Antebi, Debbi
Baxendale Ii, Ron
Buckles, Sissy
Burgard, Amada
Campbell, Colin
Campbell, Dan
Chameleon, Jesus
Chappell, Grace Hughes
Degarie, Julie
Edwards, David
Fix, Elvis
Flint, Pattie
Gillikin, Brian
Gonzalez, Mauricio
Gusek, Chris
Han, John
Hauck, Pam
Hawkhead, John
Hellweg, Paul
Jones, Mark
Kavanaugh, David
Lassell, Daniel
Malone, Zachary
May, Nancy
Melton, Bill
Menon, Praveen
Nicholas, Joe
Obrien, Valerie
Oliverson, Alissa
Patterson, Melissa
Red, Elias
Remer, Alexander
Rosenbaum, Eve
Samuels, Clarise
Schmitt, Jennifer
Wasilewski, Nells
West, Tyson
Witt, Justin
Tyson West
ice shards bite elm twigs
catch shine from jupiter who
chances the sun's wake
Tyson West
the red hound glares sharp
across the frozen river
coyote grins back
Justin Witt
Noisy future, past -
silence, in the present tense -
Here is where I Live.
Zachary Malone
westward setting sun
the moon rising right on time
one crow, my night friend
Elvis Fix
Corrupt bronze, limp dust.
A stagnant eternity,
a ceaseless haunting.
John Hawkhead
after the last dose
of radiotherapy
her feet remain cold
Grace Hughes Chappell
one day spring appears--
dirt, sun, rain, the tilt of Earth--
it lives beyond words
Alexander Remer
Lines like young Pollock
rising, dust the page's face
under high love songs.
Paul Hellweg
a red thread drifts by
destiny invisible
two ends dream meeting
Jesus Chameleon
cooling blossoms here---
arranged into new bouquets
to a torrid theme
Praveen Menon
man versus nature
like a child against parents
young and ignorant
Mark Jones
illinois city
shrugs its shoulders, taxes me
for pure spring water
Ron Baxendale II
The snow keeps falling
Flakes that land without a sound
Are they yours or mine?
Elias Red
Desolation in
the wood. The winter moon shows
only death tonight.
Clarise Samuels
Half snake, half human
Fuxi repaired the heavens;
Gong Gong broke the sky
Clarise Samuels
grayish, frozen sky
a bitter wind howls at night;
snowy, hushed footfall
Amada Burgard
when the winter comes
the sunlight over the snow
heaven fell to earth
Valerie OBrien
Knees bent at sunrise
Longevity lost to fate
Headstones cast shadows
Daniel Lassell
People stand in lines,
waiting to wait in others.
Traffic to life's end.
Daniel Lassell
His fleur de lis ears
tilt at squirrels vaulting tree limbs.
His tail wags the air.
Debbi Antebi
at the hospital ?
spring flowers filling her room
winter in her eyes
Chris Gusek
today's joy unfolds
quiet gladness celebrate
under summer moon
Nells Wasilewski
upon the iced bough
cardinals, ruffled feathers
and empty feeder
Joe Nicholas
Guardians wrap me
in feathers and pine. Lift me
until I am sky.
Nancy May
leaves in rainwater
naked branches catch snowflakes
in a winter breeze
Eve Rosenbaum
eyes closed and wishful
I inhale your outward song
part your lips again
David Edwards
Walking home from work,
my footprints in snow point the
other direction.
David Edwards
Easily unfurled
thirteen stripes and fifty stars
tree tops touch the ground
Mauricio Gonzalez
Under the blankets
our feet caress each other
blind of right and left
Alissa Oliverson
Weighted red petals
spring lively, greeting sun, when
morning dew drops drip
Joe Nicholas
morning flushed bright pink
mountain jaws rising to greet
the clouds just waking
Pattie Flint
snow purls small stitches
rows and rows a woolen scarf
upon winter's neck.
Pattie Flint
stripping the bed sheets
feathers fly up and tickle
domesticity.
Julie DeGarie
stars unlatch themselves
at dawn from the Harvest Moon
dissolve like weak dreams
Colin Campbell
even butterflies
might follow the lowest moth
into autumn lights
Melissa Patterson
1:00 am?I catch
my eldest eating ice cream.
I take down a bowl.
Brian Gillikin
Bric-a-brac brooding
on lost time ? strain as hard as
the snow falls gentle.
Bill Melton
Windless summer days
Even birds sing lazily
Sparse now with their praise
Bill Melton
Plant nods approval
For bee to search for pollen
Among profuse blooms
Bill Melton
Sun claws at the clouds
Frantically trying to see
The earth far below
Sissy Buckles
swift rain blurs blossoms
down my black silk cheongsam
drying on clothes line
Dan Campbell
On winter's windy
days, that faithful sentry, my
scarecrow salutes me
Jennifer Schmitt
Harsh the cold wind blows
Yet tears burn strongly with heat
sad is this season
Jennifer Schmitt
Kawazu sits there
like an old man needing warmth
spring comes so quickly
Pam Hauck
tangerine sunrise
spring wakes buds on birch branches-
sleepless night, child sick
Pam Hauck
daughter placed bird seeds
in feeder outside window-
blue jay eats from ground
Elvis Fix
Light up smooth Gitanes
with a sly Shostakovich.
We waltz savage here.
John Han
fireworks in the sky
my brother-in-law gasps for
air on his deathbed
John Han
cars moving slowly?
ten thousand wild geese descend
on the snowy field
David Kavanaugh
budding souls queue up
receive mortal masks to wear
tossed out at random