Issue 32

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Issue 32

POETS

Anwar, Nur Nadiah
Ascerno, Jason
Austin, David
Baber, Bill
Barnett, Sandra
Barry, Stephen
Battersby, Lois
Bouquet, Don
Cates, Jay
Cenate, Kay
Cox, Hayli
Deering Norton, Abra
Drobot, Ana
Drzakowski, Kevin
Gardiner, Tim
Grzeslo, Amanda
Heyward , C. Z.
Holmes, Carly
Howell, Traci
Kasoff, Sasha
Kerrigan, Terese
Kozma, Joseph J
Lowe, Dennis
Lunsford, Sarah
Lupinacci, Veronica
Maloney, Ian
Marrone, Mark
May, Nancy
Melton, Bill
Moore, Brandon
Oates, David
Rewick, Alyson
Robinson, Jackie Maugh
Shiam, Radhey
Smith, Mary
Sprafka, Robin
Tate, Barbara
West, Tyson
White, Brooke





Tim Gardiner




the black cricket sings
without a care in the world
from the reptile tank





David Austin




summer's backward glance
reluctant to say adieu
one lonely white rose





Brandon Moore




A single snowflake
Drops down from the Mountaintop
Landing unspoken





Radhey Shiam




only in silence
God speaks to His voice
in the voiceless voice





Sasha Kasoff




Small migrating birds
Flying in a fluid line
A scattered black snake





David Oates




Thanksgiving school play
nightmare of the food's revenge ?
I?m cast as the nut





Veronica Lupinacci




She chases his ghosts
out of the schoolyard. Old trees
bow. Their slow walk home.





Nancy May




autumn horizon
the falling rain, scatter of
leaves on the frost soil





Ana Drobot




cathedral bells heard
loud in the old town center -
chestnuts strike a bench





Bill Melton




Complacent leaves hang
listless in hot humid air
no reason to stir





Sandra Barnett




wasp galls on oak leaves ?
they fall through the air and catch
on webs and wipers





Traci Howell




Sitting by windows
Breathing out air making fog
Winter is coming





Traci Howell




Trees dance in the winds
Branches sway, leaves with rhythm
Becoming Alive





Jay Cates




doves nesting. cooing.
soft white parents of new hope.
annoying creatures.





Jay Cates




bitter cold north winds
blow through my very spirit
cleaning out the rot





Barbara Tate




dried yellow leaves
the cottonwood in autumn
tells summer's secrets





Bill Baber




Far away mountains
Where ancient monks once roamed
Can I go there now?





C. Z. Heyward




when there was no ink
i harvested my marrow
just to write your name





Robin Sprafka




your eyes fill with tears
let me go winter daughter
to my Moon River





Dennis Lowe




this old building creaks
while the wind murmurs with friends
among the rafters





Dennis Lowe




pouring plain water
earthenware vessels display
remarkable skill





Don Bouquet




hummingbirds hover,
butterflies crowd a Fall bloom-
east wind scatters all





Don Bouquet




an ant parachutes!
no, a dandelion seed
skydiving to earth





Lois Battersby




Hills blaze with color
Apples and pumpkins fill stands
Wood smoke in the air





Lois Battersby




Walk on ancient rocks
Lighthouses mark safe passage
Tide pools teem with life





Joseph J Kozma




Frogs sleep in the shade
Eagles look for easy prey
No more decisions





Joseph J Kozma




A tired old house
weeds are kissing the dull sky
not too much time left





Joseph J Kozma




The wind mills still turn
Aimless hoboes ride the trains
Nothing can hurt you





Mary Smith




Fall pumpkins are here
Autumn air is crisp and cool
Scarecrows scare the crows





Dennis Lowe




we feel it coming
raindrops bursting in moon dust
mud soon, mud always





Ian Maloney




Two swans in a marsh
White feathers on cold water
They circle to shore.





Abra Deering Norton




palm tree fronds slapping
violent Santa Anas
a sinister moon





Sarah Lunsford




White moonlight slivers
Reveal diamonds on blue waves
Bright nocturnal gems





Jason Ascerno




Fungus growing here
tall narrow branches avail
root's unseen in ground





Hayli Cox




Pastel-painted sky,
white wisps of cirrus soaring,
palace for the moon.





Alyson Rewick




Beneath the city
We search for our Minotaurs
Turning thoughts within





Kevin Drzakowski




The banana strips,
yellow dress dropped to the floor--
this comic prelude





Terese Kerrigan




Broken like clockwork
A bleeding, exposed nail bed
Healing as I grow.





Terese Kerrigan




Tiniest hammer
Locked in a bullet-proof room
At war with glass walls.





Tyson West




tatters of typhoon
twist the old growth cedar's crown
sailing the moss sea





Carly Holmes




She kept her hood on
and her boots, but lost the dress.
Wild me, she told him.





Kay Cenate




In the mirror lake
My reflected hand holds yours.
The leaves warn of wind.





Nur Nadiah Anwar




When will it all end?
Night by night, tear-stained pillows.
Tiny little pills.





Stephen Barry




Like Autumnal leaf
shed in soft, silent sorrow
red dress hits the floor





Mark Marrone




infernal water
crashes and foams in splendor
sounds of utter peace





Brooke White




How ironic that
Everything is dying in
Beautiful colors





Brooke White




And then the leaves Fell
ice carpets pale on the road
Silent flakes, time still





Amanda Grzeslo




Waiting to come home,
Ruck sack packed against the bunk--
there is no one left.





Sandra Barnett




large pampas grasses,
plumes waving in the stiff wind ?
time to change the time





Jackie Maugh Robinson




white bark of aspens
powdered with antler velvet-
autumn moon shadows