Issue 66

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Issue 66

POETS

Ahern, Edward
Amaya, Austin
Amendolia, Pj
Anfang, Sandra
Aroner, Miriam
Beam, Nancy
Bellamy, Lori
Berg, Jane
Black, Darren
Bomar, Coleman
Brennan, Carl
Cooper, Chad
Ghai, Gail
Gnanadesikan, Mukund
Heffernan, Gloria
Hoard, Jessica
Kenway , Suzy
Knoot, Annelise
Lanzo, Douglas
Laussmann, Melissa
Marsh, Tina
Melancon, Frederick Charles
Melton, Bill
Minnehan, Catherine
Moller, Nancy
O'bryan, Sharon
Passiatore, Roseann
Petruschke, Jon
Planko, Christa
Power, Stephen S.
Rames, Clifford
Robb, Jenny
Rose, Lorraine
Roshal, Arona Fay
Schmidt, Tom
Sims, Wesley
Skillman, Judith
Spitzenberger, Ray
Tardona, Daniel
Thunell, Carrie Ann
Tungsten, Rj
Ullom, Stephen
Walton, Robert
Watson, Althea Rowe
Wilhoite-mathews, Sara
Williams, Jeral
Williford, Wesley
Wills, Shay
Wood, Chris
Zempel, Rachel





Jon Petruschke




The whole two hour walk
going over and over
our five second kiss.





Tina Marsh




fluttering leaves fall
creating blanket cover
now the earth can sleep





Tom Schmidt




Thankful November
guests eating prodigiously
leave after the meal





Chad Cooper




Huddled together
Distancing/Discovering
what we cannot stand





Judith Skillman




Pollen coats my house.
Days go slow in this springtime
of lone quarantine.





Wesley Williford




Creativity
Embers kindling within you
Light the world ablaze





Ray Spitzenberger




almost thirty years
old shepherd cared for his flock
last time to lock church





Edward Ahern




Staring at myself
In enforced isolation
I'm not who I want





Darren Black




ribbon of silver
sky tangles high-rise dreams whirl
balloon hearts take flight





Carl Brennan




Chanting endlessly
"Corruption comes from outside"
Black Mass for shut-ins





Daniel Tardona




cold mists carry scent
satisfied in scarlet snow
memories of spring





Frederick Charles Melancon




dandelion puffs
the fragments of white floating
from denuded plants





Christa Planko




A lone warbler sings --
Freedom set to melody.
Through walls, I listen.





Suzy Kenway




Floating butterfly
Fresh feathery wings hold her
Poised in the blue sky





Lorraine Rose




Sequins meet black tie
stained with pink cotton candy
funky summer love





Clifford Rames




how the wide river
always submits to the sea
halo of the moon





Stephen S. Power




the groundskeeper roots
for the stray leaf skittering
from first to second





Carrie Ann Thunell




rusted yellow truck
in a dandelion field
how bright the noon sun





Mukund Gnanadesikan




By the banyan trunk
Shelter from the thunderstorm
Lightning still rages





Wesley Sims




Each day-night cycle
the earth turns itself around,
hokey pokey slave.





Sandra Anfang




lonely, lonely night
the old cat curls in my lap
claims me for her own





Jenny Robb




Diving from the edge
between board and pool, soaring,
somersaulting free.





Arona Fay Roshal




Deer pause to listen -
Lullaby of wind whispers
Woodpecker applauds





Bill Melton




jagged lightning streaks
scribble across darkened sky
low thunder mutters





Catherine Minnehan




the herring swoops low,
slicing the water-mirror -
fracturing sunset





Althea Rowe Watson




blue and green marbles
rolling through the empty house
looking for summer





PJ Amendolia




Hibiscus flowers
Wither in the new darkness
Waiting for summer





JESSICA HOARD




late afternoon sun
through the used bookstore window
smell of old paper





Annelise Knoot




What cryptid beats here
Against my glass made of dust
A mummy or moth





Gail Ghai




Warm-stemmed mint wind bends
Soft purple bursts of crocus
White rain spits silver





Sharon O'Bryan




Fall winds gust up skirts
Blowing high bright colored leaves
Exposing bare limbs.





Shay Wills




lone cottonwood leaf
spirals in harsh summer heat
grass yellows loudly





Nancy Moller




Naturally led,
those who listen to nature
follow their heartbeat





Sara Wilhoite-Mathews




lacy goldenrod
autumn's delicate yellow
will not go gently





Nancy Beam




At trail's crest, new views
Shining pond, dragonfly wings
Transcendent delights





Jeral Williams




Bees pack their hind legs
with pollen from the Daisy
Honey badger smiles





Roseann Passiatore




Branches as bridges
Critters scurry to and fro
Highways of Nature





Stephen Ullom




Slanted morning sun
falls on a red butterfly,
wings folded to pray.





Lori Bellamy




Buzzing in my hand
Carrots dug fresh from the ground
Fade while I hold them.





Coleman Bomar




Drowning sun beams shoot
Water is hungry stained glass
Slicing chromatic





RJ Tungsten




Meditative sounds
Of rain nourishing plant life
Reminiscent walks





Rachel Zempel




fading horizon
black trees, wispy clouds, bright stars
nautical twilight





Jane Berg




Roseate Spoonbills
travelling west with their own
piece of the sunset





Miriam Aroner




Summer fog rolls in.
Dewdrops bead the blooming rose.
Breathe the scented air.





Gloria Heffernan




Crimson maple tree
drops her frilly red garments
on the brittle grass.





Austin Amaya




Muddy shoes splashing
Raincoats dripping with laughter
Burgundy leaves dance





Douglas Lanzo




blinking fireflies
hiding and seeking lovers
playing mating games





Melissa Laussmann




cool autumn morning
the northern mockingbird's song
wakes dozing daisies





Robert Walton




Bee shadows flutter
Over lavender blossoms -
Summer's end begins





Chris Wood




Beginning of Fall
Seersucker suit put away
with the summer tan