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Issue 58
Authors
Abraham, Elazar
Aspiras, Desiree
Averett, Ayndria
Barnes, Wayne
Barnett, Sandra
Brown, Clare
Cherry, Jennifer
Churchill, Sef
Cottrell, Suzanne
Depaul, Maria
Ebersohn, Jen
Eustice, Isaac
Flanagan, Michael
Furst, Jeffrey Daniel
Galea, Maria
Hemmell, Russell
Hermann, Jeremy
Hitri, Mark
Howell, Rebecca
Ianni, Jerry G.
Krajewska, Agnieszka
Larson, Jody
Laussmann, Melissa
Levine, Bruce
Lipton, Madeline
Lynch, Louise
Madura, Dawn
Malik, Vyomi
Martens, Barbara
Mcquillen, Kent
Melton, Bill
Merchant, Diane
Meyers, Briann
Montgomery, Jennifer
Moore, Andrew
Moritz, Dianne
Ochsenfeld , George
Ozaki, Gwen
Pavick, Emily
Qureshi, Maryam
Ruth-killgore, Chanacee
Ryan, Lucy
Smith, Kael
Smothers, Shirley
Stansfield, Sharon
Thomas, Sarah
Turner, Josslyn
Verlaine, Rp
Zapalska, Anna
Jerry G. Ianni
Two sharp blasts of wind,
Bringing fierce chills to the bones,
Summer is long gone.
Josslyn Turner
faded stars above
streetlights and lovers downtown
night of love and art
Jeffrey Daniel Furst
Wash sin from his soul
Dipped into a river stream
Born into a lie
Jen Ebersohn
Willow trees in light
and shade. Bow to the new day.
Ash of creation.
Maria Galea
Iridescent spheres
Caressed and spun by the breeze
Ephemeral strength
Dawn Madura
Winter breathes so long,
spring whispers after darkness,
an encore not far.
George Ochsenfeld
self-educated
the water buffalo knows
the rocky road home
Madeline Lipton
Rainy day unfolds
Soaking landscapes aplenty
Dreams and schemes still yearn
WAYNE BARNES
We marry in spring
Petals falling on threshold
Blossoms crown above
Desiree Aspiras
wet honeysuckles -
behind, the bay has vanished
in gray rain and fog
Gwen Ozaki
lost in my daydreams
I catch my breath at your touch
eternities fade
Elazar Abraham
Drift in willow's weep,
Steeping in a bristling stream.
Intersections shift.
Anna Zapalska
Unwritten thoughts run
Away and vanish like birds-
They lose their feathers
Sandra Barnett
scarlet cardinals
forage and fight in sunlight
no sound much fury
Vyomi Malik
Turquoise feathers glint
Contemplating their kingdom
Jewels of the Lake
Chanacee Ruth-Killgore
Guilt pulls me under.
Words float up, die on my tongue.
Silent this abyss.
Bill Melton
roadside primroses
politely wave, passing car
unnoticed, alone
Michael Flanagan
deer season predawn
I pray the skill to bring death
and win forgiveness
Sarah Thomas
Early spring sunshine
Resilient daffodils
Defying the frost
Jennifer Montgomery
grove of fallen trees
blackened roots curl towards the sky
seeking permanence
Clare Brown
A budding flower
Born of callous sunlight's eye
Bearing august fruit
Melissa Laussmann
Enchanted nightfall
Starlit sky and crescent moon
Too dreamy for sleep
Andrew Moore
Life spent wallowing
like a pig in the image
I keep of myself
Shirley Smothers
Words flowing from mind
Touching people I don't know
Hoping to inspire
Rp Verlaine
Wife's whip leaving marks
his eyes fixated upon
his mother's picture.
Jody Larson
one sweet gardenia
bursts forth this late March morning
promising summer
Kael Smith
Counting the orange peels
Piled upon my dirty desk...
Vacation ended.
Maryam Qureshi
Cold winter evening
Cardinal on snowy bough...
Truly feeling blue
Diane Merchant
Breathless leaves curling
stolen from the bending bough
no time for goodbye
Agnieszka Krajewska
Crow stops on the lamp
Polishes his beak against
The sharp blue heavens
Bruce Levine
Only the wind knows
Blowing through leaves and branches
Passages of time
Isaac Eustice
To see holiness
Shining through each poor moment
Brings heaven to earth
Louise Lynch
walking in the fog
steps ahead, the dog dissolves
the red leash remains
Briann Meyers
Bright orange bobber
bouncing, floating, and sinking
a meal, two lives, gone
Dianne Moritz
night blooming jasmine
savors silky, hushed moonlight
scents soft summer nights
Rebecca Howell
single orchid plant
encircled in a glass jar
bibles all around
Sandra Barnett
magenta redbuds
planted on a landscaped hill
shunned by chickadees
Emily Pavick
in winter, we sleep
tomorrow brings nourishment
our spring attunement
Jeremy Hermann
perhaps it was too
easy to tell you that you
needed to be free.
Lucy Ryan
bleached clean like the bones
passed down between the branches
seen with mother's eyes
Sef Churchill
Books crack wintry-wide.
Mushroom pages spreading spores:
Words drift like fungus.
Sharon Stansfield
Contentedly watch
Determined squirrels planting
Tomorrow's forests
Jennifer Cherry
Crickets trill half notes
fingers light on bow and strings
midnight violin
Ayndria Averett
A flag in the wind,
Half mast for dead soldiers still
Singing battle hymns
Russell Hemmell
burning horizons
shooting stars, electric rain
- cretaceous magic
Barbara Martens
the smell of chestnuts
roasting - on the cool sea mist
assaults my senses
Maria DePaul
Seashore turtle clutch
Tight knit family unit
Hatchling swims away
Kent McQuillen
state park before dawn
homeless man sleeps in restroom
his smart phone charges
Mark Hitri
when I close my eyes
in the rocking chairs creaking
my grandmother's voice
Suzanne Cottrell
Spring rains replenish
Droplets sparkle in sunlight
Mudslide closes road