Poets in this issue — click a name to read
- Agnew, Zach
- Babb, Tiffany
- Balwit, Devon
- Coombs, Margaret
- Crate, Linda
- D'angelo, Nicholas
- Drozda, Natalie A.
- Flanagan, Michael
- Gentry, Susan
- Heusser, Ethan
- Jones, Carla
- Kahler, Lewis
- Kamp, Lianne
- Kiernan, Hilde
- Kozma, Joseph J.
- Kulp, Mickey
- Lozada, Belinda
- Mcgreevey, Jennifer
- Mcneal, Kelly
- Melton, Bill
- Motaib, Safiyyah
- Mullan, Dl
- Pyne, Rebecca
- Ramirez, Emily
- Rice, Tammie
- Robinson, Jackie Maugh
- Rossi, Patricia
- Russell, Cat
- Ryan, M J P
- Sam, David Anthony
- Schmidlin, Susan
- Schutter, Mary R. P.
- Schweickert, Cody
- Smith, Elizabeth O.
- Smith, Jennifer
- Spain, James W.
- Thompson, Richard
- Wells, Joe
- Wenger, Sara
- West, Tyson
- Wren, Pj
- Zempel, Rachel
- Zone, Michael
Sara Wenger
new loss
snags like brambles–
thorns and tears
Nicholas D'Angelo
Colors drown
Fields are fallow
Heaven falls
Kelly McNeal
Passion illuminates your charm
The lure so irresistible
It masks the inherited pain
Susan Gentry
lightening flashes pain
thunder booming anger
no relief in sight
Bill Melton
death stands at the door
a quiet gentle whisper
"come, it’s time to go"
Jennifer McGreevey
My daughter’s body
should not be forced to replace
sons you sent to war.
Mary R. P. Schutter
Black velvet box
Inside, a diamond ring waits,
Pregnant with promises
Rachel Zempel
dignified black ink
her name printed beneath prose
lasting remembrance
Zach Agnew
Wolves howl in mourning
Their cries search the empty sky
Longing for a familiar face
Joseph J. Kozma
A river of fears
Heading for the ocean`
Like any other silent stream
Belinda Lozada
Suffer in silence
Soul slain by sin
Shadow of my sorrow
Susan Schmidlin
Fog hugging the hillside
Kissing the treetops goodbye
With the rising sun of this new day
Patricia Rossi
huddled masses under black umbrella
torrential sobs
american flag draped on coffin
Cat Russell
the cloth blinding my eyes
banishes the light, though
my dreams sneak between the stitches
Lianne Kamp
Laughter crowds the hot May air
umbrella rainbows decorate the beach
winter washes away with the tide
Tyson West
plucking a white rose
she rides a pale horse
to my death bed
Margaret Coombs
Pleasure:
an austere diet
interrupted by chocolate.
David Anthony Sam
The carillon has voices
the bells wring
from the silence of the wind.
Emily Ramirez
legs slick with honey
capture the moon’s reflection
safe nights spent alone
Jennifer Smith
Mountains afire with clouds
Rain weeps, smothers flames
Sun eclipsed by haze
Jackie Maugh Robinson
dashing down
still warm thoughts
of a fading dream
Jackie Maugh Robinson
lavender primroses
with sun-yellow hearts
how callow we were
Tiffany Babb
Break me into the pieces I need
to build something
magnificent.
PJ Wren
Moon on the bloom
of the dogwood. Abundant
cross, nail, crown
PJ Wren
look on the still pond
the heart twists, a hooked fish
red petals drop
Michael Flanagan
bright spring day
shepherd with her little ones
dreaming of clover
Joe Wells
Leaves slowly unfurl
like neonate eyelids,
waking up to spring.
Cody Schweickert
naked feet plunge
winepress oak-tub
grape guts burst & bleed
Carla Jones
A dog in long grass
rolls over, over, over
thankful for the touch
Rebecca Pyne
Buds burst, sap rises.
New leaves greet the spring sunshine.
The trees are laughing.
Rebecca Pyne
Whispering through trees
that have not yet shed their leaves.
Busy autumn wind
Elizabeth O. Smith
hope beads like sweat,
on the palms of a sinner,
facing freedom’s broken fence
Lewis Kahler
Breath of early spring
she rises
window cracked and cold
Ethan Heusser
You return to your old Home
They welcome you with two smiles
They give you the guest towels
DL Mullan
grand, green grasshopper
sing me your ballad of love
harmonize my soul
Mickey Kulp
The deer sniffs, seeking
Me, perplexed. Invisible,
I am like a ghost.
Hilde Kiernan
floating
on the breeze- dragonflies
dream of being dragons
Natalie A. Drozda
A road seeker
with undisguised passion
forges a godlike naked story
Tammie Rice
perfect statues, you float,
crinolines mid-flounce, between
notes of music I cannot hear
Linda Crate
silver dreams
and spinning leaves
announce autumn.
Linda Crate
white whispers of feathers
fall gently into the pond
lotuses of a different design.
M J P Ryan
Piles of russet leaves
Belly full, heartbeat slowing
time to hibernate
Devon Balwit
lashed to fear’s juggernaut
a crush of bodies
oppressed on all sides
Nicholas D'Angelo
Numberless worries
Every step painful
Agony in timelessness
Richard Thompson
A silver ribbon dances,
disappears. The river
changes, so do we.
Safiyyah Motaib
there are people who work
who water the street lamp flowers
with hooked hoses
Mary R. P. Schutter
I float through a hazy, unknown world
until a gentle voice pulls me home
"You should get your affairs in order."
Patricia Rossi
unexpected caller gently knocks
church bells toll
heaven’s gate creaks open
James W. Spain
I want to be loved and remembered.
Though I now sleep for eternity
I too once lived ...
Michael Zone
mind in flight crashes
great are the myths
rainbow phoenix ascendance