Issue 18

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Issue 18

POETS

Anderson, Sharla
Barry, Stephen
Coffield, Kris
Daemon, Daun
Danielson, Ryan
Edwards, David
Elson, Doug
Ferguson, Stephanie
G, Lisa
Giri, Mahima
Grisetti, Joann
Guggenheim, Herb
Han, John
Hanson, Christopher Kenneth
Harmon, Tiffany
Jordan, Jack
Kavanaugh, David
Khan, Yasmin
Leipelt, Brendan
Manus, Grady
Marbut, Damon
May, Nancy
Mccormick, Antoinette
Medsker, Joshua
Melton, Bill
Orr Stone, Mauri
Philbin, Grant
Pollard, James
Remer, Alexander
Roberts, Joseph
Seattle, Charley
Slaten, Daniel
Steele, Craig
Thompson, Daniel
Witt, Justin





Yasmin Khan




sakura trees bloom
on banks of kanda river~~
fragrant blossoms fall





Nancy May




after the sentence
an apple tree is planted
in the spot you died





Nancy May




ripples on the sand
a holiday ebbs away
into the ocean





Jack Jordan




man in a black hat
he's angry; his life bores him
sleet begins to fall





Jack Jordan




sweet and persistent
river of skin across bone
wrestling in the night





Daun Daemon




a doe nudges fawns
into our city garden ?
tender summer greens





John Han




departing summer
maple-colored moon outshines
the cicada's song





Daniel Thompson




Mockingbird Catches
Complimentary Echoes
Woven into Song





Alexander Remer




Youth, you think is flesh
concealing skulls, eye sockets
but your soul stays young





Mauri Orr Stone




hurricanes blow in
quickly quenching searing droughts
destroying late yields





Mauri Orr Stone




marauding raccoons
raiders of my ripe peach tree
left me not a one





Brendan Leipelt




winter of my life
dreaded, anticipated
all is known someday





Bill Melton




Angry words are like
A drop of ink in water
Cannot be undone





Antoinette McCormick




weathered leather boot
still shadows, empty doorway
what are you guarding?





Antoinette McCormick




dusty piano
an orchestra of grapevines
scaling silences





Justin Witt




Is it a question
only, and simply enough,
of honoring life?





Damon Marbut




I have a gold heart
pumping blood rivers on which
no doldrums can float





Lisa G




Chaotic dark sky
Suddenly grows calm and still:
The eye of the storm





Doug Elson




thick forests whisper
songs of love to a wild moon
murmured with the wind





Doug Elson




Black skies cry to me
I hear cold rain trickle down
wet night harmony





David Kavanaugh




feathers of ice fog
sever plains of blue into
sky geometry





Stephen Barry




Mother finds his name
softly caress engraved stone
tucks him in at night.





Stephen Barry




Large black no sugar
Like my women 'strong, hot, dark
And slightly bitter





Craig Steele




hot fast-food breakfast
with others eating alone?
cold morning drizzle





Grant Philbin




Ambidextrous
Umbilical narrative
Good bye moody blues





Justin Witt




Tall pines stand above
a fire burning at midnight,
two old friends, laughing





Christopher Kenneth Hanson




Snow tip mountains breathe
Brown bears wander paths for food
Shadows light a pond.





David Edwards




never so serene
the surface of a small pond
six ducks still in flight





David Edwards




a sunset shower
telling my neighbor too late
rainbows never last





David Edwards




I, looking westward
upon each successive dusk...
one more masterpiece





Joann Grisetti




a dog is barking
from the next backyard over
the blank windows stare





Tiffany Harmon




Specks of morning dew
a pink blossom opening
spring's awakening





Tiffany Harmon




Sunset at the beach
waves against the rocky shore
sand between the cracks





Tiffany Harmon




Wind rustles the leaves
warning of the coming storm
like a restless ghost





Herb Guggenheim




Hours of packing books.
Nearby, an open dumpster
glistens in the rain.





James Pollard




early morning sun
outline of a little boy
demanding some food





Joshua Medsker




My breath comes slowly.
The breeze's smell reminds me
of roses. It's time.





Mahima Giri




galloping horses
encircle without dust cloud
the carousel ride





Sharla Anderson




like the elephant
autumn of life maps my flesh
with wisdom not years





Sharla Anderson




stones tumbling as tears
temple marred by modern strife
on ground once sacred





Grady Manus




owl silent as sin
snatches up unfulfilled dreams
? i ponder the dark





Grady Manus




with raptor talons
we grasp at elusive dreams
moon smiles knowingly





Ryan Danielson




I hear my father's
sneeze over the salt-thick wind,
but he is not here.





Christopher Kenneth Hanson




A lime moss path breathes
Crooked stones hide erosion
Amber light shines here.





Joseph Roberts




Slices of sunlight
through the stand of redwood trees
golden dust dancing





Joseph Roberts




In afternoon sun
my shadow one of many
waiting for the bis





Stephanie Ferguson




Rain on the water
A symphony of the new
Rippling chords, rebirth.





Charley Seattle




reborn as flurries
of the mountain's furied stars
stair-stepped to sky's vaults





Kris Coffield




objects high and low
receding from my fingers
summer barbecue





Daniel Slaten




your smile is a sign
from heaven above, unless
my heart tells a lie