Issue 48

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Issue 48

POETS

Agnew, Zach
Archer, Arron
Barnes, Malcolm
Barnett, Sandra
Benavides, Kylie
Bennett, Timothy
Boomsma, Patricia
Brennan, Aj
Brownstein, Michael H.
Buttenhoff Miller, Shelly
Campbell, Colin
Caputo, Scott
Cates, Anna
Chansarkar, Sara
Chilicas, Eve
Cowdall, Kevin
Dawson, Ryan
Dorroh, John
Feingold, Bruce
Froumis, Nicholas
Garrison, Brian
Gentry, Susan
Graham, Barbara
Griffin, Neil
Gwin, Michael
Hawkhead, John
Hotaling, Scott
Jackson, William
Kingston, Wayne
Ling, Nicholas
Melton, Bill
Mevorach, Amy
Mills, Andrew
Montgomery, Jennifer
Reed Thieman, Shelly
Robinson, Jackie Maugh
Robinson, Samantha
Rossi, Patricia
Sacco, Linda
Seewald, Deborah
Sweeney, Belle
Tatum, Eugene
Tracey, Sharon
Wells, Joseph
Zempel, Rachel





Brian Garrison




Golden wings live long.
Paper will float in the breeze.
Live as you're folded.





John Dorroh




Meadow lark afield
White moon beam piercing the wing
Flightless bird of sleep





Amy Mevorach




Two girls call a dog
Water ruffles at sunset
Lake brims, heart opens





John Hawkhead




staring into flames
an old man and his old wife
their dancing shadows





Eve Chilicas




a crystalline glow
icey dreams with wings of breath,
diamonds in the snow.





Malcolm Barnes




Hop on my back child
Let us storm the seven seas
The sons shall boat now





Bill Melton




like delicate lace
narrow hem of shoreline ice
gently creeps outward





Bill Melton




rime of silver frost
recedes as the dawning sun
creeps across green grass





Zach Agnew




the lie hung heavy
its weight destroying what was
leaving just dead air





Nicholas Ling




Last day in Brighton.
With the precision of pi
she sews my ripped jeans.





Deborah Seewald




A dance of raindrops
tap, tap, tapping on my roof
shushing me to sleep.





Andrew Mills




The arid wind blows
Tumbling through this pointless world
The monotony





Timothy Bennett




Hanging water orbs
web necklace of cool-kissed mist
only air could wear





Patricia Rossi




saturated black
torrential sobs soak the soul
immersed in sorrow





Nicholas Froumis




dormant soul flicker
against the harsh endless wind
match in a dark cave





Jackie Maugh Robinson




primeval forests
reduced to tongue depressors-
ever warming globe





Arron Archer




waiting room readers
scrolling screens and magazines
retaining nothing





Linda Sacco




Blue roses creeping,
New thorns scrape cinder-block walls.
Urban fantasy.





Shelly Reed Thieman




I give my blue heart
to the bird of paradise
this night of endings





Samantha Robinson




Sounds - soft keyboard strikes.
A sigh echoes down the hall.
Silence? then typing.





Ryan Dawson




The Blue Ridge Mountains
As far as the eye can see
Brilliant colored leaves





Belle Sweeney




Breakfast moon lingers
Indigo mug with slow cracks
Tea before parting





Neil Griffin




Yellow butterfly
beats sorrow against the wind
traveling alone





Scott Hotaling




footsteps in the snow
none stray from the beaten path
the rose is dying





Wayne Kingston




anger fed by smoke...
fire spread across cool sheets -
sleepless silent dread





Scott Caputo




tops of Queen Anne's Lace
droop over the inner path
florets full of bees





Patricia Boomsma




mountains stand darkly
a shadow amidst the stars --
silent planes flash past.





Eugene Tatum




Cool water babbles
At the bottom of a creek
Tongues of nature speak





Sharon Tracey




green flies eat peaches
picnic table under pines
roots hold a rainstorm





Rachel Zempel




brisk muffled crackling
children play with Autumn leaves
red and yellow hues





Sandra Barnett




leaves turning yellow
zebra grass plumes quivering . . .
ravens' wings flapping





Michael H. Brownstein




Great heron answers
streams of fish, shell, and sunlight.
Quick! A gasp of trout.





Bruce Feingold




the summer solstice -
summiting the highest peak
in my neighborhood





Shelly Buttenhoff Miller




moon dances skyline
each holding the other's hand
swaying with music





Colin Campbell




forgotten monsoon
drifting beyond borneo
in sarawak dreams





Barbara Graham




Twisturn august trees
in sorrowful ageless time;
night is eloquent





Anna Cates




a red-bellied snake
livid in the wet meadow
season of ripe plums





Anna Cates




hidden in bramble
harboring forgotten fears
old fallout shelter





Sandra Barnett




cat in the window
bathed in rare supermoonlight
wanting her dinner





William Jackson




Winter's drums drumming,
Rooftop snow, thunders to earth.
Burdens slipping free.





Kylie Benavides




Pale against the snow
Remains of a cocky deer
Await hungry beasts





Rachel Zempel




free falling snowflakes
sticking to the rooftop peak
frozen waterfall





Kevin Cowdall




A lone ladybird
promenades across a leaf
in the mid-day sun.





Sara Chansarkar




Bright autumn sunlight
Ironing out morning chill
Dad lay still and cold





Susan Gentry




Autumn enhances
most talks, walks and memories
leaving our journey





Michael Gwin




My shower is next
Mother Nature washes me
Winter rain is here





Aj Brennan




Life has a rather
Tedious tendency to
O'er shadow living





Sandra Barnett




fallen maple leaves
forming a golden circle
around the Buddha





Joseph Wells




The coliseum
Spectators still flock to cheer
gladiating ghouls.





Jennifer Montgomery




Mercurial time.
New pages smelling acrid
taste of rain and plum.