Balme, Kennard
Barnett, Sandra
Butner, Renee
Ciopryna, Cassie
Cipriano, Lorraine
Cottrell, Suzanne
Crowe, Whitney
Cunningham, Sara
Drobot, Ana
Dybowski, Deborah
Eckstine, Kirk
Ellison, Emily
Feil, Michael
Gaines, Chasity
Gentry, Susan
Hatter, Shasta
Head, Beverly
Jacobson, Roberta Beach
Jones, Paul
Kamp, Lianne
Kane, Rebecca
Kirouac, Debra
Laussmann, Melissa
Levine, Bruce
Liebert, Elisabeth
Macinnes, Idynne
Maulsby, Dennis
Mclintock, David
Miller, William
Monahan Brown, Ricky
Moore, Andrew
Moyer, Daria
Paoli, Allison
Ponnambalam, Sybil
Poulin, Robert Henry
Robinson, Jackie Maugh
Skala, George
Smith, Erica J
Spitzenberger, Ray
Stice, Lisa
Tambone, Mark A.
Thomas, Sarah
Tristram, Hannah-rose
Tulin, Mark
Vance, Marcus
Wasilewski, Nells
Werner, Erin
Wilson, Juliet
Zedalis, Jackie
Zempel, Rachel
Susan Gentry
Long ago shadows
fade to lonely silhouettes
filtering today
David McLintock
a wet pink balloon
bounces down the estate path
trailed by merry laughs
Hannah-Rose Tristram
In the still of night,
heart's beat and body's base sounds
like a distant rave
Paul Jones
Indestructible
the youthful heart knows no fear
until its first break
Allison Paoli
Watching patiently
He, on the edge of his seat
At last, she awoke
Nells Wasilewski
honking geese fly north
winter melt begins-spring comes
one drip at a time
Emily Ellison
the moon's scythe has cleaved
the pregnant lake to reveal
an indigo lust
Jackie Zedalis
A frog in the porch-
trying to escape the cold
Finding no relief
Andrew Moore
Walking this old place
smells and sounds prepare my mind
for fragile topics
Cassie Ciopryna
Peppermint mocha;
our lips tingle with softness.
Caffeine-triggered kiss.
William Miller
black and white flashes
chickadee is never still
too fast to be prey
Ricky Monahan Brown
broken blackbird hops ---
through industrial estate
to postage stamp green
Daria Moyer
Low tide on the breeze
Sun inches up with promise
Salt troubles old wounds
Sarah Thomas
Twilight cools the earth
wind chimes tremble and shimmer
a new moon rises.
Erica J Smith
While on fallen ice
Tires wrestle midnight roads-
An impatient lure
Michael Feil
starlight gazing down
a thousand kisses landing
our souls are glowing
Shasta Hatter
sudden wind rises
tiny, silver ripples dance
across city pond
Whitney Crowe
Flotsam and jetsam,
and the broken, floppy bits.
I am so much more.
Bruce Levine
Feelings overwhelm
Driving forces moving on
Taking roads unplanned
Kennard Balme
moss covered ant bed
greening the hiding queen's home
lawn mowers look out
Renee Butner
blue violet clouds
dipped in fuchsia finger paint
endless stretch of road
Ana Drobot
winter afternoon -
the white carnations blooming
behind my paintbrush
Lorraine Cipriano
Her earthly delights
eighteenth-century poems
enchanting jasmine
Chasity Gaines
Moonbeams shimmer soft
Cicadas serenade dawn
Warm breeze caresses
Sybil Ponnambalam
my first Texas spring
nature napped, yawned brown dust bloom
rebirth of rebirth
Jackie Maugh Robinson
jumbo strawberries
quite near yet beyond my reach
snowbound sweet dreaming
George Skala
My soft, bated breath
Gasps against her contoured cheek
Sprouting red poppies
Suzanne Cottrell
Snow-covered pansies
Insulated from harsh cold
Fitly re-emerge
Marcus Vance
A chill wind brings tears
Nothing brings light to the heart
Like a happy dog
Elisabeth Liebert
eight snowy egrets
fish in the Bayou Pierre
glass, cans, a car door
Roberta Beach Jacobson
breeze intensifies
fluttering daisy petals
- whirlwind of delight
Erin Werner
Leaden anchor heart
Afloat for now, but drowning
Silent SOS
Beverly Head
the dream is the same
daddy planting ghost peppers
too early in spring
Mark A. Tambone
Drink like buffalo
Prehistoric beasts in rows
Only grains have changed
Robert Henry Poulin
sad loon's tremolo:
chain migration restricted
across the border
Dennis Maulsby
Blonde girl's earbuds throb,
Heavy metal guitar chokes,
peppery cymbals.
Sandra Barnett
evergreen leaning
pointing forever eastward
notched by wanderers
Melissa Laussmann
slowly ascending
moonlight above Mount Fuji
this path leads me home
Juliet Wilson
overgrown garden -
your wife's cookbook unopened
since her early death
Rachel Zempel
somber Friday night
raindrops trickle from the roof
bare streets glistening
Ray Spitzenberger
still a chill, sun bright
snows have packed their flakes and left
bright smiles welcome spring
Idynne MacInnes
Billowing white sheets
grow tame beneath the dark clouds
as the rain comes clean
Lisa Stice
out of the sand, here,
a marigold, close petaled,
in this place, it grew
Debra Kirouac
The trees are naked,
Bereft of leaves, winter's curse
Yet birds are singing
Sara Cunningham
The sun's touch, a hand.
Against your cheek, an imprint.
A shattering song.
Deborah Dybowski
purple iris blooms
sprinkled with tiny dewdrops
outside my window
Lianne Kamp
afternoon mourning
coffin lowered in the ground
dishes fill the sink
KIRK ECKSTINE
A fading flower,
losing color, vibrancy.
Youth's passion grows dim
Mark Tulin
I am lost ashore
Waiting to return to sea
Heavy, sallow, raw.
Rebecca Kane
three-thirty school bus
our kids long gone to college
dog waits at front door