Issue 53

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Issue 53

POETS

Anderson, Sharla
Andrus, Pat
Balletti, Michael
Balme, Kennard
Barnett, Sandra
Brandes, Heidemarie
Brown, Jodie
Dano, Helen
Davis, Andrew
Depaul, Maria
Dybowski, Deborah
Fahey, Mary Crane
Gentry, Susan
Glynn, Carolyn
Goodman, Crystal
Hakmiller, Karl
Head, Beverly
Henze, Adam
Herman, Patti
Johnston, Shane
Kirouac, Debra
Kolb, Daniel
Kuo, Andrew
Larson, Jody
Laussmann, Melissa
Levine, Bruce
Melton, Bill
Middonte, Mia
Modica, Frank
Moore, Garth
Morse, Haven
Pearson, Tom
Robbins, Donna G.
Rosas, Maricela
Senser, Daniel
Sprague, Adam
Taft, Eve
Teague, Heather
Thomas, Katelyn
Thor, Miriam
Werner, Erin
Wood, Eldie
Zander, Henry
Zedalis, Jackie





Kennard Balme




all mudbugs bleed red
hard to tell what piece to eat
bait for bigger bugs





Bill Melton




like a waft of smoke
a blanket of white gnats drift
in dappled sunlight





Bill Melton




dark drifting wall-cloud
tendrils of rain trail below
backlit setting sun





Beverly Head




Fragile egos caught
On tree limbs like broken kites
Flapping in the wind





Daniel Kolb




the drummer chews gum
in rhythm with the music -
autumn in New York





Jodie Brown




heavy summer air
thick with rain wanting to fall
my plants love you so





Andrew Davis




Fish swim through foundries
finally silent beneath
the rising waters





Mary Crane Fahey




Slanted sunbeam traps
Fluttering Painted Lady
In its golden thrall





Michael Balletti




Black-forked tongues spew hate
Mesmerize the credulous
Earth falls under weight





Jackie Zedalis




A sanctuary
Butterflies can fly freely
Within their cages





Jackie Zedalis




Traveler's nightmare
Moose walking onto the road
In the still of night





Daniel Senser




In a park at night
Sleepless lovers dance and laugh.
Sprinklers--they don't mind.





Pat Andrus




two crows on fir branch
showers soaking their plumage
feathers rinsed for flight





Karl Hakmiller




The wind smells like death,
I think of you breathing it--
The sound at low tide.





Patti Herman




The moon and the stars
continue to shine their light
when all else seems dark





Shane Johnston




Morning mist rises
To the top of mount Fuji
Under purple skies





Deborah Dybowski




sparkling, smooth as glass
reflecting skies blue brilliance
salt water haven





Heidemarie Brandes




I am wildfire.
I have the moon's howl inside.
The world turns away.





Debra Kirouac




Wind ruffles your hair
As you board the new school bus.
Where has the time gone?





Jody Larson




sudden morning storm
rolling thunder, heavy rain
frogs taking cover





Erin Werner




Mirrors in her eyes
She makes you look at yourself
And accept your flaws





Erin Werner




Arpeggio sprawl
Broken chords and long fingers
Instrumental war





Andrew Kuo




Shot glass in one hand
Ice cubes smoke collide in blue
Laid-off yesterday.





Melissa Laussmann




summer afternoon
tree and pond on lonely field
sky like baldachin





Crystal Goodman




The sunflower shifts,
Moonlight wakes a sleeping dawn
Gesturing dew... drops.





Crystal Goodman




Nestled under wraps
Quiet light traces windows
I woke to Spring warmth





Sandra Barnett




from honeysuckle
shrub to honeysuckle shrub
monarch butterfly





Adam Henze




chipmunk on lawn chair
shoulders tense and tail standing
barking with bared teeth





Katelyn Thomas




Blossom to blossom
Swallowtail flaunts her beauty.
Summer flirtation.





Eve Taft




Darkness, quiet rain
Train whistles in the distance
I think I can sleep





Susan Gentry




Whippoorwill refrain
cuts through nocturnal silence
piercing hearts of woe





Carolyn Glynn




They co-existed
Feathery fronds still delight
T-Rex, not so much.





Helen Dano




At vigil, a bird,
young, stands over his fallen
mother. Summer weeps.





Mia Middonte




babbling summer creek
floating leaf with clever ant
must have surfing bug





Tom Pearson




clouds above rockies
an angel hood ornament
spreads its wings in flight





Miriam Thor




Tree branches whisper
A gentle unseen caress
Scents of blooms afar





Bruce Levine




Freezing rain and snow
Silken black lace of winter
Children ice skating.





Eldie Wood




A cliff face daunting
Finger hold, toe hold, anchor
Harness the mountain





Maria DePaul




Glass beach surf castoffs
Wave polishes rainbow stones
Vanishing treasures





Maria DePaul




Extinguished campfire
One last ember escaping
Storied night's ending





Frank Modica




Weeping blood red sun
Hangs low in the evening sky,
Dreams of long-lost loves.





Haven Morse




leaves decay and melt
earth's flesh rotting into dirt
season reaches end--





Henry Zander




watch, inhale the frost
you, my thunderclap woman
justifying me





Garth Moore




The barbed-wire fence
guarding yellow fallow fields--
tick tock of raindrops





Sandra Barnett




catbird on a limb
total eclipse of the sun
a distant rumbling





Sharla Anderson




My heart, like dead leaves
downfallen, trampled afoot
broken troth of spring





Heather Teague




Fiery sunset burns
In purple sky. Smokestacks climb
To touch its bright rays.





Adam Sprague




Rain on the window
my shoulder, your restless head--
where secrets are safe





Donna G. Robbins




On the hot, dry sand
Bones of an old coyote,
A spiral of wind





Maricela Rosas




A summer ago
Echos of humming bees waltzed
Around my hushed mind