BARNETT, BRIAN
BEASTON, JUDY
BEECH, AJA
BICKLEY, SARA
BRAGER, HEATHER
BUBB, KATE
BURKHOLDER, WILLIAM
CANCRO, THERESA
CHRISTINA, MARTHA
DAVIES, WILLIAM
DRURY, IVO
EDWARDS, DAVID
FARLEY, JOSEPH
FLANAGAN, DANIEL N.
GLEASON, JESS
HAMMICK, MARILYN
HAUCK, PAM
HIGGINS, ED
ISTVAN, MICHAEL
IUPPA, M.J.
KOLBET, MATT
MANUS, GRADY
MCGAVOCK, IE
MCLAFFERTY, TIM
MELTON, BILL
PILGRIM, TIMOTHY
RAMIREZ-SANCHEZ, ED
RED, ELIAS
SAMUELSON, AUDREY
SCHEER, WAYNE
SCHOLL, ARIANE ELIZABETH
SHARMA, EKARTHA
SINGH, RAM KRISHNA
STRONG, WHITTIER
TAYLOR, KENNETH
WARD, ANTHONY
WARD, BRANDON
Wayne Scheer
Sunlight peeks through clouds
reminding us
it was there all along.
Jess Gleason
And, somehow, I’m mocked
by the wasted paper texts
the book sharks keep sending.
Tim McLafferty
The earth wants its bones back:
as we longed to live,
it longs our return to the living.
Timothy Pilgrim
Arm bared for lover who left -- mosquito lands,
drills. Clench fist, trap proboscis, watch red grow.
Your angry heartbeat makes her explode.
Ed Higgins
they honed each other
knife against stone
until both bled
Anthony Ward
event horizon
their eyes orbiting her skirt
as she takes the set
Anthony Ward
my unwillingness to change
leaves me fighting for survival
dying for the past once again
Judy Beaston
meditation seeks
balance within my spirit
one eye on the clock
Michael Istvan
those across species
chewing food for their young,
stealing a bit as they do
Ariane Elizabeth Scholl
In quiet hallways, I hear you, still
familiar breath and heavy-heeled footsteps
your voice the whisper of my hair
Ariane Elizabeth Scholl
We sat beneath that umbrella
our tea losing steam,
the rain drops accentuating your lies
Brandon Ward
Crane standing tall-
A small bird rests on
the back of a lamb.
David Edwards
leaves blown across a
sidewalk and my feet-- the wind
disregards all three.
Audrey Samuelson
A small child in a small box
Mother dressed in mourning black
Staring at something I cannot see
Sara Bickley
Missoula. A well-kept
Cutlass Ciera parked
on the brown snow.
Theresa Cancro
Wondrous melancholy shatters
as pure grief escapes
from under my mourning shadow.
Theresa Cancro
Unfettered love joy punches
holes in the night sky
where stars flicker through.
Ivo Drury
trompe l’oeil so accomplished
though you knew it wasn’t, couldn’t
you still felt it was so
Ivo Drury
winter dusk at forest edge
reticule of tree limbs
holds the pewter sky
Ivo Drury
with the day near terminus
the owl assumes sentry point
along the smudged tree line
William Davies
The apples sag from the tree
having drank from the cup of frost,
each its own Socrates.
Kenneth Taylor
A train rolled slowly off into the night
Yet to her there was still one paper song
And to him a city-square full of statues
Ie Mcgavock
pear leaves fall
bronzed shields tinged with blood
ave atque vale
Brian Barnett
Monster maker ire
Clear, no chance of thunderstorms
Maybe tomorrow
Brian Barnett
Eyes in my window
Glowing and staring at me
Alas they are mine
M.J. Iuppa
Feelings, stamped on your face,
make public the latest malfunction
of being in touch.
Grady Manus
gathering of nations
glorious diversity in habit, color, song
cat and i watch the birds feed
Joseph Farley
hunger always
for the horizon
or just over
Daniel N. Flanagan
There is now snow, and you are no angel.
You worship on your knees,
But God has turned away.
Aja Beech
Beloved, when I
am gone, feel the north wind blow
and know it is me.
Bill Melton
A slow procession
The hearse, a place of honor
For once in his life
Bill Melton
The waft of sourness
Dank rotting vegetation
Heralds the winter
Judy Beaston
Some days disappear
like the shot of whiskey
before the beer
Pam Hauck
red-bellied woodpecker hurtles
from hickory branch
hunts insects between grass blades
Pam Hauck
her empty office
paths crossed in a hallway
lives never touched
Heather Brager
it would still be dark further west
she would remember plum colored hills
benevolent, cold and drunk
Heather Brager
she is forced to wear a borrowed burqa
she is a bright orange bird
outside the dusty glass
Matt Kolbet
The flower bed sprawled, as it was wont to do;
Passersby spared glances until a man stopped;
in a reversal, the rose inhaled him, smile and all.
Matt Kolbet
The flower floored its petal, beating aphids and
ladybugs in a quiet floral race. The gardener, one
transient fauna, found it shy, and applied sheers.
Elias Red
Heron perched on the
steaming river bank in the
freeze of silent dawn.
Elias Red
The horses sleep still
as headstones. Winter winds
call to no one.
William Burkholder
Finding that Love
is the brilliant trumpet
shattering the silence in me forever
Marilyn Hammick
First day in the desert:
like slipping my foot into a shoe
two sizes too large.
Ed Ramirez-Sanchez
The man reaches in vain,
The capricious god smiles,
It is a perpetual dream.
Whittier Strong
Fragile crystal flake
evaporates with a breath,
its strength in trillions.
Ram Krishna Singh
hidden between the sheets
my smothered senses--
salted honey
Ekartha Sharma
silver waters
the midnight river is calm
a liquid moon
Martha Christina
Deck chairs fill with snow,
off season: empty laps
of distant relatives.
Kate Bubb
The gentle racer
Sleeps soundly in the corner
Dreaming of a home
Kate Bubb
Rain is tumbling
Children of the sky falling
Beginning the cycle again