Alisia, Nyla
Antebi, Debbi
Barnett, Sandra
Black, Grace
Bursey, Dc
Cates, Jay
Chakraborty, Souvik
Chappell, Grace Hughes
Doughty, Jonathan
Elledge, Miriam
Gagnon, Chase
Gardiner, Tim
Geurrandeno, Frank
Goodwin, Charman
Gusek, Chris
Han, John
Karamarkovich, Ian
Larsen, Ellen
Lowe, Dennis
May, Nancy
Melton, Bill
Nystrand, Kadeejah
Nystrand, Kasha
Oates, David
Obrien, Valerie
Palomba, Carolann
Raney, Vanessa
Red, Elias
Ruscher, Thomas
Rushton, Biff
Sakran, M.
Samuels, Clarise
Scalzo, Emily Jo
Trojan, Peggy
Ward, Brandon
Wasilewski, Nells
West, Tyson
Wong, Deborah
Chase Gagnon
Midnight approaches
in her stilettos of stars
flirting with my dream
Chris Gusek
swaying field of grass -
a summer wind scatters thoughts
to blue horizons
Bill Melton
Crouched on the rooftop
Snow covered robin awaits
The morning or death
Grace Hughes Chappell
the sky grows two stars
seven pelicans fly by
low, over the sea
David Oates
gray day, on lush grass
white tom turkey with harem
his tail spread so wide
Jay Cates
still leafless and damp
my tree full of noisy crows
feels the spring sunlight
Tyson West
yellow elder leaves
blow away before first frost
afraid to wear white
Jay Cates
again buds burst out
while winds still blow bitter cold.
how many more times.
Vanessa Raney
He massages pigs
with salt and pepper before
the slow, winter snow.
John Han
a patch of old snow
falls from a cedar tree branch?
weight of a squirrel
John Han
day after Christmas
choosing the names to include
in a new planner
Kasha Nystrand
Bleak winds mask a face.
A veil of an appearance.
Silence sounding voice.
Dennis Lowe
Sweet and luminous,
delicate as raspberries;
our too human dreams
Dennis Lowe
Drifting cigar smoke
attracts a squirrel's notice
while I watch the clouds
Souvik Chakraborty
scattered to the winds
dusty leaves and lifeless skin
end of a season
Clarise Samuels
spirit in the sky
with sharp sword and flaming eyes;
Akura, the fiend
Emily Jo Scalzo
Chess in Uganda
alleviates poverty
for a queen savant
Peggy Trojan
snow early this year
today I cut Father's shirts
into quilt patch squares
CarolAnn Palomba
Bold goldfish shine like
New copper pennies swimming
In waves of sunlight
CarolAnn Palomba
Sacred abacus
sums up the grace of each prayer
whispered in God's ear
Debbi Antebi
night-time confessions
starting to see an old friend
in a brand new light
Nancy May
a cold winter breeze
snowflakes parachute softly
on empty branches
Elias Red
Bending trees sing a
song of melancholy on
the river's cold bank.
Tim Gardiner
Rusted iron gate
the only entrance to woods
where butterflies hide
Tim Gardiner
The lone owl calling
from the oak across the green
has fallen silent
Frank Geurrandeno
A peck on my wrist,
Longing feathers and nestler
now wingless and whist.
Kasha Nystrand
Snow rests on branches.
Shivering among bleak breath.
Numb hands let leaves fall.
Ian Karamarkovich
Farmer Constable
Surrendered, more depleted
Than his glabrous land.
Brandon Ward
Crow flailing to stay
Steady on a branch- bracing
Itself against gusts
Nells Wasilewski
the day turned pewter
a warning gust of chill wind
an empty mailbox
Nells Wasilewski
late winter morning
new buds snuggle in branches
slumbering til spring
Brandon Ward
On the wet pathway
A woman with a shining
Head walks mindfully
Deborah Wong
Fate has come to seek
the chastity of a maid
of paper cut eyes
Thomas Ruscher
Sleep and dream my love
Twixt my arms and near my heart.
Your humid breath, Life
Biff Rushton
The rueful waltz of
a wretched heart ~ Crestfallen ~
Swallowed by the grey
Biff Rushton
Tender beloved ~
Your petals upon my tongue ~
Feasting from love's bloom
Kadeejah Nystrand
Dove flies through cold breeze.
Lands to rest on soft white ground.
Fades on winter snow.
Valerie OBrien
Howling in moonlight
Melodic hymnal for prey
Beware of the wolf
Valerie OBrien
Army of ravens
Bow power lines in winter
Wingspans darken skies
M. Sakran
equinox arrives
white snow melts off tree branches
green buds grow outward
DC Bursey
meadow's warm wind swirls
tall grass is a stormy sea
white tipped flowers wave
DC Bursey
will we meet again
in a park where a poet
is passing out dreams
Grace Black
season of ripe buds
dreary drizzle slips away
his name on her tongue
Ellen Larsen
Stillness in the night
There is only one awake
See the coming dawn.
Nyla Alisia
Tiny sparrow wings,
soar in breathless hopefulness,
talons grasping stars.
Nyla Alisia
The feminine soul,
born, clawing her name in earth,
never truly tamed.
Miriam Elledge
The cat woke me up,
Banging on the bedroom door.
I sleep on the train.
Charman Goodwin
Sadness cerements me,
despair dances on my heart.
His identity...
Jonathan Doughty
Halloween, gone drag
In a burqa, Muslim-style
Arrested promptly
Sandra Barnett
A lone chipmunk runs
through falling snow beneath the
witch hazels in bloom.