Poets in this issue — click a name to read
- Agnew, Zach
- Bennett, Stefanie
- Brown, Heather
- Brown, Susan
- Bruck, Ingrid
- Buxton, Cw
- Cancro, Theresa
- Carlton, Bob
- Cates, Anna
- Duensing, Alexander
- Fahey, Mary Crane
- Fite Johnson, Melissa
- Flanagan, Michael
- Gentry, Susan
- Hartwell, Richard
- Holden, Angi
- Iannucci, Nancy
- Knabe, Martin
- Kozma, Joseph J.
- Krafton, Ash
- Lasso, Juliet
- Leclair, Lee
- Liaqat, Daniyal
- Melton, Bill
- Miller, Banks
- Mueller, Leah
- Muranaka, Daryl
- Robinson, Jackie Maugh
- Rossi, Patricia
- Sam, David Anthony
- Sargent, Angela
- Schmidlin, Susan
- Schutter, Mary R. P.
- Schweickert, Cody
- Scully, Ron
- Smith, Jennifer
- Sonnen, Susan
- Speirs, Timothy
- Tardona, Daniel
- Treiber, Colin
- Walker-lass, Debbie
- Wardiya, Jasmine
- West, Tyson
Bob Carlton
merciless treasure
head aswarm
with brutal pearls
Bob Carlton
Earth a blue-green
dot among the stars--
mima mound.
Heather Brown
The peculiarities of human
relationships arouse
suspicion and desire.
Daryl Muranaka
baby blanket—
surf ninja, sumo panda,
flaming dango of death
Jasmine Wardiya
They’re unpolished - raw jewels
that tear the tender tongue
in search for fruit.
Richard Hartwell
Apportioned ashes
Four sisters divide dad
Plastic bags of rites
Richard Hartwell
Synchronicity
Jubilant robins’ chorus
Spring rain’s tremolo
Angi Holden
The Lycra sky stretches and pulls,
falls in black pleats, folds back on itself
in murmurations of starlings.
Bill Melton
Backlit morning sky
Ink black clouds ominously
Shroud the restless sea
Ingrid Bruck
eighteen wheelers
rolling thunderstorms
on the highway
Banks Miller
night’s soft breath
stirs leaves, flowers white as moonlight -
magnolia dusk
Stefanie Bennett
... Thunder-drums:
Indian Summer’s
Come undone -.
Zach Agnew
Fog frames the horizon
Forming illusions of finality
Cloaking an endless ocean
Jackie Maugh Robinson
canyon yon echoing
cries of eagles
swooping out of the sun
Jasmine Wardiya
After the sun’s glare
and under shades, sky blue
turns a sullen black.
Alexander Duensing
Thus winter ended
knowing when the broken things
could owe no more debt.
Susan Schmidlin
A welcomed greeting
In the barn, at daybreak
The wobbly legs of a newborn calf.
Juliet Lasso
It’s been days
raging oceans made its point
scars are still floating
Joseph J. Kozma
Like an uncut diamond
On a naked wrist
She kept on waiting
Joseph J. Kozma
Barn doors open wide
Bells are jingling in the cold
Waiting for the snow
Tyson West
after the hunt
stag hooves pattern
drifts of moonlight
Nancy Iannucci
Bobbing heads in tune
under spotlights - rock n’ roll
cattails sway in sunlight.
Ron Scully
gray pinion feather
frozen in the stone birdbath
dialed due south
Ron Scully
dogday dayboaters
trawling the shallows
net shelf junk/dog-fish
Anna Cates
cold moon
dusted with snow
lone evergreen
Anna Cates
dusty Bible
an old bookmark stained
red pressed rose
David Anthony Sam
Berry faced juices
smeared my black way
timeless in hot early sun
Susan Sonnen
Tea time in England;
He wonders if she still sings
As she pours Earl Grey.
CW Buxton
Protected by the shadows
Awful friendly with hysteria
Fortunate delirium
Jennifer Smith
earthquake shake book shelves
cafè patrons lock eyes
a brief sip paused
Martin Knabe
Chaos is a dear friend of mine.
With it I am in control.
At least of nothing.
Melissa Fite Johnson
My mom rinsed my hair in the bath:
scoop of water in the cup, waterfall
down my back. Again. Again.
Mary Crane Fahey
Pewter sky, still air
Filled with anticipated
Rain. Thunder’s soft growl
Ash Krafton
shadow-filled whispers
a voice in the dark
illuminates paths unseen
Debbie Walker-Lass
Benevolent moon, my master
I succumb once again to your spell
Dance my words across the page.
Colin Treiber
The ghosts of winter;
Like the early morning dark,
So close to new life.
Timothy Speirs
Birth begins.
Life endures.
Death defies.
Michael Flanagan
Dancing to wind’s song--
leaf skitters across the snow...
deep predawn shadows
Michael Flanagan
Green glow in the dark—
hope’s beacon reaching out...
to reach one lost soul
Angela Sargent
Pebbles, smooth like secrets
Bounce, skim,
Whisper out of view
Susan Gentry
Moments that matter
yield moments of clarity
and more moments that matter
Mary R. P. Schutter
the glowing orb slowly melts into earth
pink cottony swirls mimic sweet treats
imminent intermission from life
Patricia Rossi
threads of memories
life’s fragile moments
gnarled and twisted
Daniel Tardona
Overture of the early seconds
Minutes and years flutter by
Notes on a burning manuscript
Theresa Cancro
winter thaw --
a lone mitten floats
in a puddle
Daniyal Liaqat
The Snow was melting
Everybody was watching
The rain was falling
Leah Mueller
eye of your window
covered by cataract shade
you’ve moved someplace else
Susan Brown
Cove understanding
Black sands melt away pier waltz
Ah, tiptoe splash dance
Cody Schweickert
bawdy moon bulges
a wooden window frame
bowing & waxing
Lee LeClair
A begotten sons love.
A fathers sacrifice.
A sinner beautifully atoned.