Issue 22

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Issue 22

POETS

Arnett, Michael
Bonnie, Von
Campbell, Colin
Chameleon, Jesus
Crane, Luke
De Dominicis, Tamara
Donnelly, Joe
Edwards, David
Elson, Doug
Fawkes, Ed
Fix, Elvis
Graves, Robert
Greene, Robin
Gusek, Chris
Hellweg, Paul
Huffman, A.j.
Jordan, Jack
Joy, B. T.
Khan, Yasmin
Li, Lily
Long, Sally
Lowe, Dennis
Mahoney, Matthew
Manus, Grady
Maria, Anna
Mcgovern, Mac
Mcrae, Sandra S.
Nicholas, Joe
Norgang, Ct
O'connor, Vincent
Phillips, Carol
Roberts, Joseph
Roe, Luke
Rushton, Biff
Scicluna, Norman
Sharp, Cynthia
Swalander, Kurt
Ward, Anthony
Yin, Anna





Norman Scicluna




an unfinished glass
beside her lifeless body-
I water her rose





Joe Nicholas




A window held closed
wind rattled against its skin
the cold pane quivers





Michael Arnett




your long slender legs
in a softly folded skirt
asking for my eyes.





Anna Maria




Your eyes speak volumes
I feel the sea rush in when
my ears fail to hear.





Doug Elson




I catch a quick glimpse
of a smile and big blue eyes
I'm in love again





Robert Graves




Cold hands on hot cup
Tethered herbs in a thin bag
Spice steam fills the soul





Robert Graves




The horizon blurs
Mars red dust floats, chokes the birds
Lubbock, Texas sky





Sandra S. McRae




winter's icy feet
pressed in the small of my back
keep me up all night





Yasmin Khan




stars shimmer, sparkle
luminious asterisk shoot
decorate a wish





Anna Yin




old nest under eaves
handful of baby swallows
twitter in warm rains





Jack Jordan




summer's fragile reeds
now ice-layered bend to write
our names in the snow





Jack Jordan




fenceline hackberry's
yellowing leaves drift downward
into Wild Horse Creek





A.J. Huffman




Snow falls on lake's shore.
Winter fingers work magic,
turn water to ice.





A.J. Huffman




Winter willow waves
opaled arms, bearing weight, white
of innocent snow.





Ed Fawkes




harvest moon aglow
long witchy fingers reach out
brittle leaves tango





Jesus Chameleon




din, in fall ending---
coffee, pop cooling and meals
on a stove all worn





Paul Hellweg




jade on a mountain
never fades, always treasured
love remembers all





Paul Hellweg




golden courtesan
sipping wine of laughter sets
the west wind astir





Joseph Roberts




The sound of wind chimes
beyond the garden's darkness
her whispered laughter





Joseph Roberts




Christmas carolers
singing about peace on earth
the sound of sirens





Von Bonnie




Greens fading away,
as misty mornings step in-
autumn at my door.





Robin Greene




For ten years I write
one poem. Now, pale winter
snow edits my lines.





David Edwards




The crunch of frozen
grass underfoot... awaiting
Indian Summer





Mac McGovern




Prejudice learned now
encapsulates willing souls
only hate survives





Mac McGovern




when the faucet drips
on the plains of Africa
someone dies of thirst





Dennis Lowe




Aging white cement
Peeking over great black clouds
Old moon's glowing scalp





Biff Rushton




Crying a Monsoon ~
Would still not bring my Parched Earth ~
Back to fruitful Bloom





B. T. Joy




caught in this tailback
a goshawk hovers over
the same patch of ground





Grady Manus




unabashed voyeur
solemn keeper of secrets
moon smiles crookedly





CT Norgang




Spring creeps into streams
their pools breathe deep as each waits
for salmon to leap.





CT Norgang




June breezes blowing,
red-winged black birds on cattails,
practicing tai chi.





Kurt Swalander




She is Alpental
Blankets of white perfection
Destroyer of man





Luke Roe




A Cloud of blood swirls
In a cup of hot water
Bug in my body





Carol Phillips




a caw lingering
on arid pine-scented air
bouquets smell of fall





Carol Phillips




bent grass tells of flood,
spent before the morning sun
frogs croak for their mates





Anthony Ward




crows pecking at seed
after devouring fat-
sparrows left to starve





Anthony Ward




streetlights at midnight
spillage of suspended stars
radio crackling





Elvis Fix




Picasso blue sky
leaking total solitude
out of the guitar.





Lily Li




Such warm lingerings
Hitherto, a single touch
Decieved while blinded





Cynthia Sharp




long lost relative
sister seal swims on her side
heartbeat of the sea





Sally Long




Superfluous words
cut by the blade of a pen
enabling new growth





Tamara De Dominicis




thunderless lightning
sparks in emerald valley
the dance of fireflies





Joe Donnelly




Baskets of tissues
Creations of our sick minds
And our sick noses





Matthew Mahoney




Power shifts with years.
The place of poverty stays
Despite shifty Time.





Tamara De Dominicis




another sunset
blink, the horizon swallows
all the golden light





Chris Gusek




deer on the roadside
pays no mind to all of us
in the morning rush





Vincent O'Connor




following the storm
the spectacular downpour
of cherry blossoms





Vincent O'Connor




the winter magpie
skips by so nonchalantly
everything freezes





Luke Crane




Eskimos have more
Than thirty words for snow, soon
They'll need just one; gone





Colin Campbell




faraway winds might
hide under borneo skies
between monsoon days