Issue 17

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Issue 17

POETS

Billings, Trey
Brown, Susan
Campbell, Colin
Campbell, Dan
Danielson, Ryan
Davis, Kathryn
Donnelly, Joe
Edwards, David
Elliott, Daniel
Elson, Doug
Franco Fatzinger, Ines
Gearhart, Gordon
Goldfarb, Reuven
Hanson, Christopher Kenneth
Hivner, Christopher
Howell, Traci
Huffman, A.j.
Macaodha, Aine
Melton, Bill
Mueter, John
Orr Stone, Mauri
Patterson, Melissa
Remer, Alexander
Richardson, David
Roberts, Joseph
Sharma, Ekartha
Smothers, Shirley
Spina, Danny
Steele, Craig
West, Tyson





Christopher Hivner




sun beaming brightly
shines through my office window
I ride the beam home





Christopher Hivner




my work is finished
latter part of day remains
the sun holds me close





Joseph Roberts




Chalked on the sidewalk
hopscotch boxes just waiting
for the child in me





Joseph Roberts




Old mining cabin
succumbing to time's passage
with its memories





Joseph Roberts




Desert darkness falls
wrapped up in my sleeping bag
lost among the stars





Ryan Danielson




The robin, hopping,
peers over its grey wing as
the spring sun departs.





Kathryn Davis




Tiny green bugs crawl
on me they seem to gather
Quickly - brush them off





Traci Howell




Made for Allegiance
Lust and Adoration for
The One in my Heart





Ines Franco Fatzinger




Your eyes haunt my dreams
Your kiss is all I wish for
Your love fills my heart





Ines Franco Fatzinger




Pretending you?re here
Praying you are safe and sound
Please return to me





Gordon Gearhart




Plain white office walls
leave much to be desired.
My eyes paint pictures.





Gordon Gearhart




Looming black storm clouds
rattle the small quiet town-
bullies in the sky





Traci Howell




Bright lights in the sky
Twinkle against the asphalt-
Sharing the summer





Traci Howell




Roses on the wall
Blossoming from the buds, they
Stretch out to the sun





Melissa Patterson




She holds her mother's
hand, strokes it, and wishes for
how she use to be.





Danny Spina




The Sun gives the sign
The Moon's everlasting chill
All is set in place.





Ekartha Sharma




Silent in the night
leave no footprints in the snow
stealthily hunting





Ekartha Sharma




Sleeping through the day
swoops out of the snowy night
by watch of the moon





Aine MacAodha




constant summer rain
tap tap tap on laurel leaf ?
my constant critic





Craig Steele




sagging silken web
bridges the gap between trees--
breeze rocks my hammock





Shirley Smothers




The criticisms
Crash down on me like thunder
Must endure the storms





David Richardson




Across a calm lake
Towing a wedge of ripples
One green-headed duck.





A.J. Huffman




Sandcastle learning.
Vision can be constructed,
but nature consumes.





A.J. Huffman




Fahrenheit rises.
Waveless sand glistens, negates
trespass of bare feet.





Colin Campbell




south china sea hears
songs of everlasting peace
between hurricanes





Colin Campbell




palm fronds now trembling
do they welcome the west wind
or smell winter snow





Christopher Kenneth Hanson




Bright white moon still climbs
Green fishing boats line the shore
Blue waves crash nearby.





Susan Brown




Hooking silver spin
Barnacles flowering rose
Tall grass school splashing





Trey Billings




Sweat drops down my sides
With Basho in hand I drift
Atop sun-filled streams





Dan Campbell




opening the door
little one's laughter I hear-
a father's reward





Trey Billings




The steep mountain road
Bears the weight this dogged day
That clings to my crawl





Bill Melton




Touch a touch-me-not
And see how it gets its name
Nature does not lie





Bill Melton




Listen to the sigh
Of wind among the treetops
What has it just lost





David Edwards




Bugs scurry across
sidewalks, changing direction
my absent footsteps





John Mueter




Antique Chinese bowl -
Kangxi - three hundred years old.
Now it holds loose change.





John Mueter




Imari teapot -
Shattered! ten pieces, well-glued.
How fragile the world.





Reuven Goldfarb




On cold curbs and walls,
the alley cats are crouching,
hunched up in their furs.





Christopher Kenneth Hanson




Crisp rain water falls
Into a brown wood bucket
Tea leaves soak inside.





Doug Elson




Wild dandelion
beneath snowy winter field
do you dream of spring?





Doug Elson




Heat lightning drifts by,
riding on the gentle winds,
to meet the full moon.





Joe Donnelly




Gourmet gas stations
Take all kinds of customers
To make it unique





Joe Donnelly




They are on all night
And sleep throughout the day time
Waiting for people





Alexander Remer




Electron cloud grape
skins ever ripe, bursting in
to reality.





Daniel Elliott




Genetic code runs
Spring blue jay feels free to fly
What else could she do?





Daniel Elliott




post card from loved one
faint moon in afternoon sky
heart warms, mind lingers





Tyson West




sharp rocked river bank
blackberry thorns scratch the sky
ducklings sculpt smooth glass





Shirley Smothers




Hollow victory
Got to the top of my field
Lost my family





Mauri Orr Stone




wasps and hummingbirds
spar in contentious battle
for sugar water





Mauri Orr Stone




bright colors proclaim
it's time to harvest the fruit
precious pinks and reds





Mauri Orr Stone




relentless blue sky
arid blows in the west wind
another drought day