Antebi, Debbi
Artinian, Boghos
Barron, Phillip
Bounds, Sandra
Brewer, Joshua
Caseros, Jack
Chodzinski, Kevin
Davis, Kellen
Dow, Jean Hagert
Gilmer, Monty
Greene, Robin
Hanson, Christopher Kenneth
Harringer, Talon
Huffman, A.j.
Johnson, Micki
Jones, Grahame
May, Nancy
Mcgovern, Mac
Mckinley, Joseph
Melton, Bill
Orr Stone, Mauri
Pella, Patricia
Salik, Shawn
Smothers, Shirley
Steele, Craig
Streur, Russell
Wildman, Katherine
Willis, Brad
Zhou, Andrew
Znaidi, Ali
A.J. Huffman
Staring mindlessly
at walls. Aimless and surreal.
Insomnia stinks.
Patricia Pella
night watch at Dover-
with celestial honor guard
a soldier comes home
Jean Hagert Dow
brown tick mania
little tickles on my neck
I slap in alarm
Bill Melton
Careful what you think
Don't mnistake your opinion
For that of the truth
Jack Caseros
The sun always shines
When you live with open eyes.
Someday you will see.
Brad Willis
Without a shadow
Creating how time can slow
A dragonfly's wing.
Boghos Artinian
clattering dentures
loosely chew walnuts and speak
I dodge wet shrapnel
Phillip Barron
Winter play turns sharp
Paring windburned skin from stone
In the June-melt creek
Katherine Wildman
Smoke escapes his lips
Dead air floats on his soft breath
But hear his eyes smile
Katherine Wildman
Star Spangled Banner
Belted between their beer gulps
Plastered patriots
Micki Johnson
The road stretches out,
like a shimmering ribbon.
Where will it take me?
Micki Johnson
Bright tulips stand guard,
like obedient soldiers,
saluting the sun.
Shawn Salik
Loneliness aches like
Physical pain. Time heals wounds,
Scars last a lifetime.
Ali Znaidi
some Spanish apples
on a Tunisian stall
lost in translation
Ali Znaidi
this morning thick clouds
shrouded the pure crystal sky
mourning morning sun
Ali Znaidi
delicate dawn dew
warmed by the glowing sunlights
Aurora's face shone
Joshua Brewer
lightning barked an elm
woodborer victim of old
survivor of blight
Grahame Jones
The cat sunbathes on
the fence waiting for his lunch:
only his ears move.
Monty Gilmer
The year tends toward Spring?
Snowy desolation! Days
lengthen, cold strengthens.
Monty Gilmer
The bluebird carries
the sky, the daily bread of
the eyes, on his back.
Monty Gilmer
Relax, dust bunnies.
I housekeep casually,
just as Issa did.
Russell Streur
Winter storm blows days
Green waves crashing on black rocks
Ghosts dance like crazy
Russell Streur
Hawk circles hours
Above Johns Peak He can't find
The way down either
Kevin Chodzinski
You didn't answer
Cause you were sleeping around
Goodbye you sheeba
Joseph McKinley
A million monkeys
Typewriters at the ready:
Blizzard of genius?
Christopher Kenneth Hanson
As winter snow falls
Ice water drips through green light
A marigold wilts.
Patricia Pella
child's first rain puddle
splashing giggles and ripples
feeling her power
Robin Greene
Blank, white legal pad,
tall pine trees sway in summer,
love yourself, I say.
Andrew Zhou
Wheat sways with the wind
Leaves rustle and move around
It is harvest time
Shirley Smothers
One of the homeless
Do not pretend I'm not here
You may join me soon.
Christopher Kenneth Hanson
By jade stone statues
Noon day rain falls quick in shade
Palm trees cover paths.
Mauri Orr Stone
sizzling summer streets
one searches shade where one can
and prays for a breeze
Mauri Orr Stone
high cumulus cloud
upside-down cooling geyser
distills quenching rains
Mauri Orr Stone
cicada singing
is silenced at sun's setting
quiet commences
Nancy May
Applauding thunder
Greets strong winds in pursuit of
Full garden hazard
Kellen Davis
a falling snowstar:
another, then another--
I wish for flowers
Craig Steele
Nana's patchwork quilt --
each piece carefully stitched in
for memory's sake
Craig Steele
playful autumn breeze
chases me around and round
the burning leaf pile
Craig Steele
gritty brown water --
honks of Canada geese splash
into the farm pond
Bill Melton
Writing freezes time
A moment that will live on
When the writer dies
Bill Melton
For I am a taw
Watching what is happening
Inside the circle
Sandra Bounds
Joy, simple and huge,
flows like a slow, warm river,
from a thankful heart
Sandra Bounds
Brisk breeze of Autumn
slides through an open window
with hint of Winter
Debbi Antebi
leaves changing color -
promises made in summer
now dry up and fade
Debbi Antebi
the end of summer -
dried roses from our first date
have lost all their scent
Mac McGovern
leaves fall like soft rain
thick upon the ground they lay
protecting their roots
Mac McGovern
awaiting the day
eight minutes its journey takes
bathing earth in light
Mac McGovern
when the sun shines bright
warmth and comfort calm masses
nature's sedative
Christopher Kenneth Hanson
By this bamboo thatch
Rainbow light roams underneath
Gulls caw in the sea.
Talon Harringer
howling winter wind
beckons the beaming full moon
calls of spirit wolves