Poets in this issue — click a name to read
- Agnew, Zach
- Aldridge, Bobby
- Antebi, Debbi
- Avila, Alexis
- Black, Grace
- Bounds, Sandra
- Brown, Mandy
- Campion, Patricia
- Cancro, Theresa
- Chameleon, Jesus
- Chen, Michelle
- Christina, Martha
- Cowzer, Allison
- Cutts, Evan
- Eaton, Janet
- Everett, Ian
- Folkart, Alice
- Heby, Richard
- Howard, Beth
- Huotari, Heikki
- Issaoui, Ilhem
- Leong, Ophelia
- Lowe, Dennis
- Lunsford, Sarah
- Maclean, Meredith
- Melton, Bill
- Miller, Michelle
- Mitchell, Elizabeth
- Olsen, Calvin
- Orr, Sarah
- Otis, Julie Ann
- Panicker, Vidya
- Petras, Robert
- Rich, David
- Richardson, Rick
- Robinson, Jackie Maugh
- Russell, Sarah
- Schug, Larry
- Schweickert, Cody
- Smith, Newton
- Stefon, Matt
- Sukeforth, Katherine
- Tancyus, Patty
- Tate, Barbara
- Tompkins, Pat
- West, Tyson
- Weston, Joanna M.
Beth Howard
linked like a freight train
one cold day to another
cannot see the end
Calvin Olsen
Slices of moonlight
Cover the covers, silent
Somewhere, a dog howls
Meredith MacLean
days aren�t bright, nights are dark
the sun is burning, the moon is stark
twenty-four hours of lonely
Debbi Antebi
once fulfilled
they deflate one by one
her sky-high ambitions
Sandra Bounds
Sun-kissed maples
burn vibrant red
tongues of Infinite fire
Janet Eaton
Life is more than just breath
Life is everything you do
From your first breath till death
Evan Cutts
And then, our time was
dust. I cherished everything:
The Sun and your breath.
Jesus Chameleon
a hearty bridge
over "the river"
effaces hegemony
Michelle Chen
Every night it rains
I hide in Pandora�s scarves
the voice of a small dog
David Rich
Glossy polaroids
Glued to your abstract collage
A year�s memories
Cody Schweickert
cherry raindrops drizzle
velvet smooches hover
euphoric radiance
Bill Melton
February moon
Behind the white gauze of clouds
Night bathed in softness
Barbara Tate
morning glories
alive and well at 1
news at 5
Richard Heby
non stop ringing
the humdrum dryer
life is fluff
Matt Stefon
Aching beauty
like stone cold
carving gloveless fingers
Tyson West
snow and ale unleash
the bravest lines--war stories
of winter soldiers
Patty Tancyus
down a country lane
riding bikes with my brother
peaches scent the air
Newton Smith
The temple bell calls�
time to find our proper seat?
Bluebells ring. Moss seats.
Zach Agnew
Idle thoughts grow in a timeless void.
Emptiness replaced by creation.
An idea given form.
Ian Everett
dust in my throat
this flower
will not mourn.
Grace Black
teenaged daughter drives
my youth has passed
she swerves between the lines
Bobby Aldridge
crouched and growling
the low fire
lulled asleep
Bobby Aldridge
pin flowers to her dress
a spring evening
my heart on my sleeve
Sarah Lunsford
Travel every day
Roam the earth in sweet romance
Surrender to love
Mandy Brown
Sink into my depths
Life sleeps within my haven
Where you bury death
Mandy Brown
Shells, like tree rings, hold
The history of the Ancients,
Collected by small hands.
Heikki Huotari
the sheet
slow to settle
summer night
Allison COwzer
Bounteous beauty
The sleeper stretches awake
Brigid smiles once more
Pat Tompkins
heaps of gray clouds
outlined at sunset
thoughts of silver
Sarah Russell
dead spider sways in silk threads
with mummied gnats and flies
food for eternity
Michelle Miller
Like the sun past noon,
I�ve been failing too in quiet
places by degrees.
Sarah Orr
Lilies sway, dancing
In the wind, unseen, unheard.
Love is in the air.
Robert Petras
the ice recedes
moon glow still grows
across the lake
Alexis Avila
Chameleon hands
turning as white as fresh snow,
January first
Alice Folkart
Banyan,
old-man tree
balanced on canes.
Alice Folkart
Rainy night.
Cafes full,
sanctuaries of loneliness.
Ophelia Leong
buds unfurl on trees
stretching like a newborn babe
kissing the sweet air
Ilhem Issaoui
mundane blunt night
amarulence drunk in cups
counting orbs
Joanna M. Weston
cloud wraps
the cliff-top -
her frail hand
Katherine Sukeforth
leaves of red and gold
mingle in the dense forest
waiting for the dawn.
Jackie Maugh Robinson
morning sun
on a seesaw
with the moon
Dennis Lowe
two white doves
leave the Grand Mosque
to become pigeons
Elizabeth Mitchell
Pebbles of rain stream down
my windows. The sky�s mood
darkens, and I put pen to paper.
Patricia Campion
Sawing morning air
Cicadas out-thunder
Traffic�s rising roar
Larry Schug
apple blossoms pink
evanescent tapestry
woven threads of light
Vidya Panicker
A sheet of white paper
three short words�
never written
Julie Ann Otis
trusting, not asleep
kindness, not salvation
rinse, no repeat
Rick Richardson
Lovers whisper-laughing
stumbling home in the rain.
Oh, to be so drunk again.
Martha Christina
Daffodil bright
goldfinches,
harbingers
Theresa Cancro
summer haze --
two crows� repartee
along a telephone wire