Issue 36

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Issue 36

POETS

Barnett, Sandra
Barr, M. Kari
Beaudin, Marc
Brown, Jerry
Brown, Mandy
Cates, Anna
Cowzer, Allison
Davidson, Tracy
Doerksen, Patrick
Drobot, Ana
Franco, Johnny
Geary, Cecil
Graham, Frank
Grant-oyeye, Lind
Heyward , C. Z.
Kauderer, Herb
Kozma, Joseph J
Ling, Nicholas
Lowe, Dennis
Lunsford, Sarah
Mccann, Janet
Melton, Bill
Minnehan, Catherine
Mullet, Michelle
Pierce, Tyler
Riemer, Katharina
Robinson, Jackie Maugh
Rojas, Emily
Shaw, Martha
Snethen, Daniel
Stewart, Nick
Tate, Barbara
Thompson, Dennis
Verdi, Bryan
Wasilewski, Nells
West, Tyson





Catherine Minnehan




electrified dirt
perfumes the cool tunnel air
taking the train home





Catherine Minnehan




the last dregs of snow
live and die by the Sun's glance-
feeding daffodils





Bill Melton




Backlit by the moon
Stark skeleton of branches
Pierce the evening sky





Bill Melton




A weak winter sun
Vainly struggles to burn through
Winter's icy fog





Bill Melton




Wheat stubble in snow
Interrupts a field of white
Nature needs a shave





Emily Rojas




Bright stained crimson cheeks
Like the flesh of a cherry
Bashful, a grin hides





Barbara Tate




tiny loggerheads
a treasure map drawn on sand
erased by the waves





Barbara Tate




cross over the bridge
a dozen sterling roses
left on the table





Barbara Tate




I make two wishes
the sign of a better day
a double rainbow





Sarah Lunsford




Mighty redwood tree
canopies that reach for miles
humbled by their size





Joseph J Kozma




Doors of law unlock
Cherry blossoms open up
Washington DC





Tyson West




walking clasping hands
twilight trail circles the lake
fog oroboros





Mandy Brown




Rock thrown by a child,
The watery plop, laughter
Ripples through the air





Mandy Brown




The steel against stone,
Dirt caking your pants and face,
You knock at Earth's heart.





Bryan Verdi




The well-spring in May
bubbles its sweet aroma
jealous flowers bloom





Johnny Franco




heavenly beauty
suspended in the night sky
woeful baying wolf





Johnny Franco




a dying flower
wilted petals fall earthbound
resurrection comes





Nicholas Ling




Against my window
rain taps veiled time signatures
ebbing me to sleep.





Allison Cowzer




Fragrant, fertile earth
cloaks of compassion cover
multitudes of sin





Sandra Barnett




a sly red fox hides
under the magnolia ?
patches of old snow





Katharina Riemer




Ice in Boston melts
only for a mere second
freezing back in place





Jerry Brown




Thunderheads push in
as upwelling plumes gasp hot:
ejaculation.





Jackie Maugh Robinson




summer tomatoes
ripening on green tendrils
promises to keep





Nells Wasilewski




midnight illusion
leafy branches reach skyward
holding moon aloft





Nells Wasilewski




spring's sense of humor
sunny day lures us outside
thirty two degrees





Marc Beaudin




The night's only star ?
a moth caught in the streetlight
Still, I make my wish





Marc Beaudin




Wolf on Highway 2
dissolves into the forest
like a bell, unrung





Cecil Geary




The spring wind dances
Through the pines dislodging cones.
The earth glows and swells.





C. Z. Heyward




cherry blossom trunk
our tremors pass through her grip
falling silk coats us





Herb Kauderer




the busy crowds pass
filled with old friends & lovers
distant but not gone





Tracy Davidson




autumn butterflies
the warm golds and crisp crimsons
I mistook for leaves





Tracy Davidson




above the treetops
a scattering of swallows
cross the summer moon





Nick Stewart




The master inscribes.
The past, reborn, signs the page:
Footprints melt the snow.





Ana Drobot




in my apple tree
the blossoms getting closer -
new baby shower





Janet McCann




pretty history?
we leaf through books to find it
the page is torn out





Tyler Pierce




The sounds puddles make -
face down, tearing into clouds,
reflecting calm skies.





Lind Grant-oyeye




savannah landscape
Lions on the land we see
fearless life we lead





Martha Shaw




Fine feathered wisdom
showing such abundant grace
I must learn their song





Patrick Doerksen




cumulus gather
the low yellow daffodils
trust the swaying air





Dennis Thompson




fluttering color
orange monarchs float high above
a royal brigade





Dennis Thompson




morning summer breeze
a concentric draft ascends
white oak leaves tremble





Michelle Mullet




White hound, cremated
Lost in Louisiana
Shipped via shoebox





Daniel Snethen




white children's puffball
yellow tooth-of-the-lion
French xanthic flower





Frank Graham




between two tall trees
a single fallen oak leaf --
color of sunset





M. Kari Barr




dark night heaven smiles
winter sighs chill fingers stretch
bullfrogs sing aloud





Dennis Lowe




low in the turquoise
a rising moon and people
strolling here and there





Dennis Lowe




stooping among dunes
camels gleaning green stubble
after desert rain





Dennis Lowe




decaying sandbags
bursting after so much sun
spilt like torn grain sacks





Anna Cates




the encroaching night
eating a lamppost's shadow
a stranger, smoking





Anna Cates




scent of fresh cut grass
beheaded dandelion
oozing bitter white