Issue 30

Traci Howell

Breezes run along
the warm air against my arms
Temperature change

Chase Gagnon

a paper lantern
dissolves into the dark sky...
we know so little

Bill Melton

White cotton ball clouds
Stream across an azure sky
Nature on parade

Bill Melton

Trees seemingly grow
From a fog bank that hovers
Just above the ground

Donald Welch

Two turtles swimming,
Lake Norman. Disappearing
ripples on water.

Donald Welch

Three river city-
Pittsburgh, winter wind searches
through empty buildings.

Donald Welch

Snow flurries, North End
pizzeria signs glowing,
showering rubies.

Loreena Thiessen

chunks of blue ice drift
into the harbor bearing
an unsteady moose

Katharina Riemer

crazy loving loud
people crowd my head and heart
family and friends

Katharina Riemer

dry and sandy path
where the sun shines most brightly
lilac butterfly

Christopher David Hall

The magnolia
with its white palms wide open. . .
I haven't touched you.

Vincent O'Connor

birthday barbecue -
a murmuring of starlings
cloud the horizon

Vincent O'Connor

nothing left behind
a bonfire of her clothing -
geese in formation

Stu Buck

Stars efflorescent
Creation and destruction
Violent beauty

Kim Anguiano

Raindrops hang on leaves
Basking in flare of sunrise
Brilliant diamonds shine

Nells Wasilewski

sky for a canvas
sunshine sand and rolling sea
clouds erase the paint

M. Sakran

being all alone
seeing the bird cage covered
with obligation

M. Sakran

cool autumn ended
winter apologizes
with spring recompense

Kasha Nystrand

Parachuting down
In daylight through passing clouds
Entering daydreams

Kasha Nystrand

Sleepless nights approach
As clouds pass along the sky
Taking dreams with them

Barbara Tate

unsettled patterns
the moon shine plays hide and seek
with a chance of rain

Barbara Tate

in an autumn sky
venus sews seeds of sunrise
old as yesterday

Sandra Barnett

Dragonfly hovers
over Mazda's silver hood
and then it is gone

Ben Klayer

Two chipped coffee mugs
Sipped, fifty years of breakfast
And he still loves her

Jay Cates

a hot weary day
made longer by old regrets.
tea in the morning

Chris Fulbirg

Beginning of death
violent birth of colour
this is creation

Jon Moss

Late spring breeze tosses
wine and cheese tasters senses.
Ant soiree begins!

Jon Moss

Ominously cold.
Snow beating endlessly down.
Bonding inside, safe.

Jay Cates

long dry summer day
broken stalk of dead bamboo
still a path to find

John Johnson

ripple on the pond
shows where the swimmer has been
an eagle will feast

John Johnson

Cool grayness masks all
Ships pass in silent respect
Fog horn bellows out

Rob Goss

Box by dusty box
Rediscovering my youth
And my youthfulness

Rob Goss

A wrinkled canvas
Framed in her gilt-edged mirror?
She forgets my name

Willie Bongcaron

windy afternoon...
watching the circling black clouds
drop to lashing rain

Jay Cates

cut through me, water,
you waste your time on this hill,
it won't feel a thing

Patty Tancyus

the clock needs winding
put the key on the mantle
go outside instead

Patty Tancyus

softly falling snow
my breath, warm and visible
white puffs in the air

Ana Prundaru

the earth's last warning
tigers, oceans, forests bleed
red as geishas' lips

Clarise Samuels

Butterfly dreaming
that he is really awake;
catepillar nights.

Clarise Samuels

A brown tiger stripe
on the orange lily head;
the mouth is roaring.

Clarise Samuels

Arthur, the Sun King,
so brilliant, so resplendent;
the Queen longed for life.

Stuart Ziarnik

Knocked down by the rain,
The maple seeds glow pale green
On the wet sidewalk

Stuart Ziarnik

In zazen at dusk
I dwell on time's roaring wind.
Then, a firefly

Joseph J Kozma

Tulips open wide,
Little chicks rest in the shade,
The trains whistle long.

Kevin Cope

Bare oaks crack their bones,
A stag stares, senses alert;
Ghostly breath rises

Tavis Walker

I swirl her phrases,
like fresh salt water taffy,
around in my mouth

Tyson West

full yucca moon ghosts
starving black basalt river
thin rapids bleed snow

Tyson West

fir flame and west wind
conspire to pumpkin the moon
in a smokey eye

Tyson West

brown poppy stalks wait
the wind's artistry in fire
orange memories

Jim Christ

amber and ruby
wrinkled up full of rare light
maple and fallen