Issue 62

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Issue 62

POETS

Anderson, Duane
Bailly, Richard
Balme, Kennard
Barnett, Sandra
Brown, Jodie
Bruck, Ingrid
Cipriano, Lorraine
Cooper, Rlm
Cottrell, Suzanne
Darretta, John Lawrence
Dawson, Jessica
Dixon, Brett
Elliott, Regina
Eustice, Isaac
Eustice, Tiffany
Fielder, Jim
Fingon, Joan
Flanagan, Michael
Galea, Maria
Green, Connie Jordan
Hagen, Susan K.
Hausam, Jo
Head, Beverly
Jones, Trent
Larson, Jody
Laussmann, Melissa
Leach, Michael
Lepri, Hege A. Jakobsen
Levine, Bruce
Lipton, Madeline
Maze, Jack
Mcdonald, Jolene
Mcnally, Marcy
Mcquillen, Kent
Melton, Bill
Narland, Jerrold
Planko, Christa
Redick, Carl
Richardson, David
Roy, Donna
Sims, Wesley
Smothers, Shirley
Sprague, Adam
Staton, Valerie
Tristram, Hannah-rose
Vork, Jr
Watson, Wendy
Zempel, Rachel





John Lawrence Darretta




smiling summer falls
autumnal leaves pale and pass
weary winter springs





Richard Bailly




cloudless winter sky
shimmering sun points on snow
sculpted rabbit tracks





Valerie Staton




troop of ladybugs
commandeer geranium
seize aphids and mites





Bill Melton




the seeping moonlight
flows through the open window
puddles on the floor





Maria Galea




A single thought; sensed,
revealed through words, emotions -
Poetic beauty





Duane Anderson




Wind on a mountain
whips snow high into piles
toppling time beneath.





Shirley Smothers




The sound of the sea
Poetry to my psyche
Siren's song to soul





Joan Fingon




crisp cool air blowing
colored leaves snap between toes
autumn imminent





Isaac Eustice




Silence. Cars passing.
Tea bag crests the brown water.
A sober evening.





Donna Roy




Dolphin surfer girl
Intimate sea connection
Makes each wave her own





Tiffany Eustice




Deep troubled waters
Reflections into darkness
Falling out of reach





Jim Fielder




Puffy chest Robin
Increasing your downy loft
Blizzard lies ahead





Christa Planko




iced pond, heron poised
silver gleams through cracked surface
frozen dinner served





Susan K. Hagen




pale translucent arc
prism light in a sun-rain sky
beautiful your lies





Jack Maze




five inches of snow
enough to hide the debris
walks don't clear themselves





Jr Vork




poinsettia petals
water gushes from spigot
a fragrant breakup





David Richardson




last summer's beech leaves
hang tough in the heavy snow -
they're stubborn that way





Jerrold Narland




Wine red blossom spikes
advertise nectar and rest
stop south-bound Monarchs.





Suzanne Cottrell




Blazing scarlet sun
sinks behind brush fire of clouds,
consumes winter day.





Ingrid Bruck




riffing jazz solo
swirls up the lighthouse staircase
a spiral helix





Kent McQuillen




ditch along back road
trash and brush accumulate
daffodils poke through





Madeline Lipton




Butterfly wings flap
Touch base on zinnia sweets
Spirits soar, hope sprouts





Hege A. Jakobsen Lepri




Fresh pigeons this year,
large and loud and with a plan:
Dominance or death





Michael Flanagan




while you've been gone
I share the porch with spider
as we both keep watch





Trent Jones




rolling flightless cloud
beyond the waking sun's eye
paints the land silver





Marcy McNally




Crystal snowflakes dance,
tossed in windswept flurries, cold,
my heart is frozen.





Adam Sprague




Nightly, forced love yous
created autopilots
rather than lovers





RLM Cooper




Beneath a Peace rose,
Among the fallen petals
Ants in fierce battle.





Regina Elliott




tiny white orbs swirl
eventide sparkles in flight
angel lights, love sent





Bruce Levine




A steadfast rhythm
Is floating down a highway
To an ancient call





Carl Redick




My summer garden
Romaine lettuce straight and tall -
Friends come to my gate





Sandra Barnett




mugs without handles
decorated with Kanji
telling old stories





Sandra Barnett




silent tea kettle
old workhorse on cold burner
waiting for first light





Wendy Watson




flurries of soft snow
pirouetting gently down
to silent applause





Connie Jordan Green




on the pond, heron
knee-deep in silver shallows
spears a flash of gold





Connie Jordan Green




beneath the ribbed bridge
a flurry of confetti--
white pigeons take flight





Jody Larson




draped around my neck
on red silk, this gold medal
feels like a harness





Wesley Sims




Gaze intense, sparks fly,
hands touching, lightning flashes.
New love storm brewing.





Brett Dixon




raindrops tap the leaves
sounding a cosmic rhythm-
worms rise to listen





Jo Hausam




Ironed starched snow glaze
Paw-print pockmarks bespeak breath
Crisp exhalations





Melissa Laussmann




still, murky water
underneath the plastic cup
a lotus blossom





Michael Leach




so soft to the touch
compression of a small ball
that slows down my pulse





Jodie Brown




Beautiful in flight
Soaring gracefully above
The homely buzzard





Beverly Head




boats beside the lake
craving the feel of water
on their dry bellies





Hannah-Rose Tristram




her head rests keenly
across my soft bosom, nests
validates my warmth





Kennard Balme




spring-sharpened grass blades
insects trample ground for food
cutting sounds approach





Rachel Zempel




vibrant flowers bloom
opalescent wings flutter
feeding on nectar





Lorraine Cipriano




Cellist with sheer verve
her electric performance
has him enraptured





Jessica Dawson




butterfly white moon
galaxies waltzing in time
a loon breaks silence





Jolene McDonald




Palm trees, fruit cocktails,
Sunglasses like black candy,
Tropical party.