Andreacchio-miller, Rachelle
Boone, Randy
Cabrera, Gabriel
Davis, Jim
Edwards, David
Fitzgerald, Genevieve
Gonzalez, Mauricio
Hall, Debbie
Hanson, Christopher Kenneth
Harris, Lyall
Hayes, Tina Dc
Huffman, A.j.
Kauffman, Ryan
Keller, Christopher
Lahiri, Gopal
Lynch, Stephanie
Melton, Bill
Morrison, Barb
Orr Stone, Mauri
Patterson, Jonathan
Pova, Rosie
Rousseau, Rita
Schmitt, Jennifer
Smith, Kael
Steele, Craig
Tustin, John
Williams, Robert B.
Wolper, Gail
Wong, Jasmine
Ryan Kauffman
white and black opposed
reality looks like chess
a game no one wins
Jim Davis
a ribbon of thorns
protecting berries: red, then
darker shade of red
Rosie Pova
daisy petals fall
he loves me, he loves me not
what will be the last
Barb Morrison
Schoolgirls out walking
Chins up, serious soldiers
Got to get to school.
Barb Morrison
Le petit garcon
walks me to work that last day
D'ou viens tu mon fils?
Jasmine Wong
it is simply wind
mixed with water it becomes
typhon bringing tears
Gail Wolper
lovely clouds moved fast
above lace branches in bud
a dangerous sky
Gail Wolper
plenitude flies by
so difficult to capture
why do you want it?
Jonathan Patterson
gone from tamarisks,
grey pebbles in kids? pockets
rest on window's ledge
Jonathan Patterson
inside aged men die,
all across frozen lake tops
blackbirds swoop for meals
Jonathan Patterson
children in thick coats
sing soft hued undulations,
dripping spigots freeze
Craig Steele
a gray spring drizzle?
I had hoped for a flower,
perhaps even two
Debbie Hall
In the vineyard rows
red-winged blackbird steals sweet juice
from deep purple grapes
Tina DC Hayes
breath held, wait, spellbound,
an American Idol
crowned by the masses
Mauri Orr Stone
spring's messenger bird
has returned to fallow fields
red-breasted and round
David Edwards
alarms and sirens
break morning tranquility
no small disasters
David Edwards
sword and shield in hand
a pillow under your head
death is not picky
David Edwards
I saw overhead
the color that the sky bled:
chain rust rattle red
A.J. Huffman
Where is softness found?
In a tube? A heart? A mind?
The key is the soul.
Gabriel Cabrera
son finds his dads pool
of old dirty magazines
though he sees no words
Gabriel Cabrera
black birds on my wall
children laughing under sheets
making hand puppets
Gabriel Cabrera
leaves at her doorstep
her window fogged with my breath
slim oak tree stood nude
John Tustin
Alcohol raging
In my belly like mad waves
Renders me inert
Gopal Lahiri
Brainy lean Parrot
Where a bit of food hidden
Knows logical leaps
Stephanie Lynch
full late winter moon
entwined in bare tree branches
caught, then floating free
Stephanie Lynch
spring comes to the land
snow melts leaving lace of ice
a green sprout breaks through
Lyall Harris
Jade Pacific dips,
crests white, keeper of the past,
of storm's memory.
Lyall Harris
Your long r'sum?
speaks of hard work, yes, but what
of humanity?
Christopher Kenneth Hanson
Under a bright sky
White light shimmers over sea
Daisies bow to waves.
Rita Rousseau
Amid storm debris
rushing downstream, gently drifts
a single white swan.
Christopher Keller
The kigo in rain
wets renso, transmutation
of satori wine.
Christopher Keller
Sometimes it's easy
to behave naturally
against your own soul.
Rachelle Andreacchio-Miller
Thick roots and branches
telling tales of the seasons
carried by blossoms.
Rachelle Andreacchio-Miller
Ice covers ground but
blades of grass fight their way through
Spring is almost here
Rachelle Andreacchio-Miller
Outer banks of sea
waves roar and thrash wildly
shells move and clatter
Rita Rousseau
Bowing profoundly
regal palm trees acknowledge
the forces of air.
Mauricio Gonzalez
Weak from looking up
Waiting for the rains to fall,
Flowers rest their necks
Mauricio Gonzalez
Proud cumulus clouds
Begin to shun the landscape,
A desert is born
Robert B. Williams
a single flower
in my garden filled with weeds
reminds me of you
Robert B. Williams
winter trees stand nude
waiting for the leaves of spring
to clothe them again
Jennifer Schmitt
The cicada sings
quiet is the moonless night
alone in sadness
Jennifer Schmitt
The breath of winter
A reminder of a kiss
Ice and heat are one
Kael Smith
As I write this line
It is new, but as you read
This line, it is old.
Bill Melton
This we all must bear
Nothing is as heavy as
The yoke of duty
Bill Melton
Combine infamous
With infamy and you have
a politician
Bill Melton
Life is empty when
If you shout with all your might
There is no echo
Genevieve Fitzgerald
flat open waters
pines reaching into the fog
stillness that listens
Genevieve Fitzgerald
call it the border
but grass grows green on both sides
and bends in the wind
Genevieve Fitzgerald
to pare my life down,
to retain just as much as
I can give thanks for
Randy Boone
a mountain, fractious
gravity spilt thunder voice
snow cap undermined