Amendolia, Pj
Ammar, Fatima
Argauer, Eddie
Balboa, Jaime
Barnett, Sandra
Bilinski, Robert
Blake, Paul C.
Brady, John
Cross, Chris
Damarjati, Stella
Degamo, Jessica
Dennis, Amber
Dennis, William
Estefan Jr, Miguel Angel
Evans, Sandra
Fahey, Mary Crane
Fingon, Joan
Flanagan, Michael
Gershan, David
Hammell, Cynthia
Hector, Eileen M
Herrell, Dennis
Hitri, Mark
Howard, James
Jennings, Joshua
Kolb, Daniel
Laussmann, Melissa
Leach, Michael
Lee-mabe, Madeline
Levine, Bruce
Lomas, Bruce
Mckeon, Tina
Melton, Bill
Montgomery, Jennifer
Mueller, Tim
Murray, Thomas
Phillips, Gracie
Reuss, James
Rosa, Emilia
Roshal, Arona Fay
Semel, Sylvia
Silva, Erika
Sims, Wesley
Specker, Peter
Staton, Valerie
Tuggle, Billy
Wasilewski, Nells
Wood, Chris
Yu, Jonathan
Sandra Evans
I'm starting over
just like every day does
sunrise, a bird song
Peter Specker
rainfall on puddles --
thousands of perfect circles
circle a circle
Joshua Jennings
You're the elephant
in every. single. room.
No girl can change that.
Bill Melton
the crisp morning air
acrid smell of burning leaves
distant honk of geese
Michael Flanagan
dawn meditation
laughing at my arrogance
little brother loon
Bruce Levine
Summer birds in flight
Ducks and geese go drifting by
Stillness of the lake
Jaime Balboa
Damp sand underfoot
Seaside blue wooden tower
Salt air caresses
Jessica Degamo
Fireflies dancing
The stars play a melody
Only lovers know
Melissa Laussmann
walking through the park
dewdrops reflect the full moon
winter night in bloom
Miguel Angel Estefan Jr
A season of change
Inevitably follows
One leaf in the wind
Billy Tuggle
Under a half-moon
is a determined cricket
live and in concert
David Gershan
Eternal river
Sculpting the canyon below
Washing time away
Dennis Herrell
flowers we gathered
dying slowly in vases
they remember dirt
John Brady
Damp leaves on slick tar
Gliding bicycle on film
Spinning and spinning
Erika Silva
I run with the fish
swim with birds and fly with toads
My dreams hold me tight
Cynthia Hammell
The trees are humming,
Like they need to let off steam.
The wind train passes.
Amber Dennis
on old sand scrubbed brick
senorita arching high
loves miles of blue sky
Sylvia Semel
trees swollen with leaves
a red ball low in the sky
crimson foliage
Paul C. Blake
Tiny buds open,
And then a lovely flower,
Soon a fading hue.
Fatima Ammar
bees flit through velvet
sway of sedge and pink foxglove
sun-dried clouds soak earth
Eddie Argauer
Chilly dank darkness
Moss upon stone upon stone
Cries of broken men
PJ Amendolia
My basil garden
Invaded with rosemary
Wards off mosquitos
Thomas Murray
Dry brown barren hills
Saddleback or Camelback
Beauty of the name.
Bruce Lomas
Hummingbirds fly by
their wings constantly beating
seeking sweet nectar
Valerie Staton
Purple peony
salutes a radiant sun
shuns the dark of night
Robert Bilinski
Before every drought
buffalo remain stoic,
for tears have value.
Tina McKeon
Chasing fireflies
Flickers of light are taunting
Still elude my grasp
Daniel Kolb
Japanese garden -
I think I'll just spend the day
counting my blessings
Jennifer Montgomery
still, heat thickened air
ripe peaches languish in trees
dreaming of the fall
Chris Cross
your love is cool rain
falling on the arid scene
quenching desert thirst
James Howard
Hollowed out logs lie
sun-drenched within a clearing-
stress evaporates.
Arona Fay Roshal
Your rich white spotlight
Throws wavy pink stripes westward
Once in a blue moon
Chris Wood
Open road stretching
Sunshine paled by dark lenses
The spice of freedom
James Reuss
Tall the bee balm blooms:
open flowers inviting
hummingbirds' return
Eileen M Hector
Confetti petals
Of dogwood twigs and branches
Pressed against cement
Mark Hitri
liminal spaces
emptiness has potential
the fact of matter
William Dennis
feathers on the path
a wind among yellow leaves
with birds on its breath
Mary Crane Fahey
Loon's transcendent voice
Sings softly its summer song
Old sounds, still awed world
Tim Mueller
I dream while night sleeps
stars come and drink from my hand
love simple abounds
Madeline Lee-Mabe
Faded firefly grave
Moonlight in our sky above
Rusty iron fence
Nells Wasilewski
heavy clouds descend
beach plunges into gray gloom
sky is lost at sea
Gracie Phillips
Unsent love letters,
stowed in vacant flowerbeds
slowly decompose.
Stella Damarjati
narrow steep stone steps
guide hot feet to soft smooth sand
breathe in cool sea breeze
Jonathan Yu
Young friends and a branch
Mangoes strewn on the red clay
Endless symphony
Joan Fingon
two pelicans glide
sweeping along the shoreline
diving for dinner
Michael Leach
black bags & coffee
I push thru the door to her
art-filled apartment
Wesley Sims
Freshly fallen snow,
bird tracks layered with raccoon
scribe hieroglyphics.
Sandra Barnett
acorns hitting hoods
falling from mighty pin oaks
striking with sharp pings
Emilia Rosa
Sunlight through the prism--
this light waterfall is me
reflecting a cloud.
Sandra Barnett
cold October rain
tea growing cool in brown mug
muted household sounds