Issue 47

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Issue 47

POETS

Aaronson, Nicole
Asch, Ruth
Barnett, Sandra
Beringer, Laurie
Boone, Nathan
Castaldi, Erin
Cates, Anna
Chilicas, Eve
Denette, Tim
Drobot, Ana
Emmons, Julie
Fahey, Mary Crane
Gentry, Susan
Hagen, Susan K.
Hamilton, Alex
Harbrow, Jeff
Harrison, Philip
Hatter, Shasta
Jackson, William
James, Robert
Kamp, Lianne
Kingston, Wayne
Knabe, Martin
Kotthaus, Amy
Maguire, Marion
Malik, Vyomi
Malone, Zachary
Martens, Barbara
Maxwell, Kathy
Mccombe , Oliver
Melton, Bill
Murphy-phillips, Matthew
Nahal, Anita
Neal, Kent
Reinert, James
Riyeff, Jacob
Robinson, Jackie Maugh
Rolle, Alvetta
Rosas, Maricela
Rossi, Patricia
Ruth-killgore, Chanacee
Shariff, Irfanulla
Smith, Mary
Snethen, Daniel
Tash, Ian
Thiessen, Loreena
Van Hook, Eileen
Wasilewski, Nells
Zempel, Rachel





Patricia Rossi




mirror reflection
my reluctant acceptance
unfamiliar face





Bill Melton




Sun's sanguine tendrils
Gently caress morning clouds
A promise of rain





Erin Castaldi




Anxious geese fly south
Merlot speaks through tall glasses
Freshly painted walls.





Anna Cates




on the old tin roof
a chimney swift chitters song
into the chill dawn





Loreena Thiessen




the jay's urgent call
rises with the holding dawn
colors in its mouth





Rachel Zempel




late Autumn harvest
a beaver swims to its lodge
migrating downstream





Kent Neal




a boy, his skullcap
a Muslim girl paints his face
during summer camp





Jackie Maugh Robinson




golden sunlight shards
pierce the silent forest floor
doe and fawn listen





Maricela Rosas




The winged creatures lure
moonlight and stary draped skies
Woodnotes of the night





Nicole Aaronson




Lilacs in a vase
A deep breath ferries me home
If I close my eyes





Lianne Kamp




small blue uniforms
dodging red faced crossing guards
first colors of fall





Eileen Van Hook




exploding acorns
amid the slow-burning leaves
celebrate autumn





Mary Crane Fahey




Bronzed wings flap flutter
Above feeder bird hovers
Beak dips fast in out





Susan Gentry




character colors
mix with palette history
image of ourselves





Robert James




Devastating news
A man leaving through the door
Goodbye to summer





Matthew Murphy-Phillips




She dreamt of a cat
Who would like to talk to her
Spoke of his headaches





Sandra Barnett




fifteen years after
the nine eleven attacks . . .
cloudy with birdsong





Ruth Asch




leaves and clouds flying
sky wrestles with a sapling
smooth limbs sway entwined





Oliver Mccombe




Tantalizing treats
A night of costumes and glee
Tragic razor blade





Eve Chilicas




karmic waters flow
journeys of the earth within
vibrations tremble.





Daniel Snethen




ebony crickets
petite chorus frogs calling
springtime symphony





Philip Harrison




I watched you sleeping
Dreaming of the night we had
Such powerful love





Amy Kotthaus




green maples grow tall
seeking out paternal light
red return to womb





Nathan Boone




Rising sun sticks to
Tip of the tongue in the dark
my hands did shiver





Zachary Malone




new life, my first son
your eyes mirror the heavens
spring, summer now fall





Tim Denette




Under the great sun
An orchid withers away
To live once again.





Shasta Hatter




Two red leaves atop
Umbrella of green elm leaves
Whispering autumn.





Anita Nahal




Life dangles on edge
Tempting dew drops on bud ends
Vanish without trace





Julie Emmons




Venus flytrap grins
sweet petunia sings forte
bee's breakfast pastries





Jacob Riyeff




everyday my heart
longs for haiku from my wife
o flesh of my flesh!





Irfanulla Shariff




The Acacia Leaves
Delicious Gourmet foodstuff
Giraffe reaching out





Bill Melton




the nine-eleven
unity we knew is dead
rancor has returned





Ian Tash




To hear her say it
I think you have autism
How should I have felt?





William Jackson




Bowed willow frames hang,
Pastel panes of crystal hue.
Thunder shattered hail.





Vyomi Malik




An orange ladoo
Forgotten ambrosial bliss
Homeless widow smiles





Ana Drobot




golden autumn leaves -
childhood days right behind me
with every photo





Nells Wasilewski




caved face too grotesque
no smile to greet the children
pumpkin carved too soon





Laurie Beringer




A black dove sits down
On the bricks in Public Square
To watch us stream by.





Mary Smith




Lovely bride wore white
Deception then reception
Truth unveiled disclosed





Alex Hamilton




Breathless new sunrise
As immortal as my guilt
Life will find a way





Barbara Martens




Autumn loneliness
Windswept trees - bleak vistas yet
Chrysanthemums bloom





Chanacee Ruth-Killgore




speckled down, knotted
feet perched upon my sill wait
spring will stretch her wings





Jeff Harbrow




Grey skies spill cold drops.
Early autumn blossoms smile
at the weeping sky.





Martin Knabe




On a street corner;
We are waiting for a cab,
watching the sun rise.





Kathy Maxwell




Gingered ivy leaves
Hugging the oak to keep warm
Jack Frost stalking you





Wayne Kingston




jarring waltz steps slow...
fabricated hips entreat -
autumn abdicates





James Reinert




hundreds of snow geese
peel from placid lake water
shredded porcelain





Susan K. Hagen




Petal snow drifting,
Cherry-pink swirling carpet:
Walls fall at your touch.





Alvetta Rolle




The Winter Wind Blows
A Silent Sovereignty
Ruling Manhattan





Marion Maguire




Moon stealth'ly rising
dark night awaits the splendor
of its silv'ry lamp