Issue 68

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Issue 68

POETS

Ashley, Elaine
Beck, Cody
Brown, Derek
Copas, Josh
Cordeiro, Paul
Cottrell, Suzanne
Cuomo, Michele
Durr, Shirley
Elesby, Sally
Fowler, Isis
Fox, James
Gallini, Mark
Gazda, Matthew
Girsaw, Lin
Guest, Allen
Huey, Shane
Hunt, Robert
Hutchison, Joseph
Jackson, Jennifer Ruth
Johnson, Alvin
Kauderer, Herb
Kleidon, Rose
Kneal, John
Knowlton, Geoffrey
Koll, Eden
Krystal, Barbara
Levi, Luke
Levitt, Ellen
Lewis, Luann
Lord, Benjamin
Mueller, Tim
Myers, Brit
Nelson, Ryan
Planko, Christa
Ravyn, Dana
Rojas, Emily
Schaefer, Keira
Shapiro, Lauren
Simone, Linda
Sminchak, Laura
Thompson, David
Thurmond, F.h.
Travers, John
Tungsten, Rj
Wartts, Adrienne
West, Jodie
Williams, Leighton
Wood, Chris
Young, Steven
Zahava, Linda





James Fox




Secret woodland path
Golden doe and spotted fawn
Hush - Footfalls pass by





Sally Elesby




fingers freezing dry
withered grass in late winter
grey sky closes in





Elaine Ashley




from a naked oak
a lonesome sparrow watches
autumn, then winter





John Travers




Unmoored from the bank
of an azure-hued inlet,
a timber raft drifts





Isis Fowler




Hazy morning mist
Hangs over the hills like fleece
Gold light ripples through





Ryan Nelson




mayflies suddenly
awake and break through the veil
into a new world





Paul Cordeiro




A distant shoreline
the "God Help us" hospice room
with rain on its panes





David Thompson




Rocking chair rhythm,
slow, shaded front porch morning;
bird songs in the breeze.





Adrienne Wartts




sun sinks behind sea
shades of blue ripen in sky
moon illuminates





Geoffrey Knowlton




Cardinals darting
Foraging on crusted snow
For sparsely laid seeds





F.H. Thurmond




Canopy of snow --
Even the birds are silent.
White cat vanishes.





Luke Levi




upon the flower
bumblebee high on pollen
burrows into spring





Jodie West




Half in dusk, half light
The tree offers up its shade
Murals in the leaves





Keira Schaefer




Blossoms in the fields
A muted purple flower
The lavenders bloom





Josh Copas




Tiny flakes float down.
White stars against dark canvas,
Stark in lantern light.





Barbara Krystal




A sprawling green sea
Twinkling lights scooped up by birds
Singing with delight





Shirley Durr




inside a crevice,
an elegant little fern
stretches hopefully





Lauren Shapiro




The pond, stocked with koi.
An orange circumference
already - one duck.





Mark Gallini




At frostburnt apples
Shriveled faces, white snow hats
Drunk starlings cackle





Luann Lewis




Pink blanket, soft skin
Today you wear a white gown.
Oh, how I'll miss you.





Brit Myers




Cherry petals fall
cherished into the tea cup
that holds them but once





Rose Kleidon




At dusk a lantern
moves through an old barn, lighting
each window in turn.





Joseph Hutchison




a mouse in the wall
shuffling his wee deck of cards:
springtime solitaire





Laura Sminchak




burn sacred fever
the churning ache of young bones
beyond the threshold





Linda Zahava




Sunlight magnified
Drops of dew on fallen leaves
Bubbles of delight





Allen Guest




Light mist on new leaves,
bare feet swish through cool, wet grass.
Bullfrog calls the dance.





Derek Brown




For Love, Happiness
Clear Endless Montana Skies
My Eternal Greed





Michele Cuomo




cormorant spreads wings
time for pond benediction
sand hill cranes take flight





Linda Simone




Spiderwebs like mist
Undulate on dew-licked grass
I stop to marvel





Benjamin Lord




Flickering shadows
The fire choosing one old log
Over another





Chris Wood




Spun silk and satin
My grandmother's wedding dress
Buried in cedar





Suzanne Cottrell




Plowed fields await seeds
Swirling clouds of ocher dust
Parched till the sky cries





Cody Beck




The lynx in new frost
Prowls through morning light so clear
The day knows no end





RJ Tungsten




azaleas flourish
passionate hues returning
spring's loving embrace





Steven Young




meadow predator
green fingers writhe for mercy--
unearthed garlic bulb





Shane Huey




untrustworthy blade
forged sharp in the fires of hell
is the human tongue





Eden Koll




young fawn so docile
nibbling leaves, a blurred green feast
sunlight shade from trees





Alvin Johnson




The Chattahoochee,
meandering through the south
like a sidewinder.





Leighton Williams




ordering online
everything you need is here
empty box mountain





Lin Girsaw




Hands of the dying
Cold as ice, yet full of warmth
A cry rents the air





Robert Hunt




door awning agleam
icicle diminishing
precocious spring tears





Dana Ravyn




Startled by a loon
an empty mind suddenly
has room for wood smoke





Emily Rojas




My fluttering heart
That thrill of something so new
It terrifies me





Tim Mueller




hear flowers whisper
I am beauty I am death
pressed between pages





Ellen Levitt




Lone horseshoe crab stuck
In wet sand, and pounding waves
Continue their stride





Matthew Gazda




Amethyst feather
Inset on nape pigeon grey
Humble jeweled bird





Jennifer Ruth Jackson




Tulip skirts flare out
Men, hopeful pollinators
Cheer warmer weather





John Kneal




Leaves loosed from anchors
drifting in varied displays
death's boldest presents.





Christa Planko




autumn trees aflame
blazing canopies burn red
summer's fling consumed





Herb Kauderer




snowfall in stillness
consuming all other sounds
softening my ears