Issue 3

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Issue 3

POETS

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Alisia, Nyla
Barrera, Karissa
Bowman, Edward
Burling, Wilton
Cherciu, Lucia
Colline, Virginie
Cover, Joe
Fitzgerald, Genevieve
Hall, Debbie
Harris, Lyall
Hayes, Thomas
Head, Beverly
Hunt, Nathan
Jett, W. Luther
Keller, Christopher
Knight, Jackie
Lassell, Daniel
Mathews, Marsha
Mayes, Beth
Mcgee, Donnelle
Mulligan, Jb
Myers, Spencer
Pasvinter, Irena
Poller, Aaron
Schmitt, Jennifer
Smythe, Jack
Stringham, Will
Walstrom, Audrey
Weed, Richard

Marsha Mathews

Twenty-five, she lives
wholesome in a halfway house
learning how to be.

Jennifer Schmitt

snow falls like the rain
sweet is the touch of my love
in pain my soul weeps

W. Luther Jett

Quiet winter day
New moon visible at noon
Two crows flying west

Virginie Colline

flash of red lipstick
she claws her way towards you
carnivorous smile

midnight basketball
clang of a rim with no net
way past our curfew

chickadees scatter
sunflower seed on the ground
lucky juncos feast

Wilton Burling

The car roof hung low
claustrophobic dialect
and tender regret

Wilton Burling

knotted ball of thread
wind around the troubled kid
strangled spiders web.

Edward Bowman

Leaves changing colour.
Lives changing like the season.
We no longer talk.

Jennifer Schmitt

the twilight of youth
too quick childhood fades away
bitter is wisdom

Nyla Alisia

He holds his guitar
close to him like a lover.
I am so strung out.

Nyla Alisia

Poet stands alone,
writing light into darkness,
teaching us to see.

Nyla Alisia

Words written in sand,
wisdom left for wind and tide,
momentarily.

Christopher Keller

It's a nice capo
to have a warm bed in which
to fall like a leaf.

Christopher Keller

Late nights of nothing
sound quiet as rain on grass
and I grow as fast.

Daniel Lassell

preacher tells people
value of Ten Commandments
but doesn't live them

Daniel Lassell

drunk man stumbles home
beats his wife for the last time
she leaves while he sleeps

Richard Weed

hear birds spreading joy
music waking dawn today
around their feeder

Richard Weed

new glories gild shores
blooms diffuse their sweets around
fruitful rain descends

Richard Weed

like spirit islands
fog floats the sea around me
vaporous but real

Jack Smythe

Sometimes late at night
when all the world is quiet
I hear my heartbeat

Nathan Hunt

A thrush cracking snails?
even carrying a shell
is no protection.

Nathan Hunt

A mountain, peeking?
summer bringing clearer skies,
the robin warbling.

Nathan Hunt

Seen from far away,
the leaves fallen from bare trees
look like brown blossoms.

Irena Pasvinter

My eyes stare at me
With wrath from her youthful face --
Next generation.

Thomas Hayes

Rich man wanting more,
a pauper needing nothing,
which life would you choose?

Jackie Knight

If you reached inside
I mean with your whole hand, what
Fleshy sighs release?

Lucia Cherciu

Rain over snow: God
holds in armor eight pine trees
straight above my house.

Audrey Walstrom

Hellish humid heat
In three months we'll wear jackets
Seems impossible

Lyall Harris

the elevator
carries a priest on his way
to last rites and me

Spencer Myers

Wet whys in the mud
Left by tiniest of birds
Washed away by rain

Edward Bowman

Humid summer night,
lying in a bed of sweat,
unable to sleep.

Aaron Poller

Sing the blood flowers
The rice starving in the bowl
Down here is the moon

Aaron Poller

Awkward note quivers
Calling over pain's retreat
The sweetness of life

Beth Mayes

Sunset rise again
Shine darkness upon the land
Warm rays of moonlight

Donnelle McGee

for you a flaming
japanese maple rising
in a sun-blue sky

Virginie Colline

some cigarette butts
in the glass of grain whiskey
the night gone to seed

Beverly Head

the warm fertile earth
fell from her knotty fingers
into neat black piles

Debbie Hall

Blackness weights the sky
of a city damp with grief--
Norwegian summer

Karissa Barrera

What I treasure is
Seeing the snow remove all
That I once treasured

Karissa Barrera

Holding the orange
To the sky it glows and glows
Like a newborn sun.

Karissa Barrera

Dream dances with Lao
Are not to be compared with
The eternal Tao

Audrey Walstrom

A hawk alights on
The charred stump and fluffs himself
Feathers float earthwards

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Issue 3

POETS

Marsha Mathews

Twenty-five, she lives wholesome in a halfway house learning how to be.

Jennifer Schmitt

snow falls like the rain sweet is the touch of my love in pain my soul weeps

W. Luther Jett

Quiet winter day New moon visible at noon Two crows flying west

Virginie Colline

flash of red lipstick she claws her way towards you carnivorous smile

midnight basketball clang of a rim with no net way past our curfew

chickadees scatter sunflower seed on the ground lucky juncos feast

Wilton Burling

The car roof hung low claustrophobic dialect and tender regret

Wilton Burling

knotted ball of thread wind around the troubled kid strangled spiders web.

Edward Bowman

Leaves changing colour. Lives changing like the season. We no longer talk.

Jennifer Schmitt

the twilight of youth too quick childhood fades away bitter is wisdom

Nyla Alisia

He holds his guitar close to him like a lover. I am so strung out.

Nyla Alisia

Poet stands alone, writing light into darkness, teaching us to see.

Nyla Alisia

Words written in sand, wisdom left for wind and tide, momentarily.

Christopher Keller

It's a nice capo to have a warm bed in which to fall like a leaf.

Christopher Keller

Late nights of nothing sound quiet as rain on grass and I grow as fast.

Daniel Lassell

preacher tells people value of Ten Commandments but doesn't live them

Daniel Lassell

drunk man stumbles home beats his wife for the last time she leaves while he sleeps

Richard Weed

hear birds spreading joy music waking dawn today around their feeder

Richard Weed

new glories gild shores blooms diffuse their sweets around fruitful rain descends

Richard Weed

like spirit islands fog floats the sea around me vaporous but real

Jack Smythe

Sometimes late at night when all the world is quiet I hear my heartbeat

Nathan Hunt

A thrush cracking snails? even carrying a shell is no protection.

Nathan Hunt

A mountain, peeking? summer bringing clearer skies, the robin warbling.

Nathan Hunt

Seen from far away, the leaves fallen from bare trees look like brown blossoms.

Irena Pasvinter

My eyes stare at me With wrath from her youthful face -- Next generation.

Thomas Hayes

Rich man wanting more, a pauper needing nothing, which life would you choose?

Jackie Knight

If you reached inside I mean with your whole hand, what Fleshy sighs release?

Lucia Cherciu

Rain over snow: God holds in armor eight pine trees straight above my house.

Audrey Walstrom

Hellish humid heat In three months we'll wear jackets Seems impossible

Lyall Harris

the elevator carries a priest on his way to last rites and me

Spencer Myers

Wet whys in the mud Left by tiniest of birds Washed away by rain

Edward Bowman

Humid summer night, lying in a bed of sweat, unable to sleep.

Aaron Poller

Sing the blood flowers The rice starving in the bowl Down here is the moon

Aaron Poller

Awkward note quivers Calling over pain's retreat The sweetness of life

Beth Mayes

Sunset rise again Shine darkness upon the land Warm rays of moonlight

Donnelle McGee

for you a flaming japanese maple rising in a sun-blue sky

Virginie Colline

some cigarette butts in the glass of grain whiskey the night gone to seed

Beverly Head

the warm fertile earth fell from her knotty fingers into neat black piles

Debbie Hall

Blackness weights the sky of a city damp with grief-- Norwegian summer

Karissa Barrera

Twenty-five, she lives
wholesome in a halfway house
learning how to be.

snow falls like the rain
sweet is the touch of my love
in pain my soul weeps

Quiet winter day
New moon visible at noon
Two crows flying west

flash of red lipstick
she claws her way towards you
carnivorous smile

midnight basketball
clang of a rim with no net
way past our curfew

chickadees scatter
sunflower seed on the ground
lucky juncos feast

The car roof hung low
claustrophobic dialect
and tender regret

knotted ball of thread
wind around the troubled kid
strangled spiders web.

Leaves changing colour.
Lives changing like the season.
We no longer talk.

the twilight of youth
too quick childhood fades away
bitter is wisdom

He holds his guitar
close to him like a lover.
I am so strung out.

Poet stands alone,
writing light into darkness,
teaching us to see.

Words written in sand,
wisdom left for wind and tide,
momentarily.

It's a nice capo
to have a warm bed in which
to fall like a leaf.

Late nights of nothing
sound quiet as rain on grass
and I grow as fast.

preacher tells people
value of Ten Commandments
but doesn't live them

drunk man stumbles home
beats his wife for the last time
she leaves while he sleeps

hear birds spreading joy
music waking dawn today
around their feeder

new glories gild shores
blooms diffuse their sweets around
fruitful rain descends

like spirit islands
fog floats the sea around me
vaporous but real

Sometimes late at night
when all the world is quiet
I hear my heartbeat

A thrush cracking snails?
even carrying a shell
is no protection.

A mountain, peeking?
summer bringing clearer skies,
the robin warbling.

Seen from far away,
the leaves fallen from bare trees
look like brown blossoms.

My eyes stare at me
With wrath from her youthful face --
Next generation.

Rich man wanting more,
a pauper needing nothing,
which life would you choose?

If you reached inside
I mean with your whole hand, what
Fleshy sighs release?

Rain over snow: God
holds in armor eight pine trees
straight above my house.

Hellish humid heat
In three months we'll wear jackets
Seems impossible

the elevator
carries a priest on his way
to last rites and me

Wet whys in the mud
Left by tiniest of birds
Washed away by rain

Humid summer night,
lying in a bed of sweat,
unable to sleep.

Sing the blood flowers
The rice starving in the bowl
Down here is the moon

Awkward note quivers
Calling over pain's retreat
The sweetness of life

Sunset rise again
Shine darkness upon the land
Warm rays of moonlight

for you a flaming
japanese maple rising
in a sun-blue sky

some cigarette butts
in the glass of grain whiskey
the night gone to seed

the warm fertile earth
fell from her knotty fingers
into neat black piles

Blackness weights the sky
of a city damp with grief--
Norwegian summer

What I treasure is
Seeing the snow remove all
That I once treasured

Holding the orange
To the sky it glows and glows
Like a newborn sun.

Dream dances with Lao
Are not to be compared with
The eternal Tao

A hawk alights on
The charred stump and fluffs himself
Feathers float earthwards

Moon phases reveal
Dual personalities -
First timid, then bold

Lightning in the dark.
The mating call of insects
beneath distant stars.

Steam in the morning.
Gray and delicate lilies
wither on the lake.

Red mushrooms growing
From rotting walnut branches
Waiting to be burned

sun on the water
grey-green with a squint becomes
sea spirits dancing

Burning hot breezes
scorch the desolate valleys.
A bulldog panting

Stray cats' tracks across
The dusty windshield -- greetings
From urban nature.