a work you would like to submit for consideration as a possible future cover, please send it to us at betterthanstarbucks2@gmail.com.
If you are an artist or a photographer and have an image you think would make a great cover, please submit it. ​A high resolution (300 px min) is required. Below are the artworks and images we have used for our covers to date.
​Thank you!
Vera Ignatowitsch, Editor-in-chief
![at-the-core-1935-Paul-Klee.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46bbce_7d7b64253cee43459ec1eb0d27c8da13~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_21,y_14,w_1419,h_1064/fill/w_207,h_154,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/at-the-core-1935-Paul-Klee.jpg)
Our logo is based on
a drawing by
Paul Klee (1879–1940)
at the core 1935
![Lucy by Jared Carter](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bad125_84868524fac5435fba5877abb6c78878~mv2_d_2304_1728_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_199,h_141,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/bad125_84868524fac5435fba5877abb6c78878~mv2_d_2304_1728_s_2.jpg)
February 2018
Lucy © Jared Carter
![Tendai Rinos Mwanaka](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bad125_7bf2283d063b459ebb5e4f1edeb3708f~mv2_d_2000_1458_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_209,h_143,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/bad125_7bf2283d063b459ebb5e4f1edeb3708f~mv2_d_2000_1458_s_2.jpg)
March 2018 Exit © Tendai Rinos Mwanaka
![James Pritchett](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bad125_7bbf90431a444c6aa52001d1444989a9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_210,h_141,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/bad125_7bbf90431a444c6aa52001d1444989a9~mv2.jpg)
April 2018 © James Pritchett
via unsplash.com
May 2018
© Bob Whitmire
![Bob Whitmire](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bad125_4af237e4a331419f8d5adbe4cad18655~mv2_d_2688_4032_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_140,h_225,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/bad125_4af237e4a331419f8d5adbe4cad18655~mv2_d_2688_4032_s_4_2.jpg)
![Philip Sutton RA](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/176fed_aadab2ce908e4e1c8bd8726543b82745~mv2_d_2348_2343_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_162,h_169,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/176fed_aadab2ce908e4e1c8bd8726543b82745~mv2_d_2348_2343_s_2.jpg)
Flowers Wide Enough to Wrap a Fairy In!
oil on canvas, 38.5 x 39 inches
© Philip Sutton RA June 2018
![The Ancientof Days,1794_WBlake.jpeg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bad125_5bab696f3a304955bec6f3eb842c9931~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_145,h_175,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/The%20Ancientof%20Days%2C1794_WBlake.jpeg)
July 2018
The Ancient of Days, 1794, William Blake
![van-gogh-mulberry-tree-1889.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bad125_8e0500e9a13249b5b6a73faed5189ec3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_50,h_43,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/van-gogh-mulberry-tree-1889.jpg)
September 2018
Mulberry Tree, 1889, Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)
![Abraham Manievich (1883-1942) Red House,](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/176fed_7bff68bb74224486bb140b69db32b835~mv2_d_1800_1955_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_170,h_185,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Abraham%20Manievich%20(1883-1942)%20Red%20House%2C.jpg)
November 2018
Red House, Petrograd
Abraham Manievich (1883-1942)
![Edvard Munch Starry Night 1922-1924.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/176fed_43966d49d61141b48de0847cdf5997bf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_154,h_187,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Edvard%20Munch%20Starry%20Night%201922-1924.jpg)
January 2019
Starry Night 1922-1924,
Edvard Munch (1863–1944)
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March 2019
Wiosna w Gościeradzu
(Spring in Goscieradz) 1933
Leon WyczóÅ‚kowski (1852–1936)
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May 2019
Trees Mirrored in a Pond 1907 by Egon Schiele (1890–1918)
![Interior, Morning Patrick William Adam (](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/176fed_d0656473c4ae4f8e9bd048b16ab0cd55~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_238,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Interior%2C%20Morning%20Patrick%20William%20Adam%20(.jpg)
July 2019
Interior, Morning
by Patrick William Adam (1854-1929)
![a-waterfall-1910-John-Singer-Sargent.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/176fed_7237881ec30e4ddba37faa521e976764~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_155,h_244,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/a-waterfall-1910-John-Singer-Sargent.jpg)
September 2019
A Waterfall 1910
by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
![brita-at-the-piano-1908-carl-larsson.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/176fed_43e1fc23fb014a6493822a750cd8fc27~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_155,h_244,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/brita-at-the-piano-1908-carl-larsson.jpg)
November 2019
Brita at the Piano, 1908,
by Carl Larsson (1853–1919)
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January 2020
© Josh Hild via Unsplash
![Orchard_Bordered_by_Cypresses_VVG.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/176fed_b84fb593f3534752a05ff6940e9364b2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_52,h_42,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Orchard_Bordered_by_Cypresses_VVG.jpg)
March 2020
Orchard Bordered by Cypresses, 1888,
by Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)
![Gone Fishing hi-res.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/176fed_6ed1b91a7ee54f12956d266aed08b0f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_167,h_223,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Gone%20Fishing%20hi-res.jpg)
May 2020
Gone Fishin’ is a 12 x 9
watercolor painting by Phil Rowan
![Le Puy le rocher, Corneille - Herbert Da](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/176fed_4f402a669a41470f842bb24362df0b7f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_172,h_223,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Le%20Puy%20le%20rocher%2C%20Corneille%20-%20Herbert%20Da.jpg)
July 2020
Le Puy le rocher, Corneille by Herbert Davis Richter (1874-1955)
![Anthonore_Christensen_-_Forest_floor_wit](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46bbce_ecfee3e10aed40c1abf006b1eb0819c6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_158,h_244,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Anthonore_Christensen_-_Forest_floor_wit.jpg)
September 2020
Forest floor with mushrooms
Anthonore Christensen (1849–1926)
![Page From a Priest's Book Andre Beneteau](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46bbce_1e187aba870945f6aa68d64a0a995228~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_0,y_73,w_1800,h_2461/fill/w_175,h_239,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Page%20From%20a%20Priest's%20Book%20Andre%20Beneteau.jpg)
February 2021
Page from a Priest’s Book by Betty White
Photograph by Andre Beneteau
![lighthouse-in-westkapelle-1909-piet-mond](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46bbce_aa9181fb1dcf48fc9b08a89356f16295~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_178,h_242,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/lighthouse-in-westkapelle-1909-piet-mond.jpg)
May 2021
Lighthouse in Westkapelle, 1910
by Piet Mondrian
![turtle1-the-miscellanista-iMFEQOxUc7o-unsplash.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46bbce_8bd35720e2044a4bb653f71bc74e5b2c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_180,h_240,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/turtle1-the-miscellanista-iMFEQOxUc7o-unsplash.jpg)
![genoa-1914-Aleksandra-ekster.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46bbce_ea166c14455e4b9798b37001468ba86b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_174,h_239,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/genoa-1914-Aleksandra-ekster.jpg)
November 2021
Genoa (1913–1914)
by Aleksandra Ekster
![Svanen 1914 Hilma Af Klint.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46bbce_d68fd3e6d23048798a99136bc8dbc395~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_54,h_55,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Svanen%201914%20Hilma%20Af%20Klint.jpg)
February 2022
Svanen (1914)
by Hilma Af Klint
![chosen-site-1940-Paul-Klee-scaled.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46bbce_73171f78c902428f8adad0eb4b754545~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_180,h_274,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/chosen-site-1940-Paul-Klee-scaled.jpg)
May 2022
Chosen Site (1940)
by Paul Klee
![Golden Hour in Venice, 1895, Willie Betty Newman 1863-1935.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46bbce_36af7714ecc040fea43223b283c36f9a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_57,h_68,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Golden%20Hour%20in%20Venice%2C%201895%2C%20Willie%20Betty%20Newman%201863-1935.jpg)
August 2022
Golden Hour in Venice, 1895,
by Willie Betty Newman