Issue 5

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Issue 5

POETS

Alvarez, David
Antebi, Debbi
Bensinger, Joseph
Chan, Constance
Cohut, Maria
Colline, Virginie
Daleiden, John
Edwards, David
Goldfarb, Reuven
Gonzalez, Mauricio
Hanson, Christopher Kenneth
Hivner, Christopher
Howell, Traci
Korsgaard, Sean
Lynch, Stephanie
Maheshwari, Adhar
Mcclain, David
Mckeon, Tina
Pauff, Harry
Pella, Patricia
Poller, Aaron
Rasnic, Ben
Rios, Bethany
Rose, Samantha
Ryan, Donna
Ryan, Lindy
Schalm, Erwin
Scott, Andrew
Smith, Kael
Steiner, Sherry
Stenta, Gregory
Stinson, David
Stone, Andrew
Sunkuru, Shalini
Tustin, John
Vardhan, Avantika
Von Nordheim, Chuck





David Stinson




Ripples by the dock
sunfish peek up for bread crumbs
Sun shines on water





David Stinson




In the chilled moonlight
The veranda sits vacant
Dew drips from the eaves





Ben Rasnic




Whenever you sing,
Robins mute their lilting speech?
Dawn weeps your absence.





Christopher Hivner




the river flows east
water carrying all life
dreams wash ashore cleansed





Avantika Vardhan




Autumn sun casts light
On the silence of stories
Grandmothers creases.





Chuck Von Nordheim




autumn squeezed between
summer burn and winter chill?
climate change extremes





Sherry Steiner




formally speaking
he stood up and found his voice
in his back pocket





Sherry Steiner




before you open
your dreamyland portals yes
hold the memory





Kael Smith




A pinhole of light
Through a forest canopy:
camera obscura.





Constance Chan




She's haunted waiting
rooms, hoping to hear her name,
ever since he left





Shalini Sunkuru




white mountain ranges
rays emanate from behind
painting in the sky





Aaron Poller




Light pink azalea
blowing up entire bed.
Cardinals retreat.





Maria Cohut




Light, spilling like wine
Between window and carpet:
Blackbird souls in flight.





Samantha Rose




Looking to the sky
In search of shapes and meanings -
In clouds, in our lives.





David Edwards




the west wind catches
a grasshopper's final leap
car wheels lack remorse





Debbi Antebi




ambulance sirens
piercing through the peaceful night
drown cicadas? songs





John Daleiden




in the morning chill
warming my hands on hot tea?
a porcelain cup





Sean Korsgaard




We stand together,
I and the mountain; in time,
Just the mountain stands.





Patricia Pella




beginning softly
sliding into symphony
this final season





Virginie Colline




devils and angels
the strange flight of two women
in the Great Canyon





Virginie Colline




duel in the sun
the jaws of the evil truck
on the car's bumper





Gregory Stenta




cold hands grip tightly
soft ice under dirty snow
crocuses peek through





Traci Howell




Wind whispers soft words
Stealing leaves off the branches
Autumnal signal





Tina McKeon




Bolts of lightning flash
Celebration in the sky
Playing hide and seek





Erwin Schalm




Snow is falling down,
the whole valley is covered
in a pure white gown.





Christopher Kenneth Hanson




Lightning cackles here
Blue sparks jump from heavy clouds
Rain soaks a white rose.





Erwin Schalm




All dogs don't like cats
and all cats sure don't like dogs.
But I don't like bats.





Andrew Stone




Whispers in the rain
descending towards black asphalt
masking endless night





Adhar Maheshwari




Last summer we slept
by the river side, my hand
almost touching yours.





David McClain




Autumn afternoon
the leaves racing to the ground
colorful beauty





David McClain




Dusk thirty and dark
kids returning home from play
tranquility lost





Andrew Scott




Swimming in cold fog
winter's enchantment in me
through this forest's life





Reuven Goldfarb




breathing mountain air,
two boys skip the angled slate
across smooth waters





Harry Pauff




His belt always guides
His grip tightens on the sky
In the dark, he shines





Bethany Rios




Two words, that is all
First word love, second word hate
Will you choose wisely?





Bethany Rios




The meaning You shared
The life that You spared for us
Unforgettable





Joseph Bensinger




Really rather sing
but then I guess I am, as
a bird on the wing





Joseph Bensinger




Sea Sprites in the surf
dance a frolicsome fun jig -
wavelets flying high





Joseph Bensinger




Demons wailing loud
while riding the dark blown cloud
...a storm is brewing





Stephanie Lynch




Mountains of white clouds
painted by shadow and sun
Grand, but light as air





John Tustin




Pacing the platform
Wondering how it will be
And then you appear





David Alvarez




The water tumbles
Leaving all plants a treasure
Growing, then blooming





Maria Cohut




It never snows here.
Dirt and dust are the city's
Permanent winter.





Donna Ryan




crimson in the dusk
waves wash over the seagrass
as a seagull cries





Donna Ryan




a chill winter wind
the broken shutter voicing
a strong objection





Donna Ryan




the sparrows flitting
over the cement block fence
graffiti artwork





Mauricio Gonzalez




Birds flutter their wings
Loose soft feathers paraglide...
The cat goes hungry





Mauricio Gonzalez




Sunlight and spring rain
Fertilize the ground below...
Green is their offspring





Lindy Ryan




The first sound, which heard
when the roar of silence breaks,
is the sound of joy





Lindy Ryan




They carry disease
floating on their bloated tongues,
these chatty women