Issue 28

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Issue 28

POETS

Ante, Romalyn
Barnett, Sandra
Barry, Stephen
Black, Grace
Buck, Stu
Cates, Jay
Cooper, Lamart
Eley, Deborah
Fuchs, Celine
Geurrandeno, Frank
Gilmer, Monty
Golan, Martin
Gove, Joan
Guzzi, Deborah
Han, John
Hendrix, Howard
Hiortdahl, Sandy
Howell, Traci
Hunter, Cristian
Knight, Pamela
Kreik, Colin
Krishnamurthy, Shrikaanth
Lange, Jacob Timothy
Lowe, Dennis
Manchester, Rbert
May, Nancy
Melton, Bill
Patterson, Melissa
Roberts, Joseph
Roy, Aneesha
Sakran, M.
Samuels, Clarise
Smyth, Lucy
Steed, Avery
Strunk, Lisa
Tarr, Jake
Wasilewski, Nells
West, Tyson
Yarish, Adam





Deborah Guzzi




the maple pollen
covers the car's windshield pane ?
empty tissue box





Bill Melton




A kaleidoscope
Changing, shifting, always new
A sunset at sea





Bill Melton




A faded picture
Final evidence that love
Was active and strong





M. Sakran




alone in a cage
the sound of a single bird
searching for ideas





Joseph Roberts




passing spring shower
the robin shakes off the wet
bursting into song





Joan Gove




Dragonflies dancing
summer air hangs still and wet
remembering when





Clarise Samuels




just like violins
playing gently in the night;
the cloud shields the moon.





Sandra Barnett




Squirrel on hornbeam.
Gray fur against gray, bare limbs.
Sunshine and shadows.





Sandra Barnett




Green grass shoots of spring
watered by yesterday's snow.
A flock of robins.





Tyson West




hyacinths break earth
snow retreats on mica peak
the first kitchen fly





Tyson West




pure white crocus curves
the chaos of daffodils
mute brown and green pine





Traci Howell




Red, Pink Bleeding Hearts
A drop of blood hanging down
Nature's Artistry





Grace Black




emerging flora
dancing daily to forget
buried with poets





Grace Black




whiskey summered tongue
scattered words, fallen petals
dead forget-me-nots





Deborah Eley




Stars spill out their light
into the earth's waiting sky.
Man's eyes turn upwards.





Cristian Hunter




With the night comes fear,
a prowling owl asking, "who?"
It's too late for shrew.





Melissa Patterson




Colorful eggs and
children dot the rolling hills?
the sound of laughter.





Avery Steed




i long for you to
hug my bruises. it hurts in
a familiar way





Romalyn Ante




climbing mango trees
swapping sunlight for sweetness -
ants on a dried twig





Dennis Lowe




death of white tulips;
a remnant of my mother
in a dragon vase





Jacob Timothy Lange




Not made of paper
Thoughts, freedom to imagine
The library calls





Frank Geurrandeno




boardwalk of turtles
amble seaside at sun's surge
current sweeps a kiss





Nancy May




waking in a daze
a wasp's morning alarm clock
the cold spring raindrop





Nancy May




the butterfly's wings
catch a fallen rainbow from
the crumbling storm clouds





Monty Gilmer




A practical bird,
having no tree of his own,
borrows another's.





Lucy Smyth




I have written two -
letters never to be sent
smug empowerment





Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy




a trapped bumble bee
thumping against the window
a roomful of hands





Rbert Manchester




Through wandering clouds
in bold Picasso sky a
half-moon, hand painted





Nells Wasilewski




stormy spring weather
I saw your tears glistening
even through the rain





Nells Wasilewski




spring lasted three days
chill winds blew--first rain then snow
winter's last revenge





Rbert Manchester




This a witches day
haze dancing just above ground
silent sentry crow.





Nancy May




the winter sunset
swims in a warm blue ocean
life left on the beach





Stephen Barry




Manhattan Shakespeare
Switchblade ballet ethnic strife
Sing and dance til death





Stephen Barry




Welles magna opus
Thinly veiled Hearst bio pic
Rosebud is the key





Jake Tarr




the deep winter sky?
brushed by bare maple branches
still, even in wind





Sandy Hiortdahl




Rain falls like shiny
silver coins from the awning,
tapping on the lawn.





Adam Yarish




Eyes that never met
Held a love so pure and warm
Fate's secrets untold





Celine Fuchs




Snow softly falling
Glowing white, silent on this
Cold winter evening.





Lisa Strunk




ice clings to the banks
yielding to the warming rays
fish shacks melt away





Lamart Cooper




bodega's bread line
snakes left then back right forming
ahead of sunrise





Martin Golan




O lake, may I float
Across your bright satin skin
Pull oars and glide, glide ?





John Han




frozen lake melting
a flock of ducks steps into
the sun's reflection





John Han




he still wags his tail?
the morning after my dog
moved to a new home





Jay Cates




one cherry blossom
fallen on a swimming duck
riding like a king





Stu Buck




For man is sculpted,
Rent and ripped by time and space,
And returns to dust.





Colin Kreik




Soggy and dank days,
Nature blooms life upon us
Fresh air circulates





Howard Hendrix




Basho you old frog
from devouring your kerplunks
I'm too stuffed to jump





Howard Hendrix




in driest winter
lone chorus frog's sudden song --
your voice echoing





Pamela Knight




The ship Offended
Remains quagmire in the bay
Anchor entangled





Aneesha Roy




Sanguine red, twilit
sky; arboreal splendor
drifting by - And I.