Issue 63

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Issue 63

POETS

Alvarez, David
Amendolia, Pj
Baldwin, Robert
Barnett, Sandra
Bell, Melanie
Beveridge, Robert
Bjotvedt, Connor
Bortnik, Corinne
Briggs-hoyle, Diane
Brown, Jodie
Canzi, Mariangela
Carr, Jennifer
Cooper, Rlm
Cottrell, Suzanne
Cross, Chris
Flanagan, Michael
Greenwood, Gail
Greer, Travis
Harshenin, Shirley
Hughes, Rolf
Johnson, Alvin
Kamp, Lianne
Killgore, C L
Kline, Pearl
Knoot, Annelise
Laussmann, Melissa
Levine, Bruce
Markiewicz, Paweł
Martin, Dana
Melton, Bill
Miller, Dean
Morgan, Berta
Mueller, Tim
Nielsen, Ayaz Daryl
Olson, Rebecca
Paoli, Allison
Redick, Carl
Rossi, Patricia
Roy, Donna
Saffioti-hughes, Carol Lee
Sam, David Anthony
Segundo, Nolo
Shielding, Lawrence
Smith, Justin
Staton, Valerie
Steels, Hannah
Svatos, Deborah
Tristram, Hannah-rose
Young, Steven
Zempel, Rachel





Carol Lee Saffioti-Hughes




Rain spatters the roof,
Red Wings whistle in the field
signaling, return.





Dean Miller




Rustling leaves whisper
Exposes hidden silence
Moon appears to smile





Bill Melton




cold and lonely sound
the wind soughing through the pines
snow begins to fall





Jennifer Carr




spring time at the lakes
the brothers squeal in delight
while catching tadpoles





Hannah-Rose Tristram




Loneliness visits
Featureless, absent figure
Needing your embrace





Valerie Staton




Astonishing oak
pointing toward paradise
heralds firmament





Bruce Levine




Wanting inner peace
Corner stones of the moment
Following the dream





Allison Paoli




Smitten by the sound
Southern spoken word in June
The soul's peak harvest





Travis Greer




hot wind blowing sand
ravenous tsetse fly hunts
sad day only bones





Annelise Knoot




Bouquet of yellow
Pencils, erasers, and dread
Taste the fresh textbook





Diane Briggs-Hoyle




steaming amber brew
pursed lips blow gently cooling
hold north wind at bay





Michael Flanagan




a walk in the wood...
doe with fawn in blackberries...
Madonna and child





Alvin Johnson




Our desire- to be
needed, useful and just loved.
It's universal.





Carl Redick




Fall moon cold and bright
Cherry trees drop lonesome leaves -
What mountain hides you?





Rachel Zempel




emerald garden
water, lush moss and ferns thrive
revitalizing





Corinne Bortnik




the first day of spring
arrives in a rush of rain
singing birds gather





Paweł Markiewicz




bee dancing in air
eternal melancholy
a dew in the night





Hannah Steels




Two tall cedar trees,
a footpath in two inches.
Family picnic.





Rolf Hughes




We meet in these words;
we make a broken haiku.
A jumping river.





Rebecca Olson




present this moment
sun slips across horizon
I stand and wonder





Berta Morgan




The waves like white lace -
fluttering under the skirts
of laughing women.





Tim Mueller




light touches the leaves
the calm caress of sunshine
brief eternal friends





Mariangela Canzi




Meadow of candles
on a placid moonlit night
fireflies resting.





Dana Martin




On my drive to work
I dream beyond the highway
But here's my exit.





Steven Young




flooded, muddy pool
wending the routes around it --
full-throated frogs splash





Chris Cross




mountain cathedrals
thrust to the sky praising God
while I stand in awe





PJ Amendolia




A long valley road
Curves under sycamore trees
Branches block the path





Jodie Brown




sitting on the shore
while I am fully present
the river flows by





Robert Beveridge




windblown snowdrifts lounge
against a row of parked cars
wintertime freeway





C L Killgore




shafts of moonlight pierce
trembling leaves on scarred limbs
the darkness falters





Melissa Laussmann




silver crescent moon
a beacon of summer night
dancing on water





Sandra Barnett




pair of cardinals
eating green holly berries
wet with morning rain





Lawrence Shielding




Grant us this sweetness,
This sorrow, our daily bread,
'til death comes for us.





Shirley Harshenin




fresh washed sheets, sun-dried
crisp and summer-breeze scented
promise serene dreams





Donna Roy




Silence created
By pine needles underfoot
Softens the forest





Justin Smith




lake frozen over
a falling leaf lands gently
ice cracks like lightning





Melanie Bell




Air after rain hangs
Silent. Fawn-spotted birches
Stretch, spindly, to sky.





Deborah Svatos




Gold floods morning sky.
Black night sheds star-swept lining.
Onward comes the day.





Pearl Kline




waiting for the post
the sun preening like a bird
fourth tuesday of june





Connor Bjotvedt




Summer light, transposed
on my walls. A prison cell.
I, humble captive.





David Alvarez




squirrel stands on stone
stock-still body, twitching nose
--in a flash, it's gone





RLM Cooper




Fireflies dart and flash
Among the oaks and dogwoods.
Porch swing softly creaks.





Ayaz Daryl Nielsen




my thick winter socks
when good is doubly good
woven by grandma





Lianne Kamp




silence stills the lake
dragonflies reflect rainbows
lightly on paper wings





Gail Greenwood




A bee-laden bloom
among so many roses;
why burden this one?





David Anthony Sam




Stubs of brown corn stalks.
Songbirds silently wend south.
Clouds lower the sky.





Patricia Rossi




whisper of prayer
last words carefully chosen
cradled by silence





Robert Baldwin




Late September heat;
Insects swarm the sunflowers,
Sipping summer's end.





Suzanne Cottrell




Dark, towering clouds
Afternoon showers bathe trees
New puddles for frogs





Nolo Segundo




through the blackest space
heat, ninety-three million miles
sweat drops on my neck