Issue 19

Kris Coffield

obituary?
impeached one-term governor
survived by fifth wife

Kris Coffield

cherry blossoms bloom
murmuring waters reflect
willful ignorance

Doug Elson

up all through the night
dawn becomes more beautiful
from sleep deprived mind

Doug Elson

rainy night, and then
like a line drawn in the sand
falling stars appear

Grace Hughes Chappell

Bees in lavender--
no breaks, no strikes here, no boss,
workers rule this shop.

Grace Hughes Chappell

The August sun's set--
our wall radiates its warmth,
sun for the lizard

Bill Melton

Each blade of green grass
Holds diamonds that catch the sun
As the dew burns off

Bill Melton

We could have it all
But for one law of nature
Reach exceeds our grasp

Bill Melton

Exploding raindrops
Make momentary craters
In the dusty soil

Mauri Orr Stone

billowing kudzu
on a cloud-covered fall day
summer's hopeless hold

Mauri Orr Stone

winds will whirl wildly
shaking loose any leaf left
trees sometimes topple

Mauri Orr Stone

the air takes a turn
chill replaces remnant warmth
unshod feet need shoes

Alexander Remer

Kiss you in the place
above your breast, tapping out
love song in morse code.

Sharla Anderson

windy autumn day
prismatic petals deluge---
garden tsunami

Sharla Anderson

stony soil of yore
unearthed by merciful hand
restores essence lost

Sharla Anderson

autumn's life story---
of youth, spring love, golden years
each leaf a memoir

Nancy May

tears from yesterday
the bouquet of lilies rest
beside your headstone

Nancy May

splashes of raindrops
paint stories on a postcard
a trip to London

Daun Daemon

a mist of hairspray
women's laughter, mirrored smiles
secrets kept in style

Daun Daemon

father's whisky breath
fierce storms on Saturday nights
summer turns to fall

Kathryn Davis

the Autumn sun shines
golden leaves fall from the sky
Listen - the wind speaks

Kim Peter Kovac

an autumn morning
the stream drifts languid and crisp
the old turtle sleeps

Kim Peter Kovac

the dogwood is dry
from the hard sun of summer
her leaves look for rain

David Edwards

looking down-- instead
of up-- to see these apples
the end of summer

David Edwards

Walking through pre-dawn
fog... full moon measuring its
height imprecisely

David Edwards

I walk down this hill
to my grandmother's grave... no
pallbearer today

Alexander Remer

Here, though kings, like the
best of their yolk, swept up by
fathers, wanting too.

Von Bonnie

Brazen mountain side
lightened up by the last rays
of the setting sun

David Flynn

A friend from my youth
visits after many years:
gray hair and slow steps.

Daniel Thompson

Lifting Twilight Flow
Moves Light Around and into
Sky's Falling Darkness

Daniel Thompson

Stars Counterpoint Clouds
Lepus at Orion's Feet
Peeking around Mist

Nells Wasilewski

faster and faster
ice skaters circle the pond
keeping pace with time

Neelam Dadhwal

Open room window
waft of fresh cone of pine tree
growing beyond hill.

Neelam Dadhwal

Perching on the log
grains of sand by river side
as fine as his life.

Monty Gilmer

The air is white with
thistledown. The sky is red
with the Harvest Moon.

John Kambolis

lady so serene
as an unblemished white dove
a sight to behold

Paul Hellweg

dancing through the night
Saigon, city of life, owl
dreams the morrow's hawk

Paul Hellweg

flowers attract bees
open heart exposed to all
no love without pain

Clarise Samuels

shimmering white sand
with wildflowers in the dunes;
raging, burning sun.

Alyse Richmond

your lingering pause
is loud like the infamous
calm before thunder

Herb Guggenheim

A glass of iced tea
on a balmy summer night.
Nearby, a graveyard.

Joann Grisetti

many whisperings
maple to poplar to oak
Orion rises

Michael Seese

winter morning run
quiet, still, silent solace
chase my icy breath

Michael Seese

the child awakens
a morning drawn in yellow,
orange, red Crayolas

Lily Li

A tear; one dark stream
Discovers flimsy patchwork
Beautifully wrapped

Karla Padawer Solomon

crowds of autumn leaves
dance at dusk through graying streets
lifted by the wind

CT Norgang

Snow falling on fields,
beneath a crows silent wings,
softly gives and takes.

CT Norgang

Sailboats wrapped in snow
sigh softly and ache for spring,
dreaming of the sea.

Rob Goss

The dripping night air
Clings in heavy defiance
Of autumn's onset

Rob Goss

Hazy mikan skies
Skytree but a silhouette...
Dawn's awakening