Poets in this issue — click a name to read
- Agnew, Zach
- Alsbury, Kate
- Andersen, Kevin
- Aylsworth, Peggy
- Barnhart, Samuel
- Campbell, Colin
- Castaldi, Erin
- Chilicas, Eve
- Christina, Martha
- Cipriano, Lorraine
- Cottrell, Suzanne
- Davitt, Deborah
- Decker, Laurie
- Dickson, Julie
- Edwards, Karen
- Fagan, Deirdre
- Fahey, Mary Crane
- Flanagan, Michael
- Francoeur, Renee
- Froelich, Molly
- Gentry, Susan
- Hatter, Shasta
- Hotaling, Scott
- Kane, Rebecca
- Kingston, Maureen
- Kozma, Joseph J.
- Lucas, David
- Marici, Salvatore
- Melton, Bill
- Miller, Dean K
- Miller, Shelly
- Nielsen, Ayaz Daryl
- Olson, Rebecca
- Pattison, Allison
- Peck, Rachel
- Piudik, Jaclyn
- Rossi, Patricia
- Sam, David Anthony
- Sargent, Angela
- Sauvage Angel, Kelly
- Schenck, Bill
- Vasquez, Emiliano
- Ventresca, Cynthia
- Wasilewski, Nells
- White, Andy
- Wing, Dawn
- Wyatt, Andrea
- Wyatt, Teresa
- Zone, Michael
Kevin Andersen
Earth’s nuclear wasteland
here, a cockroach crawling by -
a lone survivor.
Susan Gentry
Words stuck in silence
time lost in grudges
without you I found myself
Bill Melton
crystalline feathers
surreptitiously creep
on frosty window
Zach Agnew
Clouds take flight,
Unable to face
The winds ferocious roar
Andrea Wyatt
fill the old deep freeze
rockfish by rockfish
till the season ends
David Anthony Sam
Sails unfurled to a ragged wind,
the sloop curves into red disappearance–
the world edge just another destination.
Michael Flanagan
one room school house
nestled among the sunflowers
echoes of laughter
Lorraine Cipriano
Drumming on her skin
shaman stories explain it
mystical evening
Peggy Aylsworth
Under the heavy sky
the tears invaded
through the walls.
Allison Pattison
look upon the blue-
striped watch slung upon her wrist
ticks incessantly
Julie Dickson
Silent clock face solemn
The broken pendulum is unmoved
Passage of time ignored
Suzanne Cottrell
Grazing in Yellowstone
Wild buffalo herds
Symbols of times past
Ayaz Daryl Nielsen
heard
in silence
an ending
Dawn Wing
half-broken red chair
on sidewalk, sitting alone
it’s fate uncertain
Renee Francoeur
old red
handled rolling pins
sweating butter beads
Maureen Kingston
calving sounds
the glacier
cries uncle
Karen Edwards
Stark winter sky–
sun does defy my
sad cry for warmth.
Scott Hotaling
An unexpected beginning
Beautifully fragile
Irresistibly raw
Mary Crane Fahey
Stargazing blue spikes
Call in gossamer whispers
Butterflies alight
Rebecca Kane
bees floating
silk flowers lying on headstones
moon lingering in noon sky
Kelly Sauvage Angel
weekend’s promise
amid the piles of laundry
a long winter’s nap
Bill Schenck
Gray cranes unhinge from bleak shoreline,
rising up through snow
falling like ashes.
Andy White
Ravens stand guard
Watching over the Tower—
London’s unkindness.
Cynthia Ventresca
Moon-slivered stillness,
pregnant ground stirs --
wakened by cries of winter dying.
Salvatore Marici
Knotted knuckles limit her grip
on fork she prods
yellowed bubble of poached egg.
Shasta Hatter
A gaggle of children
clattering from seat to seat
cheerful chaos for our commute.
Erin Castaldi
Gathered petals
Clump beside cold stone
Engraved goodbyes
Patricia Rossi
veil of eternal peace
drapes the soul
departure...imminent
Colin Campbell
orbs of caviar
gems of the caspian sea
each a mother’s loss
Rebecca Olson
the mist in the cattails
whir of duck backwinging
iridescent feather floats away
Rachel Peck
Perfume in the wind—
loose tendrils of memory transport me
back in time to mother.
Michael Zone
draped in cinder
my flamingo lips tell
of no lips- pummell and tear
Jaclyn Piudik
Skeleton coral
A fingerpainting stuck to the sky
Some autumns are combustible
Shelly Miller
chocolate melting
sensitive flowers blossom
avalanche of love
Laurie Decker
My skin breaks out in loathsome tears,
My lungs beg for a cooling breath.
The haze of summer never clears.
Susan Gentry
Dense fog between us
spotty memories on bare branches
forest of broken hearts at dawn
Samuel Barnhart
Time races itself
When reflecting our future
Mirrors hide nothing
Kate Alsbury
A foreign sound -
ravages the land below
breaking the tranquil mind of Fate.
Deborah Davitt
Asteroids tumbling:
anonymous gray
seeds of creation.
Teresa Wyatt
Country cabins, pretty curtains
Peaceful bliss, pine smells
Smoke fills air, love walks in
Molly Froelich
supermoon eclipse
held my clenched hand and led me
gently into Fall
Deirdre Fagan
You sacrifice your grief like a meatball,
the last one, to your daughter, four,
who is still hungry - needing more
Emiliano Vasquez
My mantra from the Mountains-
Affirmation of the Oceans
Incessantly calling to venture beyond
Martha Christina
Steady wind lifts
curtain ruffles;
inhale, exhale.
Eve Chilicas
I fall like misted rain
and whisper like freesias
in the swooning winds of Spring.
Dean K Miller
Beauty of Nature
Captured in a moment’s glance
Changes instantly
David Lucas
empty realm of blue
lectures on laws of love and loss
to a dreamer in a graveyard
Nells Wasilewski
flirtatious embrace
a wave curls around my foot
your touch lingers still
Joseph J. Kozma
Lilacs on the go
Rootless trees sing lullaby
Sunrise on its way
Angela Sargent
NightFlowers bloom at dusk
Watered by salt and longing
Glowing in the moonlight